Zoom News : Sep 30, 2020, 12:24 PM
Washington: US President Donald Trump Wednesday claimed India was among the countries that do not accurately disclose the number of deaths due to Covid-19. Speaking in the first presidential debate against his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, Trump said India, China and Russia “did not exactly give a straight count” on deaths due to the novel coronavirus.“When you talk about numbers, you don’t know how many people died in China. You don’t know the deaths in Russia or in India… they don’t exactly give you a straight count, just so you understand,” Trump said to Biden after the latter highlighted the United States has more than seven million cases and over 200,000 deaths."Many of your Democrat governors said President Trump did a phenomenal job," Trump claimed. He also said that "we're weeks away from a vaccine," and said that "far fewer people are dying."The United States has logged the highest number of Covid cases in the world. Over 200,000 people have died.Tension was palpable from the opening minutes, with the pair interrupting each other repeatedly, leading Mr Biden to lash out at one point: "Will you shut up, man!"Joe Biden branded Donald Trump a liar and told him to "shut up" as the two clashed in a bad-tempered start to their first televised debate. "The fact is that everything he is saying so far is simply a lie. I'm not here to call out his lies. Everybody knows he's a liar," Biden said."How many of you got up this morning and had an empty chair at the kitchen table because someone died of Covid?" Biden asked.Facing the threat of being made a one-term president, Trump hit back, saying: "It's China's fault, it should have never happened," Trump said, adding that "millions" could have died without his actions."When you talk about numbers you don't know how many people died in China, you don't know how many people died in Russia, you don't know how many people died in India," Trump said at the debate in Cleveland."They don't exactly give you a straight count," he said.