Former Vice President Joe Biden launched his plan to fight the brand new coronavirus on Thursday throughout an deal with aimed toward demonstrating a distinction with President Donald Trump, whose personal dealing with of the pandemic Biden has criticized as ineffectual. 

"Sadly this virus laid naked the extreme shortcomings of the present administration," Biden mentioned in entrance of American flags at an occasion in Wilmington, Del. "Public fears are being compounded by pervasive lack of belief on this president."

Biden, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, mentioned that the Trump administration "has left us woefully unprepared for the precise disaster we now face."

Biden's plan combines a collection of public well being measures together with free public testing and the speedy deployment of provides,...