日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Americas

Trump sees COVID-19 vaccine by year-end

By AI HEPING in New York | China Daily Global | Updated: 2020-05-15 11:08
Share
Share - WeChat
US President Donald Trump tours medical equipment distributor Owens & Minor in Allentown, Pennsylvania, US, May 14, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he expected a vaccine for the coronavirus to be available by the end of the year, and the military would help with distribution.

"Our military is now being mobilized, so at the end of the year, we're going to be able to give it to a lot of people very, very rapidly," he said in an interview on Fox News.

About a dozen vaccine candidates are being tested in China, the UK, Germany and the US. The World Health Organization has estimated it could take about 12 to 18 months for an effective vaccine to be developed.

An immunologist who says he was unfairly removed from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Thursday that the nation might be rushing too quickly on a vaccine.

A 12-to-18-month schedule to develop one would require everything to go perfectly, said Rick Bright. "We've never seen anything go perfectly," he added.

Scientists and researchers work on a potential vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Pfizer's laboratory in Pearl River, New York, US, on May 5, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

In testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Bright said that if the US doesn't develop a plan to address a second wave of the coronavirus, the country would experience the "darkest winter in modern history".

Bright has said he was transferred to the National Institutes of Health in retaliation for voicing concerns about the safety of antimalarial drugs touted by Trump as a possible treatment.

Later Thursday, during a tour of a Pennsylvania distribution center for masks and other medical supplies, Trump said that the US is ramping up production of COVID-related items and that "my goal is to produce everything America needs for ourselves and then export to the world, including medicines".

Without wearing a face mask himself, US President Donald Trump tours medical equipment distributor Owens & Minor during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Allentown, Pennsylvania, US, May 14, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

Pennsylvania is one of several battleground states crucial to Trump's re-election. He carried the state by 44,000 votes in 2016.

In almost every state, stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders have been lifted or eased, including for businesses and public places. And Trump called on Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, a Democrat, to "start opening up a little bit. You have areas of Pennsylvania that are barely affected, and they want to keep them closed. Can't do that."

Most of the state is still under Wolf's strict stay-at-home order through June 4, but Republican officials in some counties said they would ignore the governor and open up starting Friday.

In Lansing, Michigan, the state Legislature closed its Capitol on Thursday and postponed its legislative session until next week rather than face the possibility of an armed protest and death threats against Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Thursday's protest, billed as "Judgment Day", was organized by the right-wing group Michigan United for Liberty, which is protesting the state's extended stay-at-home order that goes to the end of this month.

During the protest, police said they broke up a fight involving a man with an ax. A spokesman for the Michigan State Police said one of the attendees tried to take a sign out of another demonstrator's hand, and a fight ensued. One of those involved was carrying an ax. Police said there were no injuries or arrests made.

On April 30, protesters dressed in military-style gear and carrying long guns crowded into the statehouse, where firearms are allowed. They taunted police and lawmakers.

On Thursday, the Labor Department reported that almost 3 million more people filed jobless claims last week. The 2.98 million claims boost the total during the coronavirus pandemic to nearly 36.5 million, the largest number of job losses in US history.

However, the number of initial claims has declined for six consecutive weeks since peaking in the last week of March.

Stocks rose on Thursday as gains in bank shares and the oil market offset the unemployment data.

The New York Stock Exchange said Thursday it will reopen its trading floor on May 26 with numerous restrictions, including traders being barred from using public transportation and being required to wear face coverings.

The exchange has been closed since March 23, shortly after a floor trader and an exchange employee tested positive for the virus. Since then, the exchange has been operating electronically.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产精品亚洲视频 | 日本黄色片免费看 | 国产精品va一区二区三区 | 精品视频免费观看 | 免费久久一级欧美特大黄 | 狠狠操操 | 一本伊大人香蕉久久网手机 | 秋霞电影免费理论久久 | 全部免费国产潢色一级 | 欧美日韩中文字幕在线观看 | 久久夜视频 | 天天夜夜骑 | 亚洲精品不卡 | 亚洲精品第一国产综合高清 | 国产精品九九久久一区hh | 香蕉久久一区二区不卡无毒影院 | 麻豆网站在线 | 久章操 | 亚洲国产系列久久精品99人人 | 一级黄色片网站 | 国产成人av一区二区三区 | 成年网站在线观看 | 开心伊人 | 99热首页 | 国产日韩一区二区三区 | 日韩精品不卡 | 天天草夜夜爽 | 亚洲三级国产 | 成人免费看黄网站无遮挡 | 第四色播日韩AV第一页 | 成人免播放器午夜视频 | 免费的黄色一级片 | 一本大道久久a久久综合 | 精品欧美一区二区三区精品久久 | 精品亚洲国产成av人片传媒 | 日韩欧美一二三区 | 中文字幕人成乱码在线观看 | 国产一区二区三区久久久久久久久 | 亚洲午夜精品久久久久久app | 精品一区二区三区网站 | 日韩欧美一区二区三区在线视频 |