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China Stock Markets Rattled By Trump's China Virus Claims

Stock Markets Rattled By Trump’s China Virus Claims

May 2, 2020 5:25 pm

London and New York stocks sank on Friday after US President Donald Trump lashed out at China over the coronavirus crisis, bringing back bad memories of a damaging standoff between both countries over trade.

The eurozone’s key equity markets were shut for a public holiday as were several exchanges in Asia.

Investor nerves were tested further by a weak bottom line for Amazon even after the retail giant’s revenues received a boost from online shopping under the coronavirus lockdown.

The company warned earnings in the second quarter would be entirely wiped out by expenses related to COVID-19.

“Global markets continue …

Trump Insists That COVID-19 Originated From Chinese Lab

Trump Insists That COVID-19 Originated From Chinese Lab

May 1, 2020 8:57 am

Trump told reporters at the White House that evidence he had seen gave him a “high degree of confidence” the virus came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Read Also: Trump Says US May Seek Damages From China Over Virus

“Yes, yes I have,” he said, declining to give specifics. “I can’t tell you that. I’m not allowed

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Trump Says US May Seek Damages From China Over Virus

Trump Says US May Seek Damages From China Over Virus

April 28, 2020 6:29 pm

US President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that he may seek damages from China over the coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and spread around the world.

“We are not happy with China,” Trump said at a White House briefing. “We are not happy with that whole situation because we believe it could have been stopped at the source.

“It could have been stopped quickly and it wouldn’t have spread all over the world,” he said.

“There are a lot of ways you can hold them accountable,” Trump said. “We’re doing some very serious investigations as …

Trump Warned About Virus Repeatedly In Jan. And Feb.

Trump Warned About Virus Repeatedly In Jan. And Feb.

April 28, 2020 6:26 pm

US President Donald Trump was repeatedly warned about the dangers of the novel coronavirus in intelligence briefings in January and February, The Washington Post reported late Monday.

The warnings — more than a dozen included in classified briefings known as the President’s Daily Brief — came during a time the president was mostly downplaying the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic.

The Post, citing unnamed current and former US officials, said the warnings were contained in the daily classified summary of the most important global issues and security threats.

For weeks, the Daily Briefs traced the spread of the virus, said …

UN Pushes For Virus Vaccine As Trump Disinfectant Theory

UN Pushes For Virus Vaccine As Trump Disinfectant Theory

April 24, 2020 6:22 pm

The United Nations on Friday launched a global push to speed up production of a vaccine for the new coronavirus as US President Donald Trump came under fire for suggesting injecting patients with disinfectant.

The pandemic has upended life around the planet as nations try to stop the spread of the disease that has so far claimed more than 190,000 lives, infected nearly three million people and hammered the global economy.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said defeating the pandemic will require the biggest health effort ever seen as the United Nations joined forces with world leaders and the private …

Experts React With Horror To Trump Disinfectant Idea

Experts React With Horror To Trump Disinfectant Idea

April 24, 2020 2:03 pm

Doctors, epidemiologists and others have reacted with alarm to comments from US President Donald Trump on Thursday that injecting disinfectant and exposure to ultraviolet rays could help people with the coronavirus.

“Trump is absolutely wrong and irresponsible,” Dr Eugene Gu, whose laboratory is involved in coronavirus testing, wrote on Twitter, adding, “Clorox, Tide Pods and Lysol will kill coronavirus. No question about it. But if you are infected then the coronavirus is inside your cells. If you use any of those disinfectants to kill the coronavirus in your own cells then you’ll die right along with the coronavirus.”

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Global Virus Deaths Hit 150,000 As Trump Blasts China

April 17, 2020 6:26 pm

World coronavirus deaths passed 150,000 Friday as US President Donald Trump accused China of continuing to cover up its toll, even after Beijing revised figures sharply upward for Wuhan, the original epicenter of the global pandemic.

COVID-19 fatalities mounted in the United States and hard-hit Western Europe countries, but fresh data on rising infections and deaths in Africa showed the virus is leaving no continent untouched as it marches around the globe.

More than half of humanity — 4.5 billion people — were confined to their homes, with evidence mounting of social distancing’s success in slowing the pandemic.

But widespread …

Global Backlash After Trump Orders Funding Freeze On WHO

Global Backlash After Trump Orders Funding Freeze On WHO

April 15, 2020 6:25 pm

Criticism was heaped on US President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he ordered a freeze on funding for the World Health Organization, with friends and foes of the United States calling for global solidarity in the fight against the coronavirus and its economic devastation.

The pandemic is entering a new and uncertain phase as governments debate how to reboot commerce without triggering new infection waves of a virus that has killed more than 125,000 people.

In hard-hit Europe, a patchwork of countries are easing lockdown measures, with Denmark the first on the continent to send some children back to school …

Trump Shuns Medical Advice - 'I Won’t Wear Face Masks'

Trump Shuns Medical Advice – ‘I Won’t Wear Face Masks’

April 5, 2020 6:41 am

US President, Donald Trump, on Saturday declared that he will not wear a face mask.

This is despite new medical guidance advising people in the country to do so.

Trump said that it doesn’t look nice for him to be greeting “presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens” in the Oval Office while wearing one.

He said the guidance issued on Friday by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the government’s public health advisory agency, on mask wearing in the US, is voluntary.

“You do not have to do it,” he said. “I don’t think I’m going to be doing

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Coronavirus - Trump Backs Away From New York Quarantine

Coronavirus: Trump Backs Away From New York Quarantine

March 29, 2020 12:51 pm

US President Donald Trump has said quarantining New York “will not be necessary”, after the state’s governor said doing so would be “preposterous”.

Mr Trump said the latest decision was taken on the recommendation of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

The president had earlier said he might impose a quarantine on New York, and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut, to slow the spread of Covid-19.

There are more than 52,000 cases in New York.

The state has about half of the total confirmed Covid-19 cases in the entire US.

Mr Trump tweeted that instead of quarantine, a “strong …

Trump Under Fire For Calling COVID-19 ‘Chinese Virus’

Trump Under Fire For Calling COVID-19 ‘Chinese Virus’

March 17, 2020 6:16 am
US President Donald Trump has found himself being dragged on Twitter after calling the raging coronavirus the Chinese virus.

Trump had in a broadcast last week called the virus a foreign virus and merely stepped up his characterisation with the new label.

“The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!”, Trump tweeted late on Monday.

The tweet enraged not just Chinese Twitterati, but fellow Americans. However, Trump also had supporters, who praised him for calling the virus what it is.…

Trump Defends Ban On Travel From Europe As Virus Worsens

Trump Defends Ban On Travel From Europe As Virus Worsens

March 12, 2020 4:31 pm

US President Donald Trump defended Thursday his decision to impose a 30-day ban on travel from mainland Europe over the coronavirus pandemic that sent markets into a tailspin and sparked panic among stranded travellers.

The US leader doubled down on his shock move as the number of cases and fatalities surged in Europe, prompting governments to roll out even tighter restrictions on travel and public gatherings.

The virus, which first emerged in China in December, has quickly spread across the continent even as cases in Asia have levelled out in recent days.

China even claimed “the peak” of the epidemic …

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