Trump: 'USA is better prepared against coronavirus'

Clearly dissatisfied with the measures taken by the Secretary of Health, Alex Azar, the President of the United States, Donal d Trump , announced on Friday, 26, that the command of the prevention and combat operations against the coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 will be the responsibility of the vice president, Mike Pence. Speaking at the White House, Trump said that contamination is decreasing in China, the epicenter of the new outbreak, and claimed that the United States is "the country best prepared to contain the epidemic".

Although there are 53 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States, for Trump, this epidemic is no more worrisome than an influenza outbreak. “It will end, it will end. Look at the flu season. ”

A candidate for re-election, he made a point of making the statement at a time of harsh criticism from the Democratic opposition over the White House's response to the possible spread of the epidemic in the country. On Tuesday 25, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the main American health agency, said the outbreak would certainly hit the country and could be worse than expected.

Trump pointed out that he has already sent Congress an additional $ 2.5 billion disbursement request to fight the disease. With electoral irony, he said there were Republicans willing to invest up to $ 4 billion, but Democrats want twice as much. He referred to the criticism of the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Nancy Pelosi, that her government was underestimating the crisis. “Nancy Pelosy is incompetent,” he declared, and then accused her of “creating panic

Among the new measures under study by the United States is the adoption of quarantine, if necessary, in areas where there is an outbreak of coronavirus. Trump said the White House is already in contact with state governments to discuss this possibility. "I don't think we will need that," he said.