Covirus 19 coronavirus: the President of the United States, Donald Trump, closes the border of the United States

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced the suspension of immigration in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.

On Twitter, he said he “will sign an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States.”

He did not specify if there would be any exceptions.

Travel to various countries is still restricted from the US. And the land borders with Mexico and Canada are only open to those returning home or for cargo.

The announcement comes after a coronavirus briefing in which the president complained about US media coverage of his response to the pandemic.

At his press conference today, he complained to the American media, saying, “They used to be fans, fans, fans. Now it’s testing, testing, testing.”

He went on to claim that the tests would be even easier for the US to handle. USA That fans, since “fans are big machines” and “it takes a group of people who really know what they’re doing.”

“We are very advanced in the tests,” he added.

According to the World Health Organization, about one in five people taking COVID-19 will need hospital care. Those who are seriously ill will need pulmonary ventilation equipment to help or replace breathing.

According to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Safety, US hospitals. USA They may need up to half a million additional fans during the pandemic.

Experts from the Harvard Medical School predicted that patients with COVID-19 in the US USA They would need 31 times more fans to handle the virus.

Shortages have already been reported in some of the worst affected areas, such as New York and Detroit.

In New York City, the epicenter of the virus, 80 percent of ventilated coronavirus patients did not survive.

“Across the country, we are very concerned about ventilator shortages, so we are looking for every possible way to provide respiratory assistance to patients,” said Dr. Mark Hepokoski, a critical care specialist at UC San Diego.

He noted that recognizing which patients will recover with less aggressive treatments is not easy with a new disease, but it is essential.

On Sunday, Trump declared to the US USA Like the “King of the Fans” and he said he was “right to prove” the way he was “right” about breathing devices.

“Just as I was right about the fans (our country is now the ‘King of the fans’, other countries are asking for help, we will!), I am right on the evidence,” he wrote on Twitter.

“Governors must be able to step up and do the job. We will be with you ALL THE WAY!”

Trump has received significant criticism from the governors for not providing enough test kits or ventilators to treat patients with COVID-19.

“But I’m still coming back because the hardest thing of all, by a factor of 20, is the fans. And now we are the king of fans. We have fans,” he told reporters yesterday.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said the president was “delusional” by suggesting that states have enough test kits and medical equipment.

“It is delusional to make statements like that,” he said in CNN’s State of the Union.

“We’ve been fighting for PPE every day. And now we have some supplies. We’ve been fighting for testing. It’s not a … it’s not a simple test. We don’t even have enough swabs, believe it or not. And we’re increasing that. But for the national level, saying that we have what we need, and really not having guidance for the state levels, is irresponsible because we are not there yet. “

• Covid19.govt.nz – The official government Covid-19 advisory website