New York (AFP)
The toll of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States could exceed the threshold of 150,000 dead, against 120,000 victims so far, said American President Donald Trump on Monday.
The current assessment is "probably 115 (115,000) but it could go a little above, up to 150 (150,000), or even beyond, but we would have lost 2 to 4 million lives" if the country didn’t hadn't taken steps to slow the spread of the virus, Donald Trump argued in an interview with Spectrum News cable network.
The American president was referring to the Imperial College of London model, which announced, in mid-March, a possible death toll of 2.2 million deaths in the United States if no action was taken.
According to Johns Hopkins University, which is a reference in the matter, the death toll of the coronavirus in the United States reached Monday 120,000 deaths.
"We have done a good job and now we are putting the country back on its feet," said the head of state during an interview at the White House.
Asked about the advisability of organizing new campaign rallies when several states in the South and West of the country are experiencing an outbreak of new Covid-19 cases, Donald Trump assured that health security was not neglected .
"We are still concerned about security," he said. "We want to get rid of this thing."
The President is scheduled to travel to Phoenix on Tuesday for a speech to young sympathizers, even if it is not officially a campaign meeting.
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