Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
COVID-19 has killed more than 1000 Americans in the past 24 hours, even as President Donald Trump was declaring victory in Washington D.C. in front of a big crowd of more than 1000 people who were wearing no masks and were not social distancing.