Donald Trump says US is 'mobilising' the Army to deliver COVID-19 vaccine

US President Donald Trump has said on May 14 that in a bid to provide vaccine for COVID-19 disease “very rapidly”, government has started mobilising American Army. While US has topped world with most coronavirus infections, Trump said in a televised interview that it is a “massive job” to provide vaccine for highly contagious disease and briefed that it would first be me available to older US citizens and n to younger ones. Trump said. "Our military is w being mobilised so, at end of year, we're going to be able to give it to a lot of people very, very rapidly."

Despite warnings of US health professionals against citing unproven researches on coronavirus in conferences, US President boasted that COVID-19 vaccine would be available in country by end of 2020. White House has even set a benchmark of  number of vaccines doses to 300 million before year ends. However, as number of active cases in US mount to 1,034,892 and has recorded 85,197 fatalities, such cure is yet derived for fatal disease. Meanwhile, Trump has been touting reopening of country to balance harm on ecomy. 

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'We're opening our country'

Moreover, US President t only accused country’s top infectious disease expert of wanting to “play all sides of equation” but also called his warnings on reopening US too soon as “t acceptable”. Trump has even said “I was surprised” by answer when director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr Anthony Fauci cautioned against reopening country too soon and alerted that it could result in a heightened number of coronavirus cases. According to Fauci, schools should be reopened cautiously and in some places, y shall still remain closed. However, this vice left US President particularly dissatisfied and said at televised conference on May 13 that “people want it open”.

Trump said, "I was surprised by his answer, actually.  It's just...to me it's t an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools."

“We're opening our country. People want it open. schools are going to be open,” he ded.

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