WASHINGTON, May 6 — In the latest sign that the Trump administration no longer considers the coronavirus pandemic its top daily priority, the White House is set to disband the emergency task force handling the outbreak. Vice President Mike Pence said yesterday that the emergency task force he...
White House coronavirus task force members, including Dr Anthony Fauci, Dr Deborah Birx, Robert Redfield and Jerome Adams at the White House in Washington April 22, 2020. — Reuters pic
“I think we’re starting to look at the Memorial Day window, early June window” for shutting it down, he told reporters. The task force also drew on medical experts to formulate national recommendations on social distancing. Trump says that while he wants a “safe” reopening, the hardship caused by the economic shutdown is the main threat.
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