Trump ‘more and more angry at China’ as US coronavirus cases rise by 47,000 in biggest daily spike
- US president escalates row with Beijing over coronavirus pandemic with new Twitter post
- US government’s top infectious disease specialist warned infections could rise to 100,000 a day
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was growing “more and more angry at China” over the spread of the coronavirus, as American health officials warned they were not in “total” control of the pandemic.
“As I watch the Pandemic spread its ugly face all across the world, including the tremendous damage it has done to the USA, I become more and more angry at China,” Trump tweeted.
The global pandemic, which Trump blames on Beijing, has intensified already strong tensions between the two countries over an ongoing trade war.
Trump’s Twitter broadside came as new US Covid-19 cases rose by more than 47,000 on Tuesday, the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic, as the government’s top infectious disease expert warned that number could soon double. The US also recorded The United States recorded 1,199 fatalities over 24 hours.
California, Texas and Arizona have emerged as new US epicentres of the pandemic, reporting record increases in Covid-19 cases.
“Clearly we are not in total control right now,” Dr Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told a US Senate committee. “I am very concerned because it could get very bad.”