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Trump Acknowledges More Will Die as US Economy Reopens Amid Pandemic

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday declared it is
   time to reopen the country's economy, even if it means more people will
   fall victim to the coronavirus.

   "The people of our country are warriors," the president told reporters
   in the state of Arizona. "Will some people be affected badly? Yes. But
   we have to get our country open."

   While visiting a Honeywell factory in Phoenix to highlight mass
   production of supplies to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump
   stated in an interview with ABC News "there'll be more death" and
   predicted the coronavirus "will pass, with or without a vaccine."

   At the facility, where N95 respirators are being produced, the
   president told its workers that they are part of the greatest
   industrial mobilization since World War Two.

   Honeywell has been awarded a $27.4 million contract for 38 million
   units of N95 masks for delivery within 6 months.

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