After Mike Pence announced the lack of tests , Stephen Han committed to producing almost a million tests during the week of March 5 , 2020 , due to the coronavirus pandemic .
On March 5 , Vice President Mike Pence , the leader of the coronavirus response team , acknowledged that `` we do n't have enough tests '' to meet the predicted future demand ; this announcement came only three days after FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn committed to producing nearly a million tests by that week .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States