People Criticise US For Handling Coronavirus Poorly, Claim No Masks, Sanitisers At Airports
Coronavirus cases in the US have soared past 1300 with at least 38 deaths. A week ago US President Donald Trump signed a congressional emergency spending bill to combat the coronavirus for $83 billion He insisted that they are doing well amidst the growing chorus of negligence.
A week ago, US President Donald Trump signed a congressional emergency spending bill to combat the coronavirus for $8.3 billion. He insisted that they are doing well, amidst the growing chorus of negligence from the government.
¡°We¡¯re doing very well,¡± he insisted. ¡°But it¡¯s an unforeseen problem. What a problem. Came out of nowhere, but we¡¯re taking care of it,¡± he had said.
As a precautionary measure, Trump advised people to be calm, reassuring that "it will go away."
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However, the situation only worsened eventually.
Coronavirus cases in the US have soared past 1,300, with at least 38 deaths. Even as a travel ban is in place and major sporting events cancelled, many have called out the government for being ignorant in handling the novel coronavirus and downplaying the threat.
Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, told the Bloomberg news agency: ¡°This is an unmitigated disaster that the administration has brought upon the population, and I don¡¯t say this lightly. We have had a much worse response than Iran, than Italy, than China and South Korea.¡±
It was only when Wall Street witnessed a 1,000-point drop, Trump took notice of the situation.
Not just shoddy measures, but the Trump administration is being criticised for lackadaisical approach at the airports.
#BREAKING: Passengers stuck in long lines for immigration at @DFWAirport tell us there are no offers of hand sanitizer, gloves, or masks from U.S. Customs / Immigration. Travelers say they¡¯ve had no screenings of temp yet and no one following #coronavirus protocols. pic.twitter.com/9viCnWdncz
¡ª Jason Whitely (@JasonWhitely) March 15, 2020
JFK airport in New York City has turned into a #CoronaVirus breeding ground along side O'Hare in Chicago. Crowds waiting in a very long lines in close quarters with thousands of people to clear US Customs' useless enhanced #COVID19 screening measures.pic.twitter.com/fyr8fyT0vq
¡ª Alexander Higgins - Coronavirus Updates (@kr3at) March 15, 2020
There is no stock of hand sanitisers, gloves or masks from US customs and immigration, making the airport a fertile breeding ground for the virus to flourish and infect thousands.
Passengers are stuck at the airports without temperature screening measures.
Trump himself constantly downplayed the threat and contradicted his own health officials, asserting that the virus was ¡°very much under control¡± and infections were ¡°going very substantially down, not up¡±.
When America is tested, the US president calls it a "Democrat/media hoax" and WASTES precious weeks... #coronavirus #Trump
¡ª Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) March 15, 2020
Another tRump-created disaster. The mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis is beyond categorization. Simply mind numbing levels of incompetence.
¡ª Miss Anthrope ? (f/k/a Old White Gal) ? No Lists (@OldWhiteGal1) March 15, 2020
Last month, he confidently claimed that total cases will be "close to zero."
He also accused Democrats of using the coronavirus as ¡°their new hoax¡±. Since then, it has all been downhill for the nation.
