Trump dismissed a government report — based on surveys from more than 300 hospitals — detailing 'severe' shortages in COVID-19 tests and protective equipment

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• A new report, from the inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services, is based on a survey of more than 300 hospitals.
• It details a "severe" shortage of COVID-19 testing supplies and a "widespread" lack of personal protective equipment.
• President Donald Trump dismissed the findings and suggested, without evidence, that the report was politically biased — while also blaming state and local governments for the problems it describes.
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President Donald Trump on Monday responded to the critical shortage of medical supplies at many US hospitals by dismissing a new inspector general report — based on testimony from hundreds of the nation's front-line medical facilities — as "wrong."

According to the report, released earlier Monday by the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services, hospitals are reporting a "severe" shortage of testing supplies and a "widespread" lack of N95 masks and other personal protective equipment. The inspector general, an independent oversight official within HHS, issued the findings after interviewing staff at 323 hospitals.

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