Published 11:21 IST, April 24th 2020
Donald Trump: Finalized 3 contracts to produce 39 million N95 masks in 90 days
President Donald Trump announced on April 23 that his administration had finalised three contracts to produce 39 million more N95 masks in 90 days.
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United States President Donald Trump anunced that his ministration h finalised three contracts to produce 39 million more N95 masks. Trump also revealed that whole production would take place in a mere 90 days. As of w COVID-19 pandemic has infected 8,86,709 and resulted in 50,243 fatalities across 50 states of America.
Out of total infected cases, 85,922 have recovered. state of New York continues to remain most affected followed by New Jersey and Massachusetts. On April 23, while speaking at White House briefing, American leer showed his optimistic side and said, “We will defeat this plague and restore full measure of American power and prosperity". He n lauded “heroic officials” battling disease on front line. He also vised citizens to remain vigilant in order to keep up momentum in battle against viral pandemic.
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Trump, recently, indicated that stay-at-home order might be extended beyond May 1, but vocated need to grually open up ecomy that is safe. In past few weeks, more than 26 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits and figure is soon likely to cross 40 million, as per some estimates, international media reported. Both World Bank and International Monetary Fund have projected a negative growth in US in 2020.
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't letting our guard down'
"Safe and phased reopening of our ecomy it's very exciting, but it does t mean that we are letting down our guard at all in any way; on contrary, continued diligence is an essential part of our strategy to get our country back to work to take our country back,” Trump told reporters at his daily White House news conference on coronavirus.
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data and facts on ground suggest that US is making great progress, he said. In 23 states, new cases have declined. In peak week, 40 per cent of American counties have also seen a rapid decline in new cases. As many as 46 states report a drop in patients showing coronavirus-like symptoms, he said. Trump said that US is very close to finding a vaccine for COVID-19.
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11:31 IST, April 24th 2020