Critics averred that the number of coronavirus cases in the United States was impossible to estimate , due to the botched approval of test kits during the pandemic .
Statement by Matt Hancock , U.K. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care , House of Commons , March 11 , 2020 '' Coronavirus : UK advice , symptoms , tests and treatment – in five graphics '' , BBC , March 2 , 2020Critics say that the US Government has botched the approval and distribution of test kits , losing crucial time during the early weeks of the outbreak , with the result that the true number of cases in the United States was impossible to estimate with any reasonable accuracy .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States