US: Trump on Tulsa rally says he had said health officials to slow COVID-19 testing

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US President Donald Trump Saturday on Tulsa rally to thousands of his supporters said that he had asked health officials of the US to slow down testing for Covid-19.

According to Trump, the reason behind doing this is the case numbers in the country which are increasing rapidly.

Trump also used racist language on a rally to describe to Covid-19 and criticized China referring to the virus as “Kung flu”.

The US is the worst hit by a coronavirus and is in the first in the world rank as most infected and highest death tolls.

US health officials had also asked Trump to postpone the rally saying that it would contribute to the spread.

The total number of coronavirus cases in the US has reached 2,330,578 and the total death toll is 121,980 till Sunday, June 21, 2020.

Publish : 2020-06-21 11:28:24

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