White House Update: Coronavirus Supply Effort And New Border Restrictions
Updated at 2:05 p.m. ET
The White House sought to show that it's in control of the sprawling coronavirus crisis on Friday even as it also acknowledged enduring shortfalls in key supplies.
Administration officials also said they're imposing new controls on travel and restricting passage through the northern border with Canada and the southern border with Mexico following agreements with those governments.
Here were some key points from the latest briefing.
Too few tests
Dr. Anthony Fauci, an immunologist and key member of the White House's pandemic response team, acknowledged on Friday that there aren't enough tests to respond to the demand.
"We are not there yet," he said â but he and the political leaders involved with managing the crisis tried to emphasize what they called the progress that they said is being
