Most states are far behind the coronavirus testing that experts say is necessary to reopen safely, but test kits are not one of the items federal agencies have asked the Department of Defense to help acquire, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told the Washington Examiner at a recent Pentagon briefing.

“We’ve been looking at the entire chain of items needed for testing. So it’s swabs, it’s the medium for carrying it, it’s the testing machines, it’s professionals, whatever that is and how can we help,” Hoffman said. “I’m not aware of a demand on the test kit side of that as well at this point.”