Updated.
April 14, 2020 14: 34:08
US President Donald Trump says he likes leading health specialist Anthony Fauci and does not mean to fire him, despite earlier retweeting a call to sack him for stating lives could have been saved if the country closed down previously.
Key points:
- Dr Fauci said the United States could have conserved more lives if borders had shut quicker
- He has contradicted Mr Trump on a variety of scientific health matters
- The coronavirus has actually killed more than 22,000 individuals in the United States
At a press briefing, Mr Trump stated he and Dr Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergic Reaction and Contagious Illness, had actually been on the same page “from the start” about the infection and played a video for reporters safeguarding his administration’s reaction.
” I believe he’s a wonderful man,” Mr Trump stated of Dr Fauci, while adding that not everyone mored than happy with him.
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