Covid ‘attack’ on US worse than Pearl Harbour, 9/11: Trump
Washington, May 7
US President Donald Trump has said the coronavirus outbreak has hit America harder than the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II, or the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, pointing the finger at China.
Because of the preventive social-mitigation measures and complete shutting down of states and businesses, more than three crore people in the US have applied for unemployment benefits.
64 NY kids hospitalised with virus-related disease
New York: Sixty-four children have been hospitalised across New York with a disease possibly linked to the COVID-19. In an advisory issued to healthcare providers, the New York State Department of Health said, 64 potential cases of what it called the Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome Associated with COVID-19 have been reported in children in hospitals statewide, including New York City. However, most children with COVID-19 only experience mild symptoms.
Trump said: “We went through the worst attack we’ve ever had on our country, this is worst attack we’ve ever had.
“This is worse than Pearl Harbour, this is worse than the World Trade Center. There’s never been an attack like this,” he said during a meeting with the nurses, who are on the frontline of the battle against the COVID-19.
“And it should have never happened. Could’ve been stopped at the source. Could’ve been stopped in China. It should’ve been stopped right at the source. And it wasn’t.” The Trump administration is weighing punitive actions against China over its early handling of the global emergency. Washington is also pressing Beijing to allow American experts to probe the origin of the deadly virus, including if it escaped from a virology laboratory in Wuhan.
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have projected that the American economy will enter into recession and according to the White House, the country is likely to experience a minus 15-20 per cent growth in the second quarter of the current financial year. —PTI
