Birx warns US entering ‘deadly phase’ of Covid, contradicting Trump’s message

Deborah Birx says we are entering the most concerning and most deadly phase' as Trump claims US is rounding the corner'

White House scientific adviser Dr Deborah Birx warned the United States is entering a new deadly phase" of the coronavirus pandemic, and urged an aggressive" approach to containing its spread.

Birx gave the warning in a written memo delivered to top administration officials Monday. It is a direct contradiction of one of Donald Trump's central, and false, closing campaign messages - that the US is rounding the corner" on the pandemic.