Trump: Russia Sent a Plane with Medical Equipment to the USA

US President Donald Trump told that Russia sent to the United States "a large plane with medical supplies”, RIA News reported. "I think we will finally become stronger. We have learned a lot. I have to say, we’ve had great relationships with a lot of countries. China sent us some stuff," he told reporters during a briefing at the White House. "Russia sent us a very, very large plane load of things. Medical equipment. Very nice.” Other countries sent us things that I was very surprised at, very happy surprised "said the American leader, speaking at a press conference on coronavirus in the White House. However, he did not go into further details. Earlier Monday, Trump had a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and among other things, the parties discussed the spread of coronavirus in the world. The USA is firmly holding the first place as the quantity of infected people; according to the latest data, more than 160 thousand patients with COVID-19 have been identified there, more than three thousand people have died. The COVID-19 pandemic, the first cases of which were detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of last year, has already covered 177 countries. According to the latest WHO data, more than 690 thousand cases of infection have been recorded in the world, over 33 thousand people have died. According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, more than 785 thousand people fell ill with COVID-19, about 37 thousand died, 165 thousand patients recovered. Italy is the first on deaths (over 11 thousand dead), followed by Spain, China, the USA and France. In Russia, 1836 patients with coronavirus were identified, out of them 1226 tested positively in Moscow, nine people died.