United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned his country to brace for a “very, very painful two weeks” as the White House projec...
United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned his country to brace for a “very, very painful two weeks” as the White House projected that the coronavirus pandemic could claim 100,000 to 240,000 lives, even if all current social distancing guidelines are maintained, AFP reported.
“I want every American to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We’re going to go through a very tough two weeks. This is going to be a very painful, very, very painful two weeks.”
Trump’s statement comes after the toll in the United States from the novel coronavirus outbreak eclipsed the official tally in China, with more than more 3,600 fatalities recorded, according to data collected by the Johns Hopkins University. With this, United States now has the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the world, and the third highest toll after Italy and Spain.
Deborah Birx and Anthony S Fauci, the White House coronavirus taskforce response coordinator, told reporters that projection models show a worst case scenario of 100,000 to 240,000 deaths, but with proper mitigation protocols in place, the tally could be reduced, The Washington Post reported.
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