Washington (CNN) US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Sunday said he has "no reason to doubt" the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Covid-19 death toll, contradicting President Donald Trump's claim that the agency has "exaggerated" its numbers. "From a public health perspective, I have no reason to doubt those numbers," Adams told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" when asked about Trump's claim. "And I think people need to be very aware that it's not just about the deaths, as we talked about earlier," he added. These cases are having an impact in an array of ways and people need to understand there's a finish line in sight, but we've got to keep running toward it." "'When in doubt, call it Covid,' " Trump wrote in a tweet.

Source: CNN January 03, 2021 15:00 UTC