Donald Trump: Press briefings not worth my time

US President Donald Trump tweeted that his daily Coronavirus briefings were not worth his time two days after sparking a furore by suggesting patients might be injected with disinfectant to kill an infectionHe appeared to confirm media reports that he was considering halting the briefings which dominate earlyevening cable television news for sometimes more than two hours out of frustration with questions about his handling of the COVID19 pandemicOn Thursday the US leader stunned viewers by saying doctors might treat people infected with the coronavirus by shining ultraviolet light inside their bodies or with injections of household disinfectantAfter a strong rebuff of his suggestion by top medical experts and disinfectant manufacturers Trump on Friday claimed he had been speaking sarcastically But he limited that days briefing which usually includes himself Vice President Mike Pence and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force to just 19 minutes and did not take any questions from reportersAnd on Saturday after 50 briefings over two months the White House did not hold one at all Trump has used the briefings to occupy television screens and promote his administrations policies fend off critics and attack political rivals mdash from opposition Democrats to China to the US mediaNearly 2500 dead in 24 hrsThe US recorded 2494 more coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours according to figures reported Saturday night by Johns Hopkins University The country now has an overall death toll of 53511 with 936293 confirmed infections according to a tally at 830 pm 0030 GMT Sunday The US is by far the hardesthit country in the global pandemicNo cases in Wuhan hospitals for 1st timeThe number of hospitalised COVID19 patients in Chinas Wuhan where the virus first emerged before turning out to be a pandemic on Sunday dropped to zero for the first time The last patient in Wuhan was cured on Friday Mi Feng a spokesperson for Chinas National Health Commission Hubei has so far reported 68128 confirmed COVID19 cases including 50333 in Wuhan The revised figure raised Chinas overall COVID19 death toll to 4632 The total number of cases as of Thursday stood at 82692Italy ponders what went wrongAs Italy prepares to emerge from the Wests first and most extensive lockdown it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy the hardesthit region Italys total of 26000 fatalities lags behind only the United States in the global toll Prosecutors are deciding whether to lay any criminal blame for the hundreds of dead in nursing homes many of whom arent even counted in Lombardys official death toll of 13269Catch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeverltp