Trump called US 'king of ventilators' a week after doctors stopped its use

US President Donald Trump boasted called America "king of ventilators” after doctors stopped using it on COVID-19 patients due to an observation where y found an unusually high mortality rate among victims who were put on ventilators. Trump has been gloating over number of ventilators that US was able to procure in such a short period but y are w forced to ship surplus ventilators to or nations for COVID-19 response.

While has Trump showed optimism about having more number of ventilators, a draft government report has projected that fatalities due to coronavirus can reach over 3,000 per day by June 1 in United States, which is twice present rate. On contrary, Trump h recently said that death toll of COVID-19 disease can spike mostly up to one lakh and expressed confidence over finding a vaccine before 2020 ends.

Planning to ship

United States is w reportedly planning to ship at least 8,000 ventilators to foreign countries by end of July. “We have nine factories that are throwing out ventilators at numbers that body can believe. re’s t been anything like that since Second World War,” Trump h said on May 8 while doctors in US are using ventilators only as a last resort.

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According to latest report, over 4.2 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed worldwide with over 284,000 deaths, overwhelming health care facilities across globe. United States, United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain, are worst-hit countries due to pandemic with around 60 per cent of death toll reported from se four countries alone. 

numbers get more sombre for US as it has reported nearly 1.3 million cases, almost one-third of worldwide cases, and more than 80,000 deaths due to infectious disease. Within United States, New York has reported over one-fourth of nationwide coronavirus cases and almost one-tenth of worldwide cases.

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(Inputs / Im: AP)