Testing for the coronavirus is increasing, but not fast enough.

And there are still shortages of swabs, chemicals, and other supplies.

Now, there's another problem.

Not enough machines to process the tests.

Those machines have been part of the bottleneck.

Heather Pierce is with the Association of American Medical Colleges.

The companies that make these machines just can't meet demand right now.

In fact, even institutions that had ordered those machines prior to the pandemic

found their orders were canceled or delayed, and some still haven't been shipped.

A cease-jaw with Harvard's Global Health Institute says it's a problem

only the government can solve.

We're going to get stuck again.

This is a place where I think the government just needs to step in and pay companies

by the machines for the companies or pay large amounts for these tests.

This is what many of us have been asking for from the federal government,

and it's very frustrating.

The Trump administration reiterated this weekend that testing is a job for the states.

Coming up, the virus might be less deadly than scientists first thought.

And the story of a young healthy woman who got COVID-19 and is still recovering five weeks later.

This is coronavirus daily from NPR. I'm Kelly McEvers. It's Thursday, May 28th.

For months now, scientists have been trying to figure out just how widespread this virus

actually is.

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