Fauci ‘Optimistic’ Coronavirus Testing System Will Be Fixed Within ‘The Next Week Or Two’

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, says he is ‘optimistic’ that the ongoing bottlenecks delaying coronavirus testing will be fixed.

Fauci acknowledged to ABC News that the government needs to do better to meet the flood of demand as COVID-19 begins to blanket the country.

“I mean, we have to admit that in the beginning we didn’t have what we needed, but now we will fix it,” he said.

According to Fauci, the earlier testing methods were ‘working’ during the initial outbreak, however the coronavirus task force led by Vice President Mike Pence is on track to provide a better system quickly.

“It’s going to be within the next week or two — probably even more like a week,” he said.

Fauci said that the diagnostic test used by the World Health Organization (WHO) wasn’t used because the US test was “one that had been working, and working well for the system that was involved.”