While refusing to use the words "mission accomplished", Donald Trump said the US was in a new phase of "safety and opening".
The new phase wouldn't require the coronavirus task force in its current form, but Trump would continue receiving advice from experts like Dr Deborah Birx and Dr Anthony Fauci. Both have been prevented from testifying before the House of Representatives.
A government whistleblower is alleging Trump administration officials "appeared intent" on downplaying the coronavirus pandemic, with concerns raised over malaria drug hydroxychloroquine.
After refusing to wear a mask to the mask factory, Trump capped off his visit to Arizona with the prediction that "it's possible there will be some" deaths as states roll back restrictions to slow the spread of Covid-19.
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White House refuses to let coronavirus task force testify before Congress
The Donald Trump administration is refusing to let the members of its coronavirus task force like Dr Deborah Birx and Dr Anthony Fauci testify before Congress, prompting House speaker Nancy Pelosi to speculate that the White House “might be afraid of the truth”.
The Donald Trump administration is refusing to let the members of its coronavirus task force like Dr Deborah Birx and Dr Anthony Fauci testify before Congress, prompting House speaker Nancy Pelosi to speculate that the White House “might be afraid of the truth”.
Democrats have said the block would hamper their ability to gather detailed information about the nation's response to the pandemic.
A memo sent to congressional committees also seeks to limit the number of coronavirus-related appearances on Capitol Hill for those at key departments responding to the pandemic.
It stated that "the demands on agencies' staff and resources are extraordinary in this current crisis".
A senior administration official said task force members had been working non-stop since the early days of the coronavirus outbreak and need to focus on the task at hand rather than "preparing for four-hour hearings several times a week".
Democratic leaders of the House and Senate criticised the move.
The leader of the Democrats in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, said: "President Trump should learn that by muzzling science and the truth, it will only prolong this health and economic crisis.
"The president's failure to accept the truth and then his desire to hide it, is one of the chief reasons we are lagging behind so many other countries in beating this scourge."
Speaker Pelosi said on CNN that spending bills related to the pandemic begin in the House and that politicians need to consult with administration officials on those matters.
She said White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who until recently served in the House, knew politicians would be insisting on the truth, and the White House "might be afraid of the truth".
"The fact that they said, 'We're too busy being on TV to come to the Capitol' is, well, business as usual for them," Pelosi said.
The memo said that given the "competing demands in these unprecedented times, it is reasonable to expect that agencies will have to decline invitations to hearings to remain focused" on the Covid-19 response.
Joe Scarborough suggests Trump 'take a rest' after 'cruel' tweet
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough has meanwhile told the president to “take a rest” following an “extraordinarily cruel” tweet he directed at the presenter on Monday digging up a past tragedy and effectively insinuating he was guilty of murder.
Here is Scarborough's wife and co-host Mika Brzezinski (herself a victim of the president's vicious tweets in the past) going to bat for him:
Andrew Naughtie and Alex Woodward have this report.
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough has meanwhile told the president to “take a rest” following an “extraordinarily cruel” tweet he directed at the presenter on Monday digging up a past tragedy and effectively insinuating he was guilty of murder.
Here is Scarborough's wife and co-host Mika Brzezinski (herself a victim of the president's vicious tweets in the past) going to bat for him:
Andrew Naughtie and Alex Woodward have this report.
Unrepentant president lays into 'Moonface' husband of adviser over attack ad
Showing no sign of remorse over the Scarborough affair, Trump has since taken to Twitter again to lash out at lawyer and pundit George Conway, married to his adviser Kellyanne Conway, after taking exception to an attack ad he was involved with, writing: “I don’t know what Kellyanne did to her deranged loser of a husband, Moonface, but it must have been really bad.”
The idea that the Lincoln Project video in question, "Mourning in America", shows "no imagination" because it riffs on Ronald Reagan's famous 1984 campaign promo is pretty rich coming from Trump, given that he himself pinched the same man's 1980 slogan "Make America Great Again".
It would be a shame if Trump's fury meant many more people saw the clip than otherwise would have, wouldn't it?
Here's Andrew Naughtie with the latest dispatch from the mountain of madness.
Showing no sign of remorse over the Scarborough affair, Trump has since taken to Twitter again to lash out at lawyer and pundit George Conway, married to his adviser Kellyanne Conway, after taking exception to an attack ad he was involved with, writing: “I don’t know what Kellyanne did to her deranged loser of a husband, Moonface, but it must have been really bad.”
The idea that the Lincoln Project video in question, "Mourning in America", shows "no imagination" because it riffs on Ronald Reagan's famous 1984 campaign promo is pretty rich coming from Trump, given that he himself pinched the same man's 1980 slogan "Make America Great Again".
It would be a shame if Trump's fury meant many more people saw the clip than otherwise would have, wouldn't it?
Here's Andrew Naughtie with the latest dispatch from the mountain of madness.
US could already have passed 100,000 Covid-19 deaths
Trump increased his estimate of how many Americans could die from the coronavirus pandemic to 100,000 during his Fox News interview at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday night - but emerging data suggests that number could already have been been passed.
“I think people need to be aware that the data they’re seeing on deaths is very incomplete,” said Dan Weinberger, a Yale professor of epidemiology who led an analysis of "excess deaths" (not currently attributed to coronavirus but consistent with new information) for The Washington Post. “It’s hard to say how much higher, but our best guess might be it’s in the range of one and a half times higher.”
With the total number of deaths reported on 4 May by Johns Hopkins University to be 67,913, that would put the total number at roughly 101,000.
Meanwhile, a new model that is frequently used by the White House foresees 134,475 American deaths from Covid-19 by early August.
Alex Woodward has more on those numbers from the University of Washington‘s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation below.
Trump increased his estimate of how many Americans could die from the coronavirus pandemic to 100,000 during his Fox News interview at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday night - but emerging data suggests that number could already have been been passed.
“I think people need to be aware that the data they’re seeing on deaths is very incomplete,” said Dan Weinberger, a Yale professor of epidemiology who led an analysis of "excess deaths" (not currently attributed to coronavirus but consistent with new information) for The Washington Post. “It’s hard to say how much higher, but our best guess might be it’s in the range of one and a half times higher.”
With the total number of deaths reported on 4 May by Johns Hopkins University to be 67,913, that would put the total number at roughly 101,000.
Meanwhile, a new model that is frequently used by the White House foresees 134,475 American deaths from Covid-19 by early August.
Alex Woodward has more on those numbers from the University of Washington‘s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation below.
Trump not joining other world leaders for vaccine fundraising conference
A conference organised by international leaders to pledge billions of dollars in funding for a coronavirus vaccine will not be attended by the US, which is facing criticism for its absence and over Trump’s cutting of contributions to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Norway also announced it would give $4.8m (£3.9m) to the WHO, in addition to its normal annual funding of the organisation.
“It is a pity the US is not a part of it," Solberg commented. "When you are in a crisis, you manage it and you do it jointly with others. Everyone will certainly evaluate their work at some point and see what could have been done differently."
Here's our diplomatic editor Kim Sengupta's report.
A conference organised by international leaders to pledge billions of dollars in funding for a coronavirus vaccine will not be attended by the US, which is facing criticism for its absence and over Trump’s cutting of contributions to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The virtual funding conference began with an offer of $1bn (£800m) from Norway towards the initial goal of raising $8.2bn (£6.6bn). It also began amid recriminations with the country’s prime minister Erna Solberg speaking out against the decision by the US president to suspend payment to the WHO after accusing it of colluding with China to hide the spread of the virus.
Norway also announced it would give $4.8m (£3.9m) to the WHO, in addition to its normal annual funding of the organisation.
“It is a pity the US is not a part of it," Solberg commented. "When you are in a crisis, you manage it and you do it jointly with others. Everyone will certainly evaluate their work at some point and see what could have been done differently."
Here's our diplomatic editor Kim Sengupta's report.
Trump's campaign team shares Star Wars video of president decapitating news networks
The president's re-election team is under fire for sharing another video of Trump doing violence to the news networks he spends entire days railing against as "hostile".
In honour of May the 4th (Star Wars Day, if you're that way inclined), Trump is depicted as wrinkly, swamp-dwelling Jedi guru Yoda taking his lightsabre to storm troopers marked up as CNN and MSNBC.
This follows on from a deeply unpresidential wrestling clip he once shared and, more recently, a doctored clip from the idiotic Matthew Vaughn spy caper Kingsman, in which Trump replaced Colin Firth in a gory church massacre scene.
Here's Greg Evans with more for Indy100.
The president's re-election team is under fire for sharing another video of Trump doing violence to the news networks he spends entire days railing against as "hostile".
In honour of May the 4th (Star Wars Day, if you're that way inclined), Trump is depicted as wrinkly, swamp-dwelling Jedi guru Yoda taking his lightsabre to storm troopers marked up as CNN and MSNBC.
This follows on from a deeply unpresidential wrestling clip he once shared and, more recently, a doctored clip from the idiotic Matthew Vaughn spy caper Kingsman, in which Trump replaced Colin Firth in a gory church massacre scene.
Here's Greg Evans with more for Indy100.
Trump jetting out for Arizona in first official visit in weeks
For much of the last two months, the president has rarely left the grounds of the White House as he's attempted to stage manage the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and sought to minimise his own exposure to the disease.
But that changes today, when Trump is scheduled to travel to Arizona to visit a Honeywell facility that makes N95 masks in what the president suggests will mark the return to more regular travel.
The trip also means a small army of advisers, logistical experts and security staff - a coterie of hundreds that includes personnel from the White House, Defense Department, Secret Service and more - will resume regularly hitting the road again and taking a measure of risk to assist Trump.
In addition to Tuesday's trip to Honeywell, Trump says he will travel soon to Ohio, to New York in June for the US Military Academy graduation, and to South Dakota in July for a holiday fireworks display at Mount Rushmore. Trump says he's also eager to get back on the campaign trail, though he acknowledged during his Fox News forum on Sunday that it might not be able to hold his signature big-stadium rallies until the final months before the 3 November election.
"I've been at the White House now for many months, and I'd like to get out, as much as I love this... Most beautiful house in the world," Trump said in announcing his travel plans.
At a moment when public health officials have asked Americans to postpone nonessential travel to help stem the coronavirus, Trump is looking to rev the engines of Air Force One as he tries to prod a shell-shocked American electorate - reeling from the death and economic destruction wrought by the virus - to edge back to normal life.
But White House officials are also taking precautions to try to prevent Trump and vice president Mike Pence from exposure to the virus. Honeywell workers who meet Trump on Tuesday - just like anyone else who comes in close proximity to the president and vice president - will be first required to take a rapid point-of-care test to determine if they're carrying the virus.
"When preparing for and carrying out any travel, the White House's operational teams work together to ensure plans to incorporate current CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidance and best practices for limiting Covid-19 exposure are followed to the greatest extent possible," White House spokesman Judd Deere said.
But Matt Bennett, who served as vice president Al Gore's trip director, said he worries that Trump is putting his staff, military personnel and local and state officials at unnecessary risk.
"I think there is a value of seeing our leaders out in the country and escaping the White House," said Bennett, executive vice president at the centre-left think tank Third Way. "But it has to be balanced against the cost. The cost here could be the health and safety of a lot of people."
James McCann, a Purdue University political scientist who has studied presidential travel, said that Trump early in his term travelled significantly less frequently on official presidential business compared to his four predecessors. But now that a big campaign rally is not possible, Trump is searching for a way to assert himself. "Trump is itching to get into campaign mode," McCann said.
Marc Short, Pence's chief of staff, told reporters the vice president, who last week traveled to Indiana and Minnesota, has been debriefing the White House Military Office after each trip to discuss planning and protocols.
Typically, White House advance staff fly commercial airlines when traveling to scout a location before a presidential or vice presidential visit. But Short said staffers are now taking military aircraft. Ahead of Pence's trip to an Indiana plant where ventilators are being manufactured, advance staffers were not allowed to leave the military base where Air Force Two landed, Short said.
The Secret Service, which is tasked with protecting the president and his family, wouldn't get into the details of how it's altering operations but said it's following CDC guidance.
"Since the beginning of this pandemic, the Secret Service has been working with all of our public safety partners and the White House Medical Unit to ensure the safety and security of both our protected persons and our employees," said Justine Whelan, a spokeswoman for the agency.
In addition to the White House advance staff, which is tasked with plotting out the smallest details of the president's visit, the Secret Service sends its own advance team that maps out security for the visit. Officials from the White House communications office advance team are dispatched to set security telephone access for the president should he need it.
The president flies on Air Force One, military-operated aircraft, on all trips, regardless of whether it is White House business, political or personal travel. The Defense Department also airlifts equipment such as armored limousines and occasionally helicopters for the president's travel.
The Military Working Dog Program and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Program are dispatched to support protection of the president. Typically, about a dozen members of the news media travel with the president on Air Force One at their organisation's expense.
The president usually travels with a representative from the press office, the chief of staff's office and the National Security Council, as well as a personal assistant. Other aides, like his economic advisers, a Cabinet secretary or lawmakers, also may join depending on the nature of the visit.
Johanna Maska, who served as the White House director of press advance during the Obama administration, said it's important for administration officials to remember that everyone who travels or assists in the president's travel - from the closest aides to the volunteer van drivers who drive lower-rung aides from the airport - have families.
"There is a whole orbit around those people," Maska said. "I certainly hope that they are making the right decisions here."
AP
For much of the last two months, the president has rarely left the grounds of the White House as he's attempted to stage manage the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and sought to minimise his own exposure to the disease.
But that changes today, when Trump is scheduled to travel to Arizona to visit a Honeywell facility that makes N95 masks in what the president suggests will mark the return to more regular travel.
The trip also means a small army of advisers, logistical experts and security staff - a coterie of hundreds that includes personnel from the White House, Defense Department, Secret Service and more - will resume regularly hitting the road again and taking a measure of risk to assist Trump.
In addition to Tuesday's trip to Honeywell, Trump says he will travel soon to Ohio, to New York in June for the US Military Academy graduation, and to South Dakota in July for a holiday fireworks display at Mount Rushmore. Trump says he's also eager to get back on the campaign trail, though he acknowledged during his Fox News forum on Sunday that it might not be able to hold his signature big-stadium rallies until the final months before the 3 November election.
"I've been at the White House now for many months, and I'd like to get out, as much as I love this... Most beautiful house in the world," Trump said in announcing his travel plans.
At a moment when public health officials have asked Americans to postpone nonessential travel to help stem the coronavirus, Trump is looking to rev the engines of Air Force One as he tries to prod a shell-shocked American electorate - reeling from the death and economic destruction wrought by the virus - to edge back to normal life.
But White House officials are also taking precautions to try to prevent Trump and vice president Mike Pence from exposure to the virus. Honeywell workers who meet Trump on Tuesday - just like anyone else who comes in close proximity to the president and vice president - will be first required to take a rapid point-of-care test to determine if they're carrying the virus.
"When preparing for and carrying out any travel, the White House's operational teams work together to ensure plans to incorporate current CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidance and best practices for limiting Covid-19 exposure are followed to the greatest extent possible," White House spokesman Judd Deere said.
But Matt Bennett, who served as vice president Al Gore's trip director, said he worries that Trump is putting his staff, military personnel and local and state officials at unnecessary risk.
"I think there is a value of seeing our leaders out in the country and escaping the White House," said Bennett, executive vice president at the centre-left think tank Third Way. "But it has to be balanced against the cost. The cost here could be the health and safety of a lot of people."
James McCann, a Purdue University political scientist who has studied presidential travel, said that Trump early in his term travelled significantly less frequently on official presidential business compared to his four predecessors. But now that a big campaign rally is not possible, Trump is searching for a way to assert himself. "Trump is itching to get into campaign mode," McCann said.
Marc Short, Pence's chief of staff, told reporters the vice president, who last week traveled to Indiana and Minnesota, has been debriefing the White House Military Office after each trip to discuss planning and protocols.
Typically, White House advance staff fly commercial airlines when traveling to scout a location before a presidential or vice presidential visit. But Short said staffers are now taking military aircraft. Ahead of Pence's trip to an Indiana plant where ventilators are being manufactured, advance staffers were not allowed to leave the military base where Air Force Two landed, Short said.
The Secret Service, which is tasked with protecting the president and his family, wouldn't get into the details of how it's altering operations but said it's following CDC guidance.
"Since the beginning of this pandemic, the Secret Service has been working with all of our public safety partners and the White House Medical Unit to ensure the safety and security of both our protected persons and our employees," said Justine Whelan, a spokeswoman for the agency.
In addition to the White House advance staff, which is tasked with plotting out the smallest details of the president's visit, the Secret Service sends its own advance team that maps out security for the visit. Officials from the White House communications office advance team are dispatched to set security telephone access for the president should he need it.
The president flies on Air Force One, military-operated aircraft, on all trips, regardless of whether it is White House business, political or personal travel. The Defense Department also airlifts equipment such as armored limousines and occasionally helicopters for the president's travel.
The Military Working Dog Program and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Program are dispatched to support protection of the president. Typically, about a dozen members of the news media travel with the president on Air Force One at their organisation's expense.
The president usually travels with a representative from the press office, the chief of staff's office and the National Security Council, as well as a personal assistant. Other aides, like his economic advisers, a Cabinet secretary or lawmakers, also may join depending on the nature of the visit.
Johanna Maska, who served as the White House director of press advance during the Obama administration, said it's important for administration officials to remember that everyone who travels or assists in the president's travel - from the closest aides to the volunteer van drivers who drive lower-rung aides from the airport - have families.
"There is a whole orbit around those people," Maska said. "I certainly hope that they are making the right decisions here."
AP
White House 'could pull US military and intelligence operations out of UK' as part of Huawei review
As part of the Trump administration's moves against China, which it blames for the coronavirus, the White House is said to be reviewing whether spy planes, intelligence officials and other US assets stationed in Britain are at risk and need to be pulled out after Chinese telecom giant Huawei was engaged to help build the country's 5G network.
According to The Daily Telegraph, a group of highly-sophisticated reconnaissance spy planes, the RC-135s, are thought to be among the most vulnerable US assets based on this side of the pond.
The Trump administration’s review is reportedly underway but not yet public and could hold major ramifications for the “special relationship” between the two countries.
Justin Vallejo has the story.
Gavin Newsom says California will begin easing coronavirus closures this week
California's governor has announced that certain regions of his state will be allowed to move to “phase two” of a reopening protocol this week, provided they meet various conditions in their efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus.
In a televised statement, Newsom told citizens that based on “the data”, certain businesses will be allowed to resume trading on Friday if they can adapt and make modifications. Elaborating in a tweet, he gave the all-clear to clothing stores, florists, bookstores and sporting goods stores, provided they allow for curbside pick-up.
He also said that other businesses such as eateries may yet start reopening once local officials can certify that their regions have met strict criteria.
Andrew Naughtie has this report on one of the hardest-hit states.
California's governor has announced that certain regions of his state will be allowed to move to “phase two” of a reopening protocol this week, provided they meet various conditions in their efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus.
In a televised statement, Newsom told citizens that based on “the data”, certain businesses will be allowed to resume trading on Friday if they can adapt and make modifications. Elaborating in a tweet, he gave the all-clear to clothing stores, florists, bookstores and sporting goods stores, provided they allow for curbside pick-up.
He also said that other businesses such as eateries may yet start reopening once local officials can certify that their regions have met strict criteria.
Andrew Naughtie has this report on one of the hardest-hit states.
Trump’s systematic removal of inspectors general is ‘deadly dangerous’, says Adam Schiff
The California Democrat and House Intelligence Committee head who led the impeachment effort has been speaking to MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell and again calling out the president's behaviour after he sacked another oversight watchdog: Christi Grimm, principal deputy inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services.
The California Democrat and House Intelligence Committee head who led the impeachment effort has been speaking to MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell and again calling out the president's behaviour after he sacked another oversight watchdog: Christi Grimm, principal deputy inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Presidential historian derides Trump's 'incredible' claim to be treated worse than Lincoln
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals, has weighted in on Trump's ludicrous complaint that he is "treated worse" than Abraham Lincoln.
“It’s an incredible statement when you think about it,” Goodwin told John Berman on CNN, shaking her head in disbelief. “You can’t compare the time, either. Yes, it’s true the country is split now in a partisan way. Yes, it’s true that we have a divided media.
“But we were talking about a civil war with Abraham Lincoln, 600,000 people dying, a North and a South that had entirely different interpretations of what was going on. Let us never think that we’re going back to such a period of time.”
Goodwin said that Lincoln too was pilloried by the press in his time but "he would hardly complain".
“How much better if you can just use the understanding of free press is part of what we are,” she said, advising the president to listen to George W Bush on keeping things non-partisan right now, rather than lashing out left, right and centre with grievances.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals, has weighted in on Trump's ludicrous complaint that he is "treated worse" than Abraham Lincoln.
“It’s an incredible statement when you think about it,” Goodwin told John Berman on CNN, shaking her head in disbelief. “You can’t compare the time, either. Yes, it’s true the country is split now in a partisan way. Yes, it’s true that we have a divided media.
“But we were talking about a civil war with Abraham Lincoln, 600,000 people dying, a North and a South that had entirely different interpretations of what was going on. Let us never think that we’re going back to such a period of time.”
Goodwin said that Lincoln too was pilloried by the press in his time but "he would hardly complain".
“How much better if you can just use the understanding of free press is part of what we are,” she said, advising the president to listen to George W Bush on keeping things non-partisan right now, rather than lashing out left, right and centre with grievances.
NRA cuts staff and cuts pay amid coronavirus pandemic
The once-powerful National Rifle Association (NRA) has cancelled its annual convention and laid off dozens of employees amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In a memo to staff last week, CEO Wayne LaPierre announced that there would be a 20 per cent cut in salary for employees and added that some higher earners “voluntarily” took the pay cut.
Ohio Republican refuses to wear face mask because faces are the 'likeness of God'
State representative Nino Vitale has taken to Facebook to raise his objections to Ohio governor Mike DeWine's call for people to wear face masks throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
“This is not the entire world,” Vitale wrote on Monday morning. “This is the greatest nation on earth founded on Judeo-Christian Principles.”
“One of those principles is that we are all created in the image and likeness of God. That image is seen the most by our face. I will not wear a mask.”
As you can see, Vitale's record on advising his constituents on coronavirus is not what it might be...
State representative Nino Vitale has taken to Facebook to raise his objections to Ohio governor Mike DeWine's call for people to wear face masks throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
“This is not the entire world,” Vitale wrote on Monday morning. “This is the greatest nation on earth founded on Judeo-Christian Principles.”
“One of those principles is that we are all created in the image and likeness of God. That image is seen the most by our face. I will not wear a mask.”
As you can see, Vitale's record on advising his constituents on coronavirus is not what it might be...
Trump issues fresh note of blithe optimism ahead of not-particularly-necessary Arizona jaunt
If you were getting your news solely from Trump's tweets (God forbid), you'd think the coronavirus pandemic was done and dusted and everything was back to business as usual.
It very much isn't.
If you were getting your news solely from Trump's tweets (God forbid), you'd think the coronavirus pandemic was done and dusted and everything was back to business as usual.
It very much isn't.
Before he jets out to Arizona, he's treating his followers to the customary sudge dump of partisan retweets, of which this from Fox's Jesse Watters is especially dumb.
Children in New York hospitalised over conditions possibly linked to coronavirus
The Big Apple’s health department has warned a multi-system inflammatory syndrome possibly linked to coronavirus has been identified in 15 children in the city’s hospitals.
Several of the patients, aged two to 15 years old, tested positive for Covid-19 or had positive antibody tests. They were hospitalised between 17 April to 1 May.
It was noted that the condition was characterised by similar features as those seen in toxic shock syndrome or Kawasaki disease.
Kate Ng has this report.
The Big Apple’s health department has warned a multi-system inflammatory syndrome possibly linked to coronavirus has been identified in 15 children in the city’s hospitals.
Several of the patients, aged two to 15 years old, tested positive for Covid-19 or had positive antibody tests. They were hospitalised between 17 April to 1 May.
It was noted that the condition was characterised by similar features as those seen in toxic shock syndrome or Kawasaki disease.
Kate Ng has this report.
Dr Fauci dismisses Trump's suggestions pandemic was created in Chinese lab
The task force's top infectious diseases man continues to go his own way, defying Trump and Mike Pompeo on China by dismissing their blame game as a "circular argument".
He has also laughed off calls for his dismissal from the more feverish end of the right-wing spectrum, saying it's all just "part of the game".
Chris Riotta has more on the quiet man who finds himself a national hero at 78.
Democratic senator returns to Capitol Hill wearing pink wig to protest reopening
Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona wore the $12.99 bob as the Senate reconvened yesterday as a means of stating her opposition to ending quarantine measures prematurely a risking a second wave of Covid-19 infections for the sake of personal vanity, the wig standing in for the haircut she is delaying in the name of responsible citizenship during the pandemic.
Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona wore the $12.99 bob as the Senate reconvened yesterday as a means of stating her opposition to ending quarantine measures prematurely a risking a second wave of Covid-19 infections for the sake of personal vanity, the wig standing in for the haircut she is delaying in the name of responsible citizenship during the pandemic.
'It’s a great time for people to explore America', says Steve Mnuchin
Is it Steve? The CDC begs to disagree.
Oliver O'Connell has more on the treasury secretary's extraordinarily irresponsible pronouncement.
President says Fauci can testify before Senate but not House of Representatives because it's 'a set up'
Trump has been speaking to the press on the White House lawn just now before he sets out for Joint Base Andrews and then Phoenix, not missing a chance to bash the "bunch of Trump haters" in the House - whose Appropriations Committee he will not allow Fauci to speak to - and champion the reopening of states, dismissing out of hand fears that doing so could inflame the virus.
He says he'll wear a mask at the Honeywell facility if it is a mask facility but that he does not know if it is (it is).
Trump has been speaking to the press on the White House lawn just now before he sets out for Joint Base Andrews and then Phoenix, not missing a chance to bash the "bunch of Trump haters" in the House - whose Appropriations Committee he will not allow Fauci to speak to - and champion the reopening of states, dismissing out of hand fears that doing so could inflame the virus.
He says he'll wear a mask at the Honeywell facility if it is a mask facility but that he does not know if it is (it is).
