China News Service, July 9th, integrated US Chinese website reported that the health official in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA said on July 8 that President Trump’s campaign rally and the protests that followed it, “may "Contributed to the surge in confirmed cases of local new crowns.
According to reports, Bruce Dart, director of the health department in Tulsa, at the press conference that day, attributed the new cases in the past two days to the presidential election rally and protests. The county added 261 newly confirmed cases on the 6th; 206 newly confirmed cases were added on the 7th. Currently, there are 17,893 confirmed cases in Oklahoma, including 4,571 in Tulsa, accounting for about 26%.
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Dart pointed out that in the past two days, there have been nearly 500 newly diagnosed cases. "There were several large-scale incidents two weeks ago. I think the relationship is very close."
Trump held a campaign rally in Tulsa on June 20. About 6,200 people were present and many did not wear masks. It is reported that after the rally, several members of the Trump campaign team, Secret Service personnel and a reporter who participated in the Tulsa rally were diagnosed.
However, Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh accused the protesters of increasing the number of confirmed cases of the new crown, not the participants in the rally.
He said in a statement: "Thousands of people are on the street. In fact, there are no sanitary precautions at all." "The president's rally was held 18 days ago, and the temperature of all participants was checked. Everyone got a mask and there was a lot of hand sanitizer."
According to previous media reports, on July 5 local time, the Trump campaign team announced that Trump will hold an outdoor rally in New Hampshire on July 11.