“We always hear about South Korea and their tests, there are 11 tests per thousand. Here in the United States, that’s 17 tests per thousand.”
What FactCheck.org found
South Korea ramped up COVID-19 testing much earlier than the U.S. and has performed more tests per positive case, meaning the country has been able to do more testing relative to the size of its outbreak.
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In short
Kayleigh McEnany (White House Press Secretary) made this claim around 6 May 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 May 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Kayleigh McEnany has 17 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-press-secretary-kayleigh-m…
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