The top infectious disease official in the United States has said that health officials are seeing a "disturbing surge" of Covid-19 infections in states such as Florida, Texas and Arizona.
Dr Anthony Fauci said that part of the reason for the rise in infections is an increase in community spread. He and other Trump administration officials who oversee the government response to the pandemic are testifying before a Congressional committee in Washington.
Asked about President Donald Trump's claim that he had asked for coronavirus testing to be slowed, Dr Fauci said: "None of us have ever been told to slow testing and in fact we'll be doing more testing".