WASHINGTON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Issues with data collection and testing, slow communication and interpersonal conflicts within the Trump administration hurt the initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, former White House Coronavirus Response Task Force Coordinator Deborah Birx has written in her new book.
Birx revealed her struggle to get through to an administration unprepared for the pandemic and then U.S. President Donald Trump throughout her book, which titled "Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, COVID-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It's Too Late," which was published Tuesday.
