John Kerry Praises Foreign Leaders for Handling of the Coronavirus Outbreak
Former Secretary of State John Kerry is giving foreign leaders good marks for their handling of the coronavirus outbreak. “They got tough immediately,” Kerry said during an interview on CNN on Tuesday when asked about…
Former Secretary of State John Kerry is giving foreign leaders good marks for their handling of the Coronavirus Outbreak.
“They got tough immediately,” Kerry said during an interview on CNN on Tuesday when asked about the low number of confirmed in several European nations. “They didn’t play games. They saw it not as a hoax. They saw it as a genuine threat, and they responded immediately.”
He slammed President Donald Trump for “extolling the virtues the testing of this administration” while pointing out that several governors have said they do not have the ability to test enough people in their states.
“This virus was an external threat. It came from another country. We know it was China. It came over here. And so it’s been compounded by this absence of genuine, effective leadership,” Kerry added.
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He continued to say that the U.S. should be conducting millions of coronavirus tests per day to be able to safely and effectively reopen.
The Trump administration has said that it believes there are enough tests available across the country to start to lift restrictions that are aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
A recent study found that the U.S. is conducting roughly 150,000 coronavirus tests per day — which is higher than last month. However, several experts have argued that the country must be conducting hundreds of thousands or millions of tests per day to reopen the country safely.