Social media users have ruthlessly ridiculed President Donald Trump‘s suggestion that injections of disinfectant could be used to treat coronavirus patients. Trump brought up possible treatments including ‘injecting’ cleaning agents in the body and use of ultraviolet lights at Thursday’s White House press briefing. Twitter erupted after the president made the baffling claims, with one … Read more
‘I’ve heard some crazy things in my life but this is probably one of the craziest’: GMB’s Dr Hilary Jones mocks Donald Trump’s idea to inject people with disinfectant or blast them with light to beat coronavirus Donald Trump suggested injecting people with disinfectant to fight coronavirus Dr Hilary Jones called the president ‘completely and … Read more
President Donald Trump proposed unorthodox new treatments for the coronavirus at Thursday’s White House press briefing – including the use of ultraviolet rays and injections of cleaning agents into patients. Trump, who studied finance and real estate but touts his gut instincts about medical and scientific issues, brought up possible treatments including ‘injecting’ cleaning agents … Read more
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his immigration ban would be a 60-day pause on green cards, which is already in place because of the coronavirus. ‘This pause will be in effect for 60 days. Afterwards, the need for any extension or modification will be evaluated by myself and a group of people based on … Read more
Boris Johnson told Donald Trump that he is ‘feeling better and on the road to recovery’ from coronavirus during a call with the US president today – as the Prime Minister increasingly appears to be back in the government driving seat. Despite Mr Johnson continuing to convalesce at Chequers with pregnant fiancee Carrie Symonds, the two leaders held … Read more
BREAKING: Donald Trump bans ALL immigration into the U.S. to ‘protect jobs’ amid coronavirus pandemic The president announced his plans in a tweet Monday evening ‘In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy… I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States’, he wrote At least 22 million Americans … Read more
December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more
President Donald Trump has blasted China‘s official coronavirus death statistics as ‘impossible’ with Dr Deborah Birx concurring that Beijing failed its ‘moral obligation’ for transparency in the pandemic. At a White House briefing on Saturday, Dr Birx was presenting a chart with coronavirus mortality rates by country when Trump interjected, saying ‘does anybody really believe … Read more
Desperate Britons are putting their lives at risk by taking anti-malaria tablets in a ‘misguided’ attempt to fight Covid-19, experts warned last night. They dismissed claims by French researchers that the decades-old drugs could ‘cure’ patients and called a controversial study published last month that appeared to show benefits ‘deeply flawed’ and ‘dangerous’. The pills, chloroquine … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Donald Trump may be crazy but efforts of his business and financial team put those of Rishi Sunak and our own banking pygmies in shade By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 17 April 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 17 April 2020 One of the great hobbies of the British … Read more