Trump denies downplaying severity of coronavirus
Published : 16 Sep 2020, 14:37
Sahos Desk
US President Donald Trump has denied that he didn't show enough seriousness about Covid-19, despite admitting in a recorded interview having done that.
At a televised programme with voters, Mr Trump said he had "up-played" it.
The claim contradicts what Mr Trump told journalist Bob Woodward earlier this year that he minimized the virus's severity to avoid panic, BBC reported.
And Mr Trump claimed that a vaccine could be ready "within weeks" despite scepticism from US health experts.
No vaccine has completed clinical trials yet, leading some scientists fear of politics rather than health and safety is driving the push for a vaccine before the 3 November presidential elections.