WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Sunday he now believes as lots of as 100,000 Americans might die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier quotes, but said he was confident a vaccine would be developed by the year’s end.
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a live Fox News Channel virtual city center called “America Together: Going Back To Work” about response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic being relayed from inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, U.S. May 3,2020 REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Trump alternated during a two-hour virtual town hall broadcast by FOX News between forecasting a rapid recovery for the U.S. economy and casting blame for the pandemic’s spread on China, where the illness is thought to have actually stemmed.
The COVID-19 health problem, caused by the new coronavirus, has sickened more than 1.1 million in the United States and killed more than 67,000 Americans, shut wide swaths of society, including most schools and many services. tmsnrt.rs/ 2w7hX9T
” We’re going to lose anywhere from 75, 80 to 100,000 individuals. That’s a dreadful thing,” stated Trump, who as just recently on Friday had actually stated he hoped less than 100,000 Americans would die and previously in the week had discussed 60,000 to 70,000 deaths.
About half the states have actually now moved toward at least