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and they've joined us there on stage with me they're going to speak throughout this ordeal i've been auden 'd inspired by the american people more than anything else more than any one else americans of every walk of life have followed the guidelines shown incredible compassion and sacrifice greatly on behalf of their fellow citizens and i want every american to know that their selfless and heroic actions are saving lives and i want them to know and i've said it before then a very proud to be the president very proud of the american people my administration is actively planning the next phase in an all out war against this horrible virus we're now testing nearly 100000 patients per day more than anybody in the world and we have now as of even a couple of weeks ago tested more than any other country in the world and our capacity continues to grow widespread surveillance testing will allow us to monitor the spread of the virus and we're doing that. quite accurately and deborah and tony will be speaking about that and coordinate with the states to contain new hotspots as they arise with a targ

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