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.
Facebook on Tuesday removed a post from President Donald Trump comparing coronavirus to the seasonal flu, and falsely claiming that COVID-19 was less lethal than flu.