U.S. governors slam Trump government's coronavirus response

Governors for the U.S. states of New York and Maryland slammed President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic Thursday, blaming the federal government's "incompetence."

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. topped 3.5 million on Thursday, with deaths over 137,000, while New York remains the hardest-hit state with 404,775 cases.

Combating the virus requires people coming together and a competent federal government "which we do not have," New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo pointed out.

He made the remark while commenting on a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which pointed out that by the time the travel restrictions on Europe were implemented by the federal government, importation and community transmission of COVID-19 had already occurred in New York.

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