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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President said Monday that he is not taking any responsibility for the reported spike in people seeking help related to unsafe disinfectant use, even though he floated the idea of using disinfectant as a potential COVID-19 cure last week.Trump denied that his comments had played any role in those reports at his Monday briefing, the first time he’d taken questions at a press conference since his remarks about injecting people with faced nearly universal condemnation. Trump later claimed that suggestion was .Advertisement“I can’t imagine why,” Trump said Monday when a journalist noted a reported rise in the misuse of disinfectant since then.“Do you take any responsibility?” the reporter continued.“No. I can’t imagine, I can’t imagine that,” Trump said before quickly moving on to another reporter’s question. Since Trump’s remarks last week, have reported a spike in calls to poison control centers about exposure to disinfectant, forcing officials and the makers of cleaning products to issue warnings about ingesting such chemicals. The New York City Poison Control Center received about exposure to household chemicals in the 18 hours after Trump’s remarks, compared to only 13 during the same period last year. AdvertisementMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Sunday that his office had received “” seeking guidance on Trump’s suggestion even after the state’s Emergency Management Agency issued a warning last week about ingesting disinfectant.Earlier at Monday’s briefing, Trump and other members of the coronavirus task force outlined a for issuing coronavirus tests, though it was scant on details about solving problems in the supply chain and other testing capacity issues.Despite state leaders calling for a federal-level effort at ramping up testing, the task force said states would be largely responsible for increasing access to tests. Under the plan presented Monday, all 50 states would receive enough tests from the federal government each month to screen 2% of their populations.A HuffPost Guide To Coronavirus Suggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President said Monday that he is not taking any responsibility for the reported spike in people seeking help related to unsafe disinfectant use, even though he floated the idea of using disinfectant as a potential COVID-19 cure last week.Trump denied that his comments had played any role in those reports at his Monday briefing, the first time he’d taken questions at a press conference since his remarks about injecting people with faced nearly universal condemnation. Trump later claimed that suggestion was...

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