Birx declines to criticise Trump and warns distancing will last months
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Donald Trump's coronavirus response coordinator, Dr Deborah Birx, has cautioned that social distancing measures are likely to stay in place throughout the summer, as she sought to downplay the president's dangerous suggestion that injected disinfectant and ultraviolet light could play a role in the medical treatment of Covid-19.
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