President Donald Trump has conceded that more Americans will die in reopening the US economy but underlined his insistence on a dwindling coronavirus threat by refusing to wear a mask, even as he toured a mask-making factory.
Mr Trump’s comments come after Mike Pence, the US vice president, confirmed at a press briefing that the White House was “having conversations” around winding down the coronavirus task force.
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