Donald Trump announced a new White House plan to help states test 2 per cent of their populations for coronavirus as they either open their economies or start crafting plans to do so. Public health
The president appeared in a chilly Rose Garden to announce the testing programme after first cancelling the day's coronavirus briefing.The zig-zagging about whether or not Mr Trump would brief came two days after he appeared to pull the plug on his daily coronavirus briefings following a major flub Thursday night. That's when he suggested Americans inject disinfectant to kill; the next day, he falsely said he was being sarcastic.
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