There was no such thing as being told to slow down testings as per Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci went against President Donald Trump's recent statement that the administration will be slowing down on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing.

Fauci is one of the lead members of the Trump administration's White House Coronavirus Task Force.

In a report by the NBC News, the nation's top infectious disease expert revealed during Tuesday's House hearing that the COVID-19 Task Force didn't receive any directive to slow down on testing.

He said the government will even increase the volume of tests.

"None of us have ever been told to slow down on testing - that just is a fact. In fact, we will be doing more testing," said Fauci, who is also the director of America's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The testimony from Fauci came during a Congress hearing on the Trump's administration response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Having said this, Brett Giroir, another health panelist mentioned that they have set their eyes to supervise this coming fall, a maximum of 40 to 50 million COVID-19 tests in the United States, the Washington Post reported.

An Uptick in Infections

Fauci and his other colleagues warned that the country needs new restriction guidelines to hamper the surge of positive patients in more than a dozen states.

He gravely warned areas with rising coronavirus cases like Florida and said that "the next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surges."

A Revelation During The Weekend Rally

This supposed slowing down of COVID-19 testings was mentioned by U.S. President Donald Trump in his campaign rally at Tulsa, Oklahoma last Saturday.

Trump disclosed that he had suggested to minimize giving coronavirus tests.

The President explained to his supporters that having more tests will result in finding more people infected with the virus, adding more new cases to the database.

The country has reportedly tested around 25 million people.

Admin Official Issues Statement For Damage Control

The President's speech though wasn't left unchecked as it created an outrage on social media.

This immediately prompted a White House official to say that Trump's erroneous claim was in jest, as reported by the Business Insider.

Democrats like Virginia's Mark Warner and House oversight Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi took to Twitter to raise up the issues on the number of COVID-19 fatalities and transparency.

On the contrary, Trump in a report from Market Watch further strengthened his testing stand by saying that "I don't kid. Let me just tell you. Let me make it clear."

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