NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announces increased production of coronavirus test kits

At least 50,000 test kits per week will be available starting Monday April 20th, the mayor said.

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[FusionOnYT_]

didnt this guy just say the national guard isnt military? disrespectful to all service members

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Testing kits? I won't go anywhere near those kits or people.

[Cb-gido]

me: can i have fun

2020: no

me: ok

[luckyluc]

Didn't this man tell us to "Live our lives normally" last month and now thousands of us are infected in NY?

[farisulehry]

Most of countries have open markets because they can cope with coronavirus but USA the most advanced country couldn't do anything to eliminate coronavirus.

[albertoh]

Think of all the people who have Corona Virus that have gone undiagnosed which would bring the already low death rates even lower. Don’t be so scared people, don’t act on emotion and use common sense

[rodneyking]

You need 1 million a week and then it will still take 19 weeks to test everyone that just lives in New York. Not Vermont, or Pennsylvania or any other state. 19 weeks at 1 million tests a week just to test NEW YORK. 19 million divided by 50, 000 = 380 weeks or 7.3 years. GOOD LUCK

[lynnpierce]

Every single person needs to be tested before we all open up the country. To be safe.

[torichlive]

Trump just said today in a briefing he has been working with cuomo they requested vents and they hav received them in bulk 🤣

[kidovthetruekingahillbill]

Sounds weird to me. Wouldn't surprise me if nothing goes back to normal. Almost like there's a new normal coming

[fordbuiltf.]

Praise the Lord from whom all blessings flow.

[anneenglish]

Unbelievable!! Federal government keeps giving your broke city and state help.

[josephdale]

Remember when he ran for President as a joke?

[lynnpierce]

We need to provide protective gear for our hospital staff much better.

[isaacfox]

Is that the 30 year old that got evicted from his parents house doing the sign language?

[addanametocontinue]

What a failure of the federal government.

[jamesneal]

Apparently, the mayor didn't ask anyone else for test kits besides the federal government. Why did he wait so long to ask someone else?

[marieque]

It's so refreshing to hear an elected official speaking intellectually, thank you de Blasio

[NateTheProtestant]

About time, we needed this 3 months ago. 50, 000 a week? Great so we should have enough in a few decades. I guess we'll just stay home until then.

[xdafactor]

SAVE BY GRACE ALONE, NO WORKS REQUIRED IS BS!