A new analysis shows that just 10 states have met even basic standards for testing
More than half of the states in the US plan to start reopening by the end of the week, but the vast majority of the country is not meeting even relatively basic standards when it comes to testing for the coronavirus.
The Associated Press published an analysis over the weekend that found just 10 states were conducting the amount of testing experts say is needed to stay on top of the pandemic.
High levels of testing are necessary to spot pockets of infections and contain them before they spread. For this to work, people who don't show symptoms need to be tested too, since they can still carry and spread the virus.
The federal government has shied away from issuing definitive testing standards for a state to reopen, which it says should be left to them.
It has floated a less official ballpark figure, however, and scientists at Harvard also set a different standard, which the AP used to measure the testing regimes of each state. Only 10 passed on both counts, and 19 failed on both.
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Overall, just 10 states meet both the federal and Harvard testing minimums. They are North Dakota, New Mexico, Alaska, West Virginia, Utah, Idaho, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, and Delaware.
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