President Donald Trump addresses a news conference about the coronavirus, at the White House in Washington. (N…Read More
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that when to reopen the country’s economy that has been crippled by the “invisible enemy” will be the “biggest decision” he will ever had to make, as his administration grappled with the raging coronavirus pandemic.
America’s economy, the world’s largest, has literally come to a standstill due the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 95 per cent of the 330 million population are under stay-at-home order amid a national emergency in place.
A record number of over 16 million people have lost their jobs due to the ongoing economic crisis in the US, according to latest official figures.
By Saturday morning, more than 18,700 Americans have lost their lives to the deadly coronavirus infection, while over 500,000 people have tested positive. New York City, the global financial capital, has emerged as its epicentre COVID-19 outbreak in the US with over 7,800 fatalities and 1.7 lakh infected cases.
Trump at this daily White House press conference on COVID-19 on Friday said he would take a decision on reopening the country to business activities would be taken at an appropriate time in consultation with his close advisors, including the members of the White House