Exclusive: US has three months to rebuild medical supplies stockpile, Obama administration scientists warn

A seven-page report from the former president's science advisers is an implicit criticism of Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic

Nine top scientists who advised Barack Obama in the White House are warning that the US has just three months to rebuild its national stockpile of emergency medical supplies or risk further drastic shortages of testing kits and protective gear should coronavirus strike again in the fall.

The dramatic warning from Obama's former science advisers contains an implicit criticism of Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic. In a seven-page missive, the group says that federal government preparations for a possible resurgence of the disease must be triggered immediately if a repeat of the extraordinary shortage of supplies" that was seen in March and April is to be avoided.