In Monday morning tweets, US President Donald Trump vented about the market sell-off and news that large public gatherings were being called off because of the coronavirus. "So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu," Trump tweeted. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Scientists at this stage don’t know what the death rate of the new coronavirus actually is and whether it will wind up being about the same as flu or worse. “This is a very serious health problem,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told Fox News.-AP

Source: The Standard March 10, 2020 03:00 UTC