Trump has also said his administration will stop at nothing to save lives and protect the vulnerable.
The United States leads the world in COVID-19 testing and India is in second place, President Donald Trump said while providing an update on his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
So far, more than 140,000 Americans have died from coronavirus and 3.8 million have tested positive. As the US economy slowly returns to normal, the pandemic is now spreading through the nation’s solar belt.
“As a family, we mourn every precious life that has been lost. I pledge in their honor to develop a vaccine and defeat the virus. We’re doing very well with vaccine development and therapeutic development, ”Trump said at a White House press conference on Tuesday, his first on the coronavirus after several weeks.
Trump has also said his administration will stop at nothing to save lives and protect the vulnerable.
“We have learned so much about this disease. And we know who the vulnerable are, and we will indeed protect them,” he said.
Trump assured that vaccines against the new coronavirus would arrive much sooner than expected.
In response to a question, Trump said the United States “leads the world” in terms of COVID-19 testing.
“We’re going to do over 50 million tests,” he said, adding that “the second country is India with 12 million (tests). Then you have seven million, six million and four million. think we’re doing a lot of testing. “
The “Chinese virus,” Trump said, is a vicious and dangerous disease.
“It’s a horrible, nasty disease that should never have been allowed to escape China, but it did. She has infected the world, and the world is suffering. But we are going to get her treated, and we are “helping many other countries,” the US president said.
On tackling the virus, Trump said his administration was developing a powerful strategy.
“We’ve learned a lot about it (COVID-19) and who it’s targeting. We’re developing a strategy that’s going to be very, very powerful,” he said.
“Some parts of our country are doing very well; others are not doing so well. Unfortunately, it is likely to get worse before it gets better,” Trump said.
He said the median age of those who succumb to COVID-19 infection is 78, adding that about half of all deaths were people in nursing homes or long-term care.
“Young adults can often have mild symptoms, if any. They won’t even know they are sick. They will have no idea they have a virus. They will have no idea at all,” he says. he. , adding that young people will act responsibly.
Trump said the data shows that children have the lowest risk of death, with 99.96% of all deaths from the virus being adults.
“By understanding these risk profiles and learning how to treat the disease, we have been able to dramatically reduce mortality in the United States,” Trump said.
Several treatments are already available in the United States that can dramatically reduce the severity and duration of the disease, including remdesivir, he said.
“We learned the best practices for treating the virus at every step and shared these results with healthcare providers, and we shared them around the world. The relationship with other countries has been very strong. We’re all working together, ”Trump said.
