U.S. President Donald Trump said he underwent a second coronavirus test on Thursday, using a rapid diagnostic that produced a result in less than 15 minutes, and it determined that he has not been infected.
"We are going to go through a very tough two weeks," Trump said, striking a more somber tone than he has at previous briefings. "This is going to be a very, very painful two weeks."
US President Donald Trump has said coronavirus restrictions such as social distancing will be extended across the country until at least 30 April.
U.S. deaths from coronavirus could reach 200,000 with millions of cases, the government’s top infectious diseases expert warned on Sunday as New York, New Orleans and other major cities pleaded for more medical supplies.
US President Donald Trump has said he is considering imposing a quarantine on New York in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
President Trump has signed the largest-ever US financial stimulus package, worth $ 2tn, as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic.
The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country, with more than 85,500 positive tests.
New York, experiencing more coronavirus deaths and infections than any other U.S. state, is showing tentative signs of slowing the spread of the virus, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, while the health crisis deepened in hard-hit New Orleans and elsewhere.
