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The number of cases of #coronavirus infection in the United States exceeded 700 thousand

The number of cases of #coronavirus infection in the United States exceeded 700 thousand
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Saturday, 18 April, 2020, 10:45

According to US President Donald Trump, the total number of victims of coronavirus infection in the country can make up 60-65 thousand people. He changed the earlier forecast of White House specialists, who suggested that the probable mortality rate from coronavirus would be up to 240 thousand. The efforts to fight infection in the country allowed adjusting the estimate, he said. Apart from this, Trump also declaredthat the leader in the number of deaths in the world is not the United States, but China. According to the authorities, 82.7 thousand people were infected in this country, 4.6 thousand died.Earlier trump blamed The World Health Organization (WHO) has done little to prevent the coronavirus epidemic in his country, but has devoted too much time to the situation in China. He stated that the organization “failed to fulfill its primary responsibility” and its actions most likely led to a larger outbreak of coronavirus. In this regard, the United States suspended WHO funding.April 16th American Leader reportedthat the country overcame the peak in the number of cases of coronavirus. He also promised to announce measures to ease restrictions due to the pandemic.