Coronavirus in the United States: one country has declared a major disaster

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United States President Donald Trump has signed a major disaster declaration in all 50 states regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time, a natural disaster is declared across the United States.

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This was reported by the White House, reports Radio Liberty.

The US media and experts have repeatedly published criticism of Trump’s actions to curb the COVID-19 epidemic. Reporters said experts were pressing for tough measures to spread the virus in the winter, but the President of the United States disagreed with the proposals. Trump later criticized the actions of the World Health Organization. According to the President of the United States, the organization spent too much time on China during the spread of a new type of virus.

On the eve of the United States, it ranked first in the world in the number of deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus, surpassing Italy. The death toll in the United States has exceeded 20,500. The death toll in New York State is more than eight thousand five hundred. Overall, more than half a million COVID-19 infections have been reported in the United States.

In Italy, almost 19,500 died. The country has detected more than 152,000 new types of coronavirus infections. Spain ranks third in mortality. More than 16,500 people died there. The number of infected people in Spain exceeds 163 thousand.