Trump decided to donate $ 100,000 in fourth-quarter salaries in 2019 for his efforts to control and combat nCoV in the United States.

"President Donald Trump has pledged not to pay salaries while in office. In order to fulfill his promise and strengthen the protection of the American people, he decided to contribute all of last year's fourth quarter salary to the Department of Health and Human Services. born to support efforts to prevent, control and fight against nCoV, "the White House press secretary today wrote on Twitter.

The announcement came after Trump was criticized for his "overly optimistic" reaction to Covid-19, despite the conflicting reviews of US health experts.

He said last week that the risk of Covid-19 posing to the US was "very low", confirming the epidemic would "disappear" as the weather warmed. However, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Robert Redfield has the opposite view and said that Covid-19 will "continue to exist in the future".

The US today detected four new cases of nCoV, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 128, while the number of deaths also increased from 6 to 9.

The US president said the government could tighten international travel management, but exclude the possibility of imposing restrictions on domestic travel. The US is restricting people from China, banning all flights to Iran, advising people not to go to some areas in Italy and South Korea.

Trump has promised he will not receive a salary of $ 400,000 a year if elected president. However, US law requires the president to receive this money, causing Trump to regularly contribute salaries to government agencies. He repeatedly sent salaries to the Ministry of Health and Human Services, starting from the first year he took office.

Covid-19 started in Wuhan, China since December 2019, and has appeared in 81 countries and territories, causing more than 93,000 people to be infected, of which more than 3,200 deaths and more than 50,000 are cured. out of.