Coronavirus worse for US than Pearl Harbor, 9/11, says Trump
2020-05-07 09:51:13 source：The Straits Times
May 7, 2020
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (May 6) the coronavirus pandemic has been worse for the United States than Pearl Harbor and 9/11 and renewed his criticism of China, saying the outbreak should have been stopped there.
As Germany unveiled plans for a return to near-normality - including a May 15 restart of the Bundesliga - the EU forecast a historic recession on the virus-battered continent.
Countries in Asia joined Europe, meanwhile, in easing the lockdowns that have kept swathes of humanity indoors for weeks and pummelled economies, tipping the world toward a recession not seen in decades.
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