US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a COVID-19 vaccine is "ready" and going to be announced "within weeks" to combat the deadly disease that has killed over 223,000 Americans, as he debated with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden for the final time before the presidential election.
The debate, just less than two weeks ahead of the crucial presidential elections on November 3, started with opening remarks by both the candidates when the mike of the other was muted.
The coronavirus dominated the opening minutes of the Trump-Biden face-off in Nashville with President Trump terming the contagion a 바카라worldwide problem바카라.
바카라This has been a worldwide problem, but I바카라ve been congratulated by many countries on what we바카라ve been able to do,바카라 he said at the debate held in Nashville, Tennessee.
"We have a vaccine that's coming, it's ready. It's going to be announced within weeks and it's going to be delivered,바카라 the President said.
Trump claimed that he had done a good job with a worldwide pandemic, saying the country needs to 바카라learn to live with it.바카라
Responding to the President, Biden said that Trump has no plan.
바카라He always says people are learning to live with it. People are learning to die with it,바카라 Biden said.
바카라I will take care of this. I will make sure we have a plan,바카라 the former vice president said.
Biden said that this is a dark winter as he came down heavily on the Trump administration바카라s handling of the pandemic.
Trump praised the US response to the pandemic, claiming that the crisis 바카라is going away바카라.
On the question of lockdown, Trump said: 바카라We don't have the ability to lock ourselves in basement바카라.
바카라We바카라re not going to shut down and we have to open our schools,바카라 Trump said. 바카라The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself,바카라 Trump said.
According to Johns Hopkins coronavirus tracker, the coronavirus has so far infected more than 41 million people and killed over 1.1 million people globally. The US is the worst affected country with over 8 million cases and 223,000 deaths.
