WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced a national state ofemergency on Friday, freeing up $50 billion in federal funds for the battleagainst the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic.
“To unleash the full power of the federal government, I´m officiallydeclaring a national emergency,” Trump said in a statement on the WhiteHouse lawn.
He called on all US states to set up emergency operation centers and saidthe government was accelerating testing, amid criticism about the lack ofsufficient test kits nationwide.
