The messages Trump has given are confusing and confusing for the American people about when they should be tested for nCoV.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon tried to reassure people that the US government is focusing on completing the nCoV testing process and will soon stabilize the situation. However, he gave a confusing signal about the severity of the disease as well as who should be examined.

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US President Donald Trump at a press conference about Covid-19 at Rose Garden, the White House, March 13 Photo: AFP

Earlier, Trump and officials in the administration announced that they would soon solve the situation where the testing capacity of the health system did not meet actual needs. He also continued to seek ways to refute threats from nCoV, saying that he did not think it would be necessary to test too much.

"Everything will be resolved very quickly, we will raise the number of testable cases to 1.4 million next week and 5 million in the whole month," Trump said before adding: "I doubt they will. I need that much. "

Despite asserting that the government is speeding up the production of nCoV test kits, Trump still advises people not to perform tests if they do not really need them. He once again emphasized that Covid-19 would soon disappear.

"But I don't want people to come for a test when we don't feel it is needed," Trump said. "We do not want everyone to get tested. This is absolutely unnecessary. The disease will pass."

At a press conference in Rose Garden, White House on March 13, all attention was focused on the possibility that Trump might be infected with the virus. He appeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where one participant later tested positive for nCoV.

Many high-ranking Republican members came into contact with the aforementioned patient, and Trump apparently interacted with them afterwards. Last weekend, Trump also posed for a photo with Fabio Wajngarten, press secretary of the Brazilian President, who also posed positive for nCoV.

Despite the high risk of viral infections, Trump said he has not yet tested for nCoV. To quell doubts, he even said he did not know who the Brazilian President's assistant was.

"First of all, I didn't return from somewhere where people said that someone was infected with the virus. I didn't know who it was but I did take pictures and it only took a few seconds. I didn't know anything about it." The gentleman we are talking about, I don't know who he is. I haven't seen the picture yet ... I take hundreds of pictures every day and that night, I take hundreds of them. "

The top health official of the Trump administration, Anthony S. Fauci, said on the same day that anyone exposed to an infected person should be tested and isolated, but avoid answering questions directly addressed to Trump.

Explaining that he did not get tested, Trump said he did not have any symptoms. However, the US president later said he was "more likely" to test, but insisted he did not because of the potential risk of infection.

"Not because of that, but because I think I do this anyway. We are planning," Trump said.

The message from Trump is making many people feel confused. People who have been in contact with someone with nCoV should get tested as Fauci said or should wait until they have symptoms like Trump suggested.

One thing for sure is that the US President has been in contact with a lot of people even though he is at risk of getting a virus. He even shook hands with the people around him at a press conference on March 13.

Trump's lack of nCoV testing goes against the advice of his health officials. On the other hand, the fact that Trump said he would test even if there were no symptoms goes against his statements at the beginning of the press conference.

The way Trump handled the nCoV crisis so far has been inconsistent, and the press conference at Rose Garden has further demonstrated this, the expert said.