Rais Trump amesema kuwa iwe chanjo imepatikana au haijapatikana Marekani lazima ifunguliwe ili shughuli zirudi kama kawaida
Trump ameahidi pia kuwa mpaka mwisho wa mwaka huu chanjo ya ugonjwa huo itakuwa ipo tayari, ingawa wataalam wengi wana wasiwasi kama muda huo ni sahihi
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President Donald Trump has promised the US will reopen "vaccine or no vaccine", as he announced an objective to deliver a coronavirus jab by year end.
He likened the vaccine project, dubbed "Operation Warp Speed", to the World War Two effort to produce the world's first nuclear weapons.
But Mr Trump made clear that even without a vaccine, Americans must begin to return to their lives as normal.
Many experts doubt that a coronavirus jab can be developed within a year.
"I don't want people to think this is all dependent on a vaccine," he said. "Vaccine or no vaccine, we're back. And we're starting the process."
"In many cases they don't have vaccines and a virus or a flu comes and you fight through it," he added. "Other things have never had a vaccine and they go away."
"I think the schools should be back in the fall," Mr Trump added.
Earlier this week Dr Anthony Fauci, who serves on the coronavirus taskforce and appeared wearing a mask at the Rose Garden conference, testified to the Senate that it would be a "bridge too far" for schools to reopen in the autumn.
As Mr Trump spoke on Friday, lorry drivers who have parked around the White House for several weeks blared their horns in protest against low wages, neither for nor against the president.
"Those are friendly truckers. They're on our side," Mr Trump said. "It's almost a celebration in a way."
At one point, the president - who wore no mask - instructed a reporter to remove hers so she could be better heard over the noise of honking as she addressed him.
Chanzo: BBC
Trump ameahidi pia kuwa mpaka mwisho wa mwaka huu chanjo ya ugonjwa huo itakuwa ipo tayari, ingawa wataalam wengi wana wasiwasi kama muda huo ni sahihi
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President Donald Trump has promised the US will reopen "vaccine or no vaccine", as he announced an objective to deliver a coronavirus jab by year end.
He likened the vaccine project, dubbed "Operation Warp Speed", to the World War Two effort to produce the world's first nuclear weapons.
But Mr Trump made clear that even without a vaccine, Americans must begin to return to their lives as normal.
Many experts doubt that a coronavirus jab can be developed within a year.
"I don't want people to think this is all dependent on a vaccine," he said. "Vaccine or no vaccine, we're back. And we're starting the process."
"In many cases they don't have vaccines and a virus or a flu comes and you fight through it," he added. "Other things have never had a vaccine and they go away."
"I think the schools should be back in the fall," Mr Trump added.
Earlier this week Dr Anthony Fauci, who serves on the coronavirus taskforce and appeared wearing a mask at the Rose Garden conference, testified to the Senate that it would be a "bridge too far" for schools to reopen in the autumn.
As Mr Trump spoke on Friday, lorry drivers who have parked around the White House for several weeks blared their horns in protest against low wages, neither for nor against the president.
"Those are friendly truckers. They're on our side," Mr Trump said. "It's almost a celebration in a way."
At one point, the president - who wore no mask - instructed a reporter to remove hers so she could be better heard over the noise of honking as she addressed him.
Chanzo: BBC
