COVID-19: Donald Trump admits reopening of US will cost more lives
Washington/IBNS: As the country continues its fight against COVID-19, US President Donald Trump has admitted that reopening the US economy might lead to the deaths of more Americans.
When ABC News asked about the possibility of deaths over the reopening of economy, Trump was quoted a saying by the news channel: "It's possible there will be some because you won't be locked into an apartment or a house or whatever it is."
"But at the same time, we're going to practice social distancing, we're going to be washing hands, we're going to be doing a lot of the things that we've learned to do over the last period of time," he said.
“Will some people be affected? Yes. Will some people be affected badly? Yes. But we have to get our country open and we have to get it open soon,” Trump said,
Trump told reporters earlier that he will set up an Economy Reopening Group to replace the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
"As far as the Task Force, [Vice President] Mike Pence and the Task Force have done a great job, but we are now looking at a little bit of a different form. That form is safety and opening. We will have a different group probably set up for that," Trump said on Tuesday.
The Task Force headed by Pence has focused its efforts on healthcare issues and has been effectively guiding the United States since the beginning of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
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