Disinfectant was sprayed inside a mosque in Bosnia ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Members of the Muslim community are not expected to attend services, as only religious leaders are allowed to perform prayers due to social distancing measures.
Here are Wednesday's most significant developments in Washington:
Trump says 'never heard of him' when asked about doctor claiming he faced retaliation for questioning use of drug Trump touted President Donald Trump opened Wednesday’s coronavirus task force briefing by trying to walk back a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield about a possible second wave of the virus in the fall -- before asking Redfield to take the podium himself and clarify his statement.
President Trump interjected that Redfield “was totally misquoted” -- but when ABC News’ Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl asked Redfield directly about the above quote, Redfield said he was quoted correctly.--"CDC director warns that second wave of coronavirus could be even more devastating" was misleading. Redfield said the headline was"inappropriate."
Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Washington.Speaking after Redfield, White House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx told reporters that if the coronavirus returned in the fall, medical professionals would be able to find it earlier.
While Fauci said the virus would return, he agreed with Trump and Birx that the U.S. would be better prepared to confront it. Switching gears to the new White House guidance on reopening, Trump said it’s been “encouraging” and “beautiful” to watch states lift restrictions and reminded that specific plans for reopening will be left up to individual governors.
“I told the governor of Georgia. Brian Kemp that I disagree strongly with his decision to open certain facilities which are in violation of the phase one guidelines for the incredible people of Georgia they're incredible people,” he said. He reminded that the reopening program is not going to be like a “light switch” across the country and cautioned governors to proceed in a “very careful, measured way.”
When ABC Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl asked the president about the head of the federal agency in charge of producing a COVID-19 vaccine claiming he was pushed out of his job this week because he raised questions about hydroxychloroquine and other treatments touted by the president, Trump said he was unaware.
In a statement first reported by the New York Times, Bright said, “I am speaking out because to combat this deadly virus, science -- not politics or cronyism -- has to lead the way.”After President Trump for weeks touted the promise of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential “game changer” in the treatment for COVID-19 against the advice of his own public health officials, he has brushed off questions this week that the drug is performing poorly.
"Thanks to our significant progress against the invisible enemy, I'm pleased to announce that in line with my administration's guidelines for opening up America again, we will begin to reopen our national parks and public lands for the American people to enjoy," Trump said."That's going to be very exciting."
The Interior Department has insisted through the pandemic that decisions about when to close some of the more popular parks were made in coordination with state and local health officials, in many cases deciding to close when the area was put under a mandatory stay-at-home order. Many parks have actually stayed open, despite crowd concerns, and others have discouraged visitors by closing off parking lots and recreational areas.
"And by the way, these are people in the White House who politically don't like me. That's the fact you see in the president's tweets. He's often tweeted very unkind things about me and my brother. Politically, he does not, we've had conflicts. Back and forth. But we sat with him, sat with his team, and that was put aside," Cuomo continued."We're not setting up a possible marriage here. Just do the job.
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