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Trump news - live: Bernie Sanders ends campaign as president slams Democrats and says coronavirus must be 'quickly forgotten'

Why has the president continued promoting an unproven drug for coronavirus treatment?: EPA
Why has the president continued promoting an unproven drug for coronavirus treatment?: EPA

Donald Trump used an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News on Tuesday night to whine about the ingratitude of New York governor Andrew Cuomo, again push his preferred but unproven remedy for Covid-19, hydroxychloroquine, and attack the “lame stream media” for its coverage of his administration’s response to the crisis.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has hit back at the president after he threatened to stop US funding to the body as he seeks a scapegoat for the disaster wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, saying the WHO had “missed the call” – despite himself ignoring a memo from trade adviser Peter Navarro in February warning of the coming storm.

With the US now suffering almost 396,000 cases of the virus and recording nearly 13,000 casualties, Trump has said he is sending 200 ventilators to the UK to assist with the British recovery.

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