Published 13:08 IST, July 28th 2020

Donald Trump wears mask, ramps up hope on COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina

US President Donald Trump not only wore a face mask during his visit to North Carolina but also ramped up hopes regarding COVID-19 vaccine to be developed soon.

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While coronavirus outbreak continues to tighten its grip on United States, US President Donald Trump t only wore a face mask during his visit to rth Carolina but also ramped up hopes regarding COVID-19 vaccine to be developed by end of 2020. In a bid to impress his supporters in battleground state of rth Carolina, Trump showcased his ministration’s response to COVID-19 pandemic even though US remains most virus-affected country in world as per Johns Hopkins University tally. 

As Donald Trump said that he has “heard very positive things” regarding timetable of vaccine’s availability to market,   total coronavirus infections in country have surpassed 4.2 million with 148,056 deaths. Republican US President’s job approval ratings in country have also reportedly plunged over his handling of coronavirus outbreak. But he still sought for second week to showcase that he is in command of situation and t avoiding his involvement. 

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“I heard very positive things,” Trump said when asked about timetable for bringing a vaccine to market, “but by end of year we think we’re in very good shape to be doing that.”

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Furr spilling optimism, Donald Trump said that he ‘trusts’ all Americans to make right decisions. But, he asserted that US citizens should especially focus on maintaining social distance along with rigorous hygiene and avoid crowded garings, bars. US President even promoted use of facemasks when appropriate while he wore it publicly for first time only recently.  While US still recording a huge spike in COVID-19 cases, Trump said that his ministration will anunce some good news regarding rapeutics developed for COVID-19 infection within a couple of weeks.

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 "With respect to rapeutics, I can tell you that I think over next couple of weeks, we will have some really, very good things to say... We will have some anuncements on that over next two weeks," Trump told reporters.

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13:08 IST, July 28th 2020