Trump Says 'Worst Days' of Coronavirus are 'Behind Us'

President Trump on Tuesday suggested, "the worst days" of the coronavirus pandemic are over as he welcomed a group of small-business owners to the White House who have benefited from an emergency loan program he signed into law last month, the Hill reports.

"Trump used his speech to express optimism about the country’s path to economic recovery amid the pandemic, which has forced businesses to close and caused millions of layoffs across the country due to stay-at-home orders issued by states," reads the article by Morgan Chalfant. 

“As our nation battles against this terrible scourge, we continue to pray for the victims as well as those Americans who are grieving their lost ones and their loved ones,” Trump said at the outset of his remarks in the East Room. “We suffer with one heart, but we will prevail. We are coming back, and we’re coming back strong.”

"Our experts believe that the worst days of the pandemic are behind us," the US President noted. 

Journalists asked him how he could say this with confidence when the country begins to reopen.

"I think the virus will disappear. It is going to run away," he said, adding, "And if it comes back in another form in the fall, we will be able to cope. We are prepared."

The US has confirmed more than 1 million cases of coronavirus, shows the data compiled by Johns Hopkins. The US now accounts for about a third of all coronavirus cases reported from around the world.

And within a matter of days, the US is also likely to pass another ominous milestone: more than 60,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19.

By Ana Dumbadze

Source: The Hill

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