U.S. President Donald Trump speaks throughout a information convention amid the unfold of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), at his golf resort in
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks throughout a information convention amid the unfold of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, August 8, 2020.
Joshua Roberts | Reuters
President Donald Trump on Monday urged People to cease politicizing the coronavirus, solely responsible the outbreak in the USA on China moments later.
“We should cease politicizing the virus, however as a substitute should be united in our condemnation of how this virus got here to America, how this virus got here to the world,” Trump stated throughout a White Home press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic. “And we will determine it out and we will discover out and we’re very offended about it.”
Moments later, Trump blamed China whereas discussing extending a freeze on dwelling evictions because of the pandemic. He signed an govt order Saturday extending the federal protections from evictions after a moratorium lapsed in late July.
“It is not their fault. The virus got here from China. It is China’s fault,” he stated.
Utilizing a racially charged time period, Trump additionally claimed practically half of all deaths within the U.S. from the “China virus” are in nursing properties and long-term care amenities.
The virus, which emerged from Wuhan, China, a bit over seven months in the past, has contaminated greater than 20 million folks worldwide and killed at the least 732,128, in accordance with information compiled by Johns Hopkins College. The U.S. has the worst outbreak on the earth with greater than 5 million instances and at the least 162,950 deaths, Hopkins information reveals.
Trump has repeatedly blamed China for inflicting the pandemic and exacerbating it within the U.S., saying China early on hid the extent of its outbreak. And earlier within the 12 months, Trump pulled funding the World Well being Group, accusing the company of being “China-centric.”
Nevertheless, public well being consultants say the Trump administration failing to behave rapidly to include the virus, a scarcity of a coordinated response between the federal authorities and states and early missteps on testing are among the many prime causes the U.S. has so many instances.
Trump additionally touted Monday the nation’s progress with the pandemic, saying U.S. well being officers are persevering with to see “encouraging indicators.” He stated the speed of latest instances proceed to say no in Florida and Texas in addition to hospitalizations. The U.S. is constant to watch states within the Midwest, which have seen an uptick within the charge of coronavirus checks that come again constructive.
“I do wish to say that on the finish of a really brief time frame we might be in fine condition on this nation,” he stated.