US president Donald Trump said the White House coronavirus task force would wind down as the country moves into a second phase of dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. ‘Mike Pence and the task force have done a great job,’ Trump said during a visit to a mask factory in Arizona, a key state in the upcoming presidential election. ‘But we’re now looking at a little bit of a different form and that form is safety and opening and we’ll have a different group probably set up for that.’ Asked if he was proclaiming ‘mission accomplished’ in the fight against coronavirus, Trump said, ‘No, not at all. The mission accomplished is when it’s over’
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Source: Elections - theguardian.com
