Six members of US President Donald Trump's campaign advance team have tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of a controversial rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday. Read more:
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at his first re-election campaign rally in several months in the midst of the coronavirus disease outbreak, at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S., June 20, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Trump said his actions in blocking travelers from China and Europe had helped save"hundreds of thousands of lives." But he said the"radical fake news" media had not given him credit for doing what he called"a phenomenal job" responding to the outbreak. Health experts say expanded diagnostic testing accounts for some, but not all, of the growth in cases. They also call it a key tool in fighting the spread of the disease, which had been detected in at least 2.23 million people across the United States as of Saturday.
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