‘I Don’t Take Responsibility,’ Trump Says of Virus Test Shortage
- President blames ‘set of circumstances’ for lack of tests
- Some other countries did immediate, widespread testing
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President Donald Trump said he doesn’t accept responsibility for a scarcity of coronavirus tests available in the U.S. after state officials complained patients with symptoms couldn’t get screened.
“I don’t take responsibility at all,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday. “We were given a set of circumstances and we were given rules and regulations and specifications from a different time -- it wasn’t meant for this kind of event with the kind of numbers that we’re talking about.”