The White House still has not settled on a national testing strategy
The Daily 202's Big Idea
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🗓️ 8 April 2020
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:17.0 | Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post, and this is the Daily 202 for Wednesday, April 8th. |
| 0:27.0 | In today's news, the Acting Navy Secretary resigns. |
| 0:31.0 | Wisconsinites Risk infection to vote. |
| 0:35.0 | And the ventilator shortage pits New York hospitals against each other. |
| 0:49.0 | But first, the big idea. To protect President Trump, |
| 0:52.0 | the White House is using rapid coronavirus tests desperately |
| 0:57.0 | needed by local communities. |
| 0:59.6 | Every guest visiting Trump and Vice President Pence is required to undergo the exam each time |
| 1:05.2 | they enter the White House since last week. Visitors said they've been |
| 1:08.8 | administered the test developed by Abbott Labs at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the complex across the street |
| 1:14.9 | from the West Wing, where Pence has an office and the staff of the National Security Council |
| 1:19.4 | is based. Abbott, which says it's now producing 50,000 tests per day, begin giving the White House first |
| 1:26.3 | dibs for as many tests as it needs. |
| 1:29.8 | One recent visitor noticed administration officials, including a couple members of the cabinet |
| 1:33.5 | waiting to get tested and he was told that every visitor would get a test even if |
| 1:37.7 | they feel healthy. Outside the White House though the Trump administration |
| 1:42.4 | has still not settled on a national testing |
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