US President Donald Trump's recent remark, during his first Presidential campaign in Tulsa, Oklahoma amid COVID-19 pandemic, that he had asked officials to "slow the testing down" has lit fresh criticism from experts and his own staffers. Pelosi claimed that the people of America "are owed answers about why President Trump wants less testing." "Testing, tracing, treatment and social distancing are the only tools we have to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but President Trump orders his Administration to slow down the testing that saves lives," Pelosi said in her statement. Peter Navarro, Trump's chief trade adviser, called the US President's comments "tongue-in-cheek", while another White House official said that Trump was only joking. "So I said to my people, slow the testing down please," he added.

Source: dna June 22, 2020 06:56 UTC