CNBC Television Coronavirus: LabCorp CEO on ramping up production of at-home test kit

🎯 Загружено автоматически через бота: 🚫 Оригинал видео: 📺 Данное видео принадлежит каналу «CNBC Television» (@CNBCtelevision). Оно представлено в нашем сообществе исключительно в информационных, научных, образовательных или культурных целях. Наше сообщество не утверждает никаких прав на данное видео. Пожалуйста, поддержите автора, посетив его оригинальный канал. ✉️ Если у вас есть претензии к авторским правам на данное видео, пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами по почте support@, и мы немедленно удалим его. 📃 Оригинальное описание: LabCorp announced this week that it has increased production of its at-home Covid-19 testing kit. LabCorp CEO Adam Schechter joins “Squawk Box“ to discuss the roll out. The United States is “ready to start to open” with the current level of testing, according to Adam Schechter, CEO of coronavirus test manufacturer LabCorp. Both Democratic and Republican senators on Tuesday lambasted the current level of testing in the U.S. as woefully inadequate to detect pockets of outbreaks as states reopen. A group of economics and medical researchers at Harvard said last month the U.S. needs to ramp up testing capacity to at least 5 million tests a day by early June, and 20 million per day by late July, in order to reopen the economy. That’s a tall order considering where U.S. coronavirus testing currently stands. An average of 282,000 tests per day over the first 12 days of May were run in the U.S., according to data compiled by the Covid Tracking Project, a volunteer effort founded by reporters at The Atlantic magazine to track Covid-19 testing in the U.S. Widespread testing will be critical to boosting the confidence of the public and employers to return to work. State and local officials also say it is key to detecting and preventing a resurgence of the virus as states ease restrictions. “I’m not convinced that we need to have 2 to 3 million tests per day,” Schechter said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I believe that we are ready to start to open up states with the testing that’s available today and that’s only going to increase over the coming weeks.” The U.S. processed 289,472 tests on Tuesday, according to data compiled by the Covid Tracking Project, and has run nearly 10 million tests in total since the first U.S. case was confirmed in January. President Donald Trump and some members of the White House coronavirus task force have dismissed lofty estimates for necessary testing as unreasonable. However, early success in containing the epidemic in countries such as South Korea have shown that rapid, accessible and targeted testing are key to stopping local outbreaks before they spread rapidly across the country. Different parts of the economy will likely need different levels of testing to bring employees back to work, Schechter said. “I think that it’s still unknown exactly how many tests are going to be needed, but I do think different industries are going to look at testing differently and even certain employers will look at testing differently for certain employees than others,” Schechter said. LabCorp is already in talks with companies to support their efforts to bring employees back to work, Schechter said. LabCorp will provide Covid-19 screening services for employees, including testing, temperature checks and instituting other preecautions, he said. “We are going to do everything we possibly can to help employers get employees back to work,” he said. LabCorp has the capacity to process around 80,000 tests per day, Schechter said, adding that the company is targeting 150,000 diagnosis tests per day by mid-June. For more coronavirus live updates: For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: » Subscribe to CNBC TV: » Subscribe to CNBC: » Subscribe to CNBC Classic: Turn to CNBC TV for the latest stock market news and analysis. From market futures to live price updates CNBC is the leader in business news worldwide. Connect with CNBC News Online Get the latest news: Follow CNBC on LinkedIn: Follow CNBC News on Facebook: Follow CNBC News on Twitter: Follow CNBC News on Instagram: #CNBC #CNBC TV