By AFPMore by this AuthorWashington,Nearly two-thirds of Americans say President Donald Trump was too slow in taking major steps to address the threat to the United States from new coronavirus, a poll published on Thursday said. According to the Pew Research Center, 65 percent said Trump was tardy in responding when cases of the Covid-19 illness were first reported in other countries. He initially downplayed the virus and has been keen to end the resulting lockdowns which have crippled the world's largest economy. The Pew survey was conducted April 7-12 among a sample 4,917 American adults. Trump, who boasted in January that "we have it totally under control," did not declare a government initiative to "slow the spread" until March 16.

Source: Daily Nation April 17, 2020 01:18 UTC