唐纳德·特朗普总统周六下午在白宫开始了他的冠状病毒特别工作组简报会，他告诉记者，即将到来的一周将是COVID-19大流行中又一个致命的一周。

就在特朗普表示他预计冠状病毒病例和死亡人数将在复活节前达到峰值的六天之后，他表示美国人将迎来艰难的一周。

“这可能是本周和下周之间最艰难的一周，不幸的是，会有很多人死亡，但比不这样做的话会有更多的人死亡，”他说说。

接受COVID-19检测的美国人已经超过30万，居世界首位，占全球近120万病例的四分之一。在世界上的64000例死亡中，超过8300例发生在美国。

尽管特朗普和他的工作组周六都没有给出他们预计会发生多少死亡的具体数字，但他们表示，病例数将在下周达到峰值，死亡人数将落后于他们。

特朗普在周六的新闻发布会上还谈到了通过提供更多呼吸机和部署军事人员去“一场他们从未接受过训练的战斗”来打击重灾区的冠状病毒

总统抨击新闻媒体“散布虚假的谣言和恐惧”，并且他重述了他与主要体育委员的电话，说他希望体育界“尽快”开放

特朗普还重申了他对药物羟氯喹的看法。

2020年4月3日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在DC华盛顿白宫举行的白宫冠状病毒特别工作组简报会上听取白宫冠状病毒应对协调员黛博拉·比克斯(左)的讲话。特朗普总统宣布，在病毒高发区的美国人在公共场合应该戴口罩，因为在纽约市，冠状病毒导致的死亡率在三天内几乎翻了一番，而美国仍在继续遭受COVID-19的影响。

攻击病毒

特朗普上周日曾表示，当他正式将社交距离延长至4月底时，死亡率的峰值可能会在两周内达到。现在，他正在关注冠状病毒的重灾区，以及该国如何在攻击COVID-19方面取得进展。

“我们正在受灾最严重的地区寻找重点。有些是显而易见的，有些则不那么明显。它们突然出现。他们打你就像你被棍子打一样，”特朗普说。

特朗普表示，他将“非常有力地”使用《国防生产法》，联邦应急管理局和HHS已经订购了1.8亿副N-95口罩。

工作小组成员安东尼·福西博士是国家过敏和传染病研究所的主任，他说死亡率将继续上升，社会距离对于减缓冠状病毒的传播至关重要。

“我们将看到死亡人数将继续上升。与此同时，我们希望关注新病例的数量，”福西周六表示。“我们正在做的是有所作为，所以我们必须继续这样做。”

特朗普、福西和黛博拉·比克斯博士都强调了白宫在未来几周的社交距离指导方针对于帮助减缓冠状病毒传播的重要性。

“这是你在总统指导方针上竭尽所能的时刻，”Birx说。“现在是不去杂货店，不去药店的时候了。”

军事人员的部署

特朗普说，数千名军人、医生和护士将被派往全国各地的热点地区，帮助当地医生和护士治疗该病毒。

“我们会告诉他们要去哪里，”特朗普说。“他们要去打仗，他们要去一场他们从未训练过的战斗。我想说，从1917年以来，没有人受过这方面的训练，也没有人见过这种情况，这是最伟大的一次。”

1917年是指1918年流感大流行，这是世界历史上最严重的大流行，根据疾病控制和预防中心。

特朗普攻击媒体

特朗普忍受着与大部分媒体的持续斗争，周六他再次指责他们“散布恐慌”和“恐惧”

特朗普说:“重要的是，某些媒体停止向公众传播虚假谣言和制造恐惧，甚至恐慌。”。“太不可思议了。我可以给它们命名，但它们是一样的。总是一样的。

“我猜他们在寻找收视率。我不知道他们在找什么。”

特朗普抨击了媒体，称他们的收视率是“媒体有史以来最低的”。

“把这件事做完，然后回到你的假新闻，”特朗普说。

特朗普会见体育领袖

在周六的新闻发布会之前，特朗普会见了来自13个不同主要体育联盟的最高领导人，包括棒球大联盟、NBA、NFL、NHL、NASCAR、赛马等。

特朗普说，他感到鼓舞的是，足球赛季可能在9月开始，他预计美国的体育运动将在今年回归。

“我不能告诉你日期，”特朗普说。“我认为这是迟早的事。”

特朗普说，他希望看到体育场和体育馆再次挤满球迷，他知道球队老板和球员也有同感。

“他们想回去，他们必须回去，”特朗普说。“我们想尽快回来。”

TRUMP SAYS 'THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DEATH, UNFORTUNATELY' IN COMING WEEK AMID PANDEMIC

President Donald Trump began his Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the White House Saturday afternoon by telling reporters that the upcoming week will be another deadly one amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just six days after Trump said he expects coronavirus cases and deaths to peak by Easter, he said the upcoming week will be tough for Americans.

"This will be probably the toughest week between this week and next week, and there will be a lot of death, unfortunately, but a lot less death than if this wasn't done but there will be death," he said.

The amount of Americans who have tested for COVID-19 has topped 300,000, which leads any other country in the world and accounts for one-fourth of the nearly 1.2 million cases around the globe. Of the 64,000 deaths in the world, more than 8,300 of them have been in the United States.

Though neither Trump nor his task force Saturday would give specific numbers on how many deaths they expect to happen, they said the number of cases should peak within the next week, and that the number of deaths lag behind them.

Trump used the Saturday press conference to also talk about attacking the coronavirus in hard-hit areas by supplying more ventilators and deploying military personnel to go "into a battle that they've never trained for."

The president blasted news media for "spreading false rumors and fear," and he recapped his phone call with major sports commissioners, saying he expects the sports world to be open "sooner rather than later."

Trump also reiterated his outlook of the drug hydroxychloroquine.

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx (L), speak during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the White House April 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced that Americans in virus hot spots should wear a mask when out in public as the death rate caused by coronavirus has nearly doubled in three days in New York City while the nation continues to reel from the impacts of COVID-19.

Attacking the virus

Trump had said last Sunday the peak for death rates is likely to hit in two weeks when he officially extended social distancing through the end of April. Now he is looking at the hard-hit areas from the coronavirus, and how the country can move forward in attacking COVID-19.

"We're looking for a focus in the hardest-hit regions. Some of them are obvious, and some of them are not so obvious. They spring up. They hit you like you got hit by a club," Trump said.

Trump said he will use the Defense Production Act "very powerfully," and that FEMA and HHS have ordered 180 million N-95 masks.

Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the death rate will continue to rise, and that social distancing is paramount in slowing the spread of coronavirus.

"We are going to see deaths that are going to continue to go up. At the same time, we want to focus on number of new cases," Fauci said Saturday. "What we are doing is making a difference so we have to continue to do so."

Trump, Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx all emphasized the importance of the White House's social distancing guidelines during the next few weeks to help slow the spread of coronavirus.

"This is the moment to do everything that you can on the presidential guidelines," Birx said. "This is the moment to not be going to the grocery store, not going to the pharmacy."

Deployment of military personnel

Trump said thousands of military soldiers, doctors and nurses will be directed to hot spots around the country to help supplement local physicians and nurses treating the virus.

"We'll be telling them where they're going," Trump said. "They're going into war, they're going into a battle that they've never trained for. Nobody's trained for, nobody's seen this, I would say since 1917, which was the greatest of them all."

The 1917 reference was for the 1918 flu pandemic, which was the most severe pandemic in world history, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Trump attacks media

Trump has endured an ongoing battle with much of the media, and Saturday he again accused them of "spreading panic" and "fear."

"It's critical that certain media outlets stop spreading false rumors and creating fear, and even panic, with the public," Trump said. "It's incredible. I could name them, but it's the same ones. Always the same ones.

"I guess they're looking for ratings. I don't know what they're looking for."

Trump took a jab at the media, saying their ratings were "the lowest they've ever been for media."

"Get this thing over with and then go back to your fake news," Trump said.

Trump meets with sports leaders

Prior to the Saturday press conference, Trump met with top leaders from 13 different major sports leagues, including Major League Baseball, NBA, NFL, NHL, NASCAR, horse racing and others.

Trump said he was encouraged that football season could kick off in September, and that he expects sports in America to be back this year.

"I can't tell you a date," Trump said. "I think it's going to be sooner rather than later."

Trump said he wants to see sports arenas and stadiums filled with fans again, and he knows the team owners and players feel the same way.

"They want to get back, they gotta get back," Trump said. "We want get back soon, very soon."