백악관 "코로나 통제 못할 것"... 미 대선 사전투표 열풍 6천만 육박<br /><br />There's a little over a week until Election Day in the U.S. as President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden step up their campaign efforts.<br />Tens of millions of people have already cast their votes early.<br />The Trump administration is coming under heat after a White House official said that COVID-19 is uncontrollable.<br />Han Seong-woo has the details.<br />White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Sunday, local time, in an interview that the U.S. is "not going to control the pandemic."<br />He explained that although containment efforts are being made, the government will focus on mitigation factors like vaccines and therapies, knowing that COVID-19 is contagious like the flu.<br />Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called the controversial statement a candid acknowledgment of President Donald Trump's strategy to wave the white flag of defeat and hope the virus would simply go away by ignoring it.<br />Disagreement even came within the Republicans, with Senator John Thune saying that leaders have the responsibility to wear masks and encourage social distancing to stop the virus from spreading.<br />This comes amid another potential outbreak in the Trump administration.<br />At least 5 people in Vice President Mike Pence's inner circle have tested positive.<br />Pence himself reportedly tested negative and will resume his campaign schedule.<br />Nearly 60 million people have cast early votes in what some are calling the most important election in generations.<br />New Hampshire was Trump's latest stop in his reelection campaign.<br />The day before on Saturday, Trump voted for himself in Florida and held rallies in three other states - North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin - before returning to the White House.<br />He claimed that the nation is turning the corner on COVID-19 and mocked Biden for holding rallies at drive-ins.<br />Biden spent Saturday in his home state of Pennsylvania, a key battleground, where he slammed Trump for his response to the pandemic.<br />He said that the U.S. death toll of more than 220-thousand means Trump does not deserve a second term.<br />Former President Barack Obama also held a drive-in rally in support of Biden in Florida on Saturday.<br />With no in-person rally scheduled for Sunday, Biden hosted a virtual "I Will Vote Concert".<br />Meanwhile, his running mate Kamala Harris campaigned in Michigan.<br />Han Seong-woo, Arirang News.<br />
