Teller Report

Trump urged to fund National Guard operations to combat COVID-19

8/3/2020, 7:07:28 PM

The National Association of Governors has called on US President Donald Trump to provide additional funding from the federal budget for the National Guard's operations to combat the coronavirus infection COVID-19.


This is stated in a statement published on the organization's website.

"Unreasonable delays in this matter would turn into serious problems for the governments of the states and territories," the TASS statement was quoted as saying.

It is noted that the current funding order expires on August 21.

Earlier, the coordinator of the White House working group on combating COVID-19, Deborah Birx, said that coronavirus infection in the United States began to spread more actively in rural areas, although earlier it mainly affected urban residents.