US leading in testing, India second: Trump

Washington, July 22

The US is main the world when it comes to Covid-19 testing and India is second, President Donald Trump has mentioned whereas warning Americans that the pandemic might “get worse before it gets better.”

‘China virus’

We have carried out over 50 million assessments. Second nation is India with 12 million (assessments). The China virus is a vicious and harmful sickness. — Donald Trump, US President

Over 140,000 Americans have died as a result of coronavirus and three.eight million have examined positive within the nation. While the US financial system is slowly coming again to regular, the pandemic is now spreading in lots of Sun Belt states, together with in Arizona, Florida, Texas and elements of California.

“We’re going to be over 50 million tests,” he mentioned, including that “second country is India with 12 million (tests). Then you have seven million, six million, and four million. I think that we are doing a tremendous amount of testing.” The “China virus”, Trump mentioned, is a vicious and harmful sickness.

Trump insisted the American response to the pandemic was “much better” than elsewhere. But he additionally warned that the illness might worsen within the coming days.

“It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better,” he mentioned. — PTI

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