Biden calls for sevenfold increase in testing as he details COVID-19 plan
By Peter Sullivan - 10/23/20 04:04 PM EDT
Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Friday called for a sevenfold increase in the country’s testing, as he laid out further plans for fighting the pandemic in a speech taking aim at President Trump.
Biden is making the worsening pandemic a central theme in the closing days of the election, after hammering Trump on it throughout the campaign. He followed up Thursday night’s debate with a speech on the coronavirus response in Delaware on Friday.
In putting forward some further details of his proposals to fight the virus, Biden called for a dramatic increase in the nation’s testing.
“I'll put a national testing plan in place with the goal of testing as many people each day as we're currently testing each week, a sevenfold increase,†Biden said Friday.
“There's a key difference in this campaign between Donald Trump and me: I believe in testing,†he added. “Donald Trump does not. I believe in science.â€
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