Trump said that in 2019, 37 thousand US residents "died of the most common flu."
“The usual indicator in our country is from 27 thousand to 70 thousand deaths from influenza per year. And nobody closes anything, life and the economy take their course, ”he wrote on his Twitter.
The US President added that as of March 9 in the United States 546 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, 22 people died from COVID-19.
“Think about it,” he concluded.
Oregon previously introduced an emergency regime in connection with COVID-19.