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Formally this week from bill bryant, the science and Technology Director at the department of Homeland Security. He will outline as the president said encouraging news about the impact that heat and sunlight have on the coronavirus which will increase the confidence that we feel about the coming summer. On the subject of testing, at the present moment we have reports of 4. 93 million tests having been performed across america. And encouraging news, as states have been engaging commercial labs at a higher level across the country. Yesterday our commercial lab system did more than 100,000 tests in a single day. So were beginning to activate all of the capacity. And tomorrow at the president s direction our task force will convene a Conference Call with all of the nations governors to talk about their progress they are making on testing and were going to hear from governors about the practices that, and methods that they are employing to significantly increase testing following our briefi
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