US governors criticize President Trump for lack of corona test capacity - this bounces off. Now there is an important meeting.
- The corona virus * hits the USA particularly hard.
- The country has the highest number of infected and fatalities * worldwide.
- US President Donald Trump * insists that there are enough testing options * for the virus.
- Here you will find the basic facts * about the corona virus. In addition: Current case numbers in Germany as a map. Corona news from Germany can be found in our ticker *.
Washington - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to welcome Andrew Cuomo , Governor of the Coronavirus Pandemic in New York State , to the White House on Tuesday. Trump announced this during his daily briefing on the corona crisis * . On this occasion, he praised the progress in the state: "Many good things are happening in New York".
Corona in the USA: Trump disdusts Cuomo
Trump still attacked Cuomo on Friday. He should "go out and do his job," Trump tweeted. The governor responded with the succinct remark that if Trump "sits at home and watches TV, he should get up and go to work". Cuomo is a Democrat, Trump Republican.
Governor Cuomo should spend more time doing and less time complaining. Get out there and get the job done. Stop talking! We built you thousands of hospital beds that you didn't need or use, gave large numbers of fans that you should have had, and helped you with ....
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2020New York is the center of the pandemic in the United States, where more than a third of the country's approximately 42,000 casualties died. In New York, a rigorous curfew * applies until at least May 15 . Trump has repeatedly pushed for restrictions to be relaxed over the past few weeks because of the consequences for the US economy *. The decision is largely in the hands of the states.
Donald Trump on corona tests in the US: "We are getting better and better"
Trump has also rejected criticism of his government for lack of testing for the corona virus. "We are in very good shape when testing and we are getting better and better," he said at his daily press conference at the White House on Monday .
Trump criticized that some state governors had not understood which test capacities in private laboratories they had access to.
Corona vaccine: UN member states with demands
Meanwhile, the 193 member states of the United Nations have called for "equal" access to future vaccines * against the novel coronavirus. A corresponding resolution was passed unanimously by the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday. This applies particularly to developing countries .
The resolution also highlights the “crucial role” of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) in the fight against coronavirus. Trump had blamed the UN sub-organization for severe “mismanagement” in the corona crisis and one-sidedness in favor of China, and had announced that US payments to WHO would stop .
Nevertheless, the current resolution of the UN General Assembly was also supported by the United States. It had brought Mexico. In contrast to those of the UN Security Council, resolutions of the General Assembly are not binding under international law.
dpa / AFP / frs
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