trump said during a press conference that the actions of the American authorities has allowed to avoid large number of victims of coronavirus infection COVID-19.
According to him, if the White house did nothing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to some projections, the number of deaths could reach 2.2 million.
“If we can reduce the number of deaths up to 100-200 thousand people, it means we did a good job,” said the us President.
trump has ordered to extend the “antiviral” mode at least until April 30. The head of state said he expects a peak in mortality from COVID-19 in two weeks.
the United States remains the leader in the number of confirmed cases of infection with coronavirus new type (there identified more than 140 thousand cases), ahead of China and Italy. Meanwhile, Donald trump does not consider it necessary to impose strict quarantine measures in new York state, which is the center of the American pandemic.
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