The US Democratic candidate for the elections, Joe Biden, accused the administration of President Donald Trump of raising the "white flag" in the face of the emerging corona virus pandemic, after White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said that America "will not control the pandemic." In return, Trump said that the country is overcoming the virus and recovering. More than any country in the world.

Biden said in a statement, commenting on a statement by the White House chief of staff, "This was not a mistake by Meadows, it was an explicit admission of what President Trump's strategy had been, clearly since the beginning of the crisis: waving the banner of white defeat, in the hope that by ignoring him, the virus will simply disappear. This has not happened and will not happen. "

"We will not control the pandemic, we will control the aspect related to getting vaccines, treatments, and other areas of containment," the White House chief of staff told CNN earlier.

On the past Friday and Saturday, the United States recorded a record increase in the number of people infected with the virus, reaching nearly 84 thousand and 80 thousand, respectively, and up to now, the disease has killed about 225 thousand Americans.

In an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes", the Democratic candidate described President Trump's approach to dealing with the pandemic as completely irresponsible, and that the country is in real trouble.

On the other hand, Joe Biden ruled out a complete shutdown of the US economy to control the pandemic.

In the TV interview, he also accused President Trump of "embracing every tyrant and failing America's friends," and described Russia as the most dangerous security threat to the United States and China as its biggest competitor.

Although Mark Short, Mike Pence's chief of staff, and a number of his office employees were infected with the virus, the US Vice President continued his election campaign, 9 days away from the presidential elections. To his chief of staff.

Trump's statements

Despite the escalation of the increase in the number of corona cases in many regions of the United States, Trump said at an election rally at New Hampshire airport, "No nation in the whole world has recovered as well as we have."

And the Republican candidate added, "We are winning over it ... We have vaccines and we have everything. Even without vaccinations we are winning over it." He added, "It will be over. And you know who got it?

As the presidential election approaches, the Republican and Democratic candidates continue their efforts to urge supporters and voters to vote, especially in swing states.

A car rally in support of President Trump took place in Phoenix, Arizona, as participants called for Trump to be re-elected for a second term.

Trump at an election rally: Even without vaccines, we are fighting the Corona virus (Anatolia)

Early voting

In a related context, an independent study published yesterday showed that the rate of early or postal voting in the presidential elections scheduled for the third of next November is higher than it was 4 years ago in the 2016 elections.

The US Election Project, a study center affiliated with the University of Florida, said that as of Sunday, more than 59 million voters had cast their ballots early.

According to the data of the Electoral Assistance Committee, the total number of participants in early voting or by mail in 2016 was about 57 million.

This large increase in early voters is attributed to factors, most notably concerns about infection with the Coronavirus.

Although opinion polls across the United States as a whole show a clear lead for Biden, they also show a slight difference between him and his opponent Trump in critical states that may determine the outcome, which are the swing states with great electoral weight.