Pence: New guidance will ensure anyone can be tested for coronavirus

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Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday that health authorities are issuing new guidance to ensure that anyone can be tested for the novel coronavirus that has killed nine people in the United States.

Pence, who briefed reporters in the White House briefing room for the second day running, flanked by health officials on his coronavirus task force, said some laboratories were only testing in more serious cases of illness.

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