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Kansas governor calls US officials unprepared for COVID-19

(AP) Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is strongly criticizing the U.S. government as unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic. The Democratic governor said Thursday that her state hasn’t gotten needed supplies despite multiple requests approved since mid-March. She said Kansas has sought “hundreds of thousands of everything,” including masks, gloves, gowns and testing kits to deal with the outbreak of the virus. The state also has been overwhelmed by questions and claims from people seeking unemployment benefits. Trump has said his administration is backing up governors. The number of Kansas coronavirus cases rose Thursday to 552. Thirteen people have died in the state.

Kansas’ top health official expects an influx of coronavirus tests in the coming weeks that should help with efforts to bring the pandemic under control. Dr. Lee Norman is the Kansas secretary of health and environment. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that he said Wednesday that he expects to have up to 64,000 test kits that can produce results in 45 minutes.

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