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US will not shut down in case of second Covid-19 wave, says Trump

"A permanent lockdown is not a strategy for a healthy state or a healthy country. Our country wasn't meant to be shut down," the president says

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House. Photo: PTI
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President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House. Photo: PTI

Agencies Washington D.C.
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US would not close in the case of a second coronavirus wave.

"People say that's a very distinct possibility. It's standard. And we're going to put out the fires. We're not going to close the country. We're going to put out the fires," Trump told reporters when asked if he was concerned about a second wave of Covid-19 during a tour of a Ford manufacturing plant in the state of Michigan, news agency IANS reported.

"A permanent lockdown is not a strategy for a healthy state or a healthy country. Our

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