US president Donald Trump said the White House coronavirus task force would wind down as the country moves into a second phase of dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. ‘Mike Pence and the task force have done a great job,’ Trump said during a visit to a mask factory in Arizona, a key state in the upcoming presidential election. ‘But we’re now looking at a little bit of a different form and that form is safety and opening and we’ll have a different group probably set up for that.’ Asked if he was proclaiming ‘mission accomplished’ in the fight against coronavirus, Trump said, ‘No, not at all. The mission accomplished is when it’s over’
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Covid-19 is the official WHO name given to the novel coronavirus which broke out in late 2019 and began to spread in the early months of 2020.
Symptoms of coronavirus
The main symptoms of coronavirus are:
- a persistent new cough (non productive, dry)
- a high temperature (e.g. head feels warm to the touch)
- shortness of breath (if this is abnormal for the individual, or increased)
Latest News about Covid-19
Below are stories from around the globe related to the 2020 outbreak of novel Coronavirus – since the WHO gave the Covid-19 naming. Most recent items are posted nearest the top.
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Donald John Trump was the 45th President of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in Queens, a borough of New York City, and received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School.