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US President Donald Trump says he believes that the coronavirus will disappear soon, with the help of a vaccine.
Trump and his administration have faced criticism for their handling of the pandemic – that has claimed 213 000 lives in the US, and infected over 7-million people – as well as for a lax approach to mask-wearing and social distancing.
The White House physician has announced that Trump is no longer a Covid transmission risk to others.
Trump delivered a speech in front of cheering supporters at the White House on Saturday- in his first public appearance since being hospitalised with the virus 10-days-ago.
Donald Trump’s return to the White House:
“We are going to recover and the vaccine is coming out very quickly in record time, we have great companies doing it and they will be distributing it and – we will, through our military, very rapidly and through the power of the American spirit, more than anything else eradicate the China virus once and for all. We will get rid of it all over the world, there are a lot of flare ups, but it is going to disappear, it is disappearing and the vaccines and therapeutics are going to help a lot,” he told his supporters.
Trump’s appearance, amid continued questions over whether he is still contagious, is seen as a first step toward resuming full campaigning next week. He is due to go to Florida, Pennsylvania, and Iowa, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, respectively.
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Biden’s campaign trail continues
US Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, has urged Pennsylvania residents to vote early and pay extra attention if they plan on using a mail-in ballot.
Biden was speaking during a campaign in the important swing state – that helped propel Republican President, Donald Trump, to victory in 2016. He has also promised to rebuild the economy and restore the fortunes of American workers and the Middle Class. He has vowed to fund recovery through taxation – and attacked Trump’s record.
“President Trump talks about this V recovery, like we went downward real quick, we are coming up real quick, well I call it a K shaped recovery. Those folks at the top of the K are doing very very well, everything is going up for them, but everyone in the middle and below are going down.”
He added: “The workers who sacrificed to keep us going through this pandemic. It is the most unequal recovery in history.”
