Trump: Covid-19 'affects virtually nobody' as US deaths hit 200k

Man of contradictions: US President Donald Trump: In March of this year he told veteran investigative journalist Bob Woodward that Covid-19 affects 'plenty of young people.” Picture: AP/Tony Dejak

US President Donald Trump said coronavirus affects, "virtually nobody", despite the fact that almost 200,000 Americans have died since the outbreak began earlier this year.

Speaking to a group of supporters at a rally last night in Ohio, President Trump appeared to once again downplay the severity of the Covid-19 outbreak in the US.