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    Trump was warned in January of Covid-19's devastating impact, memos reveal

    Economic adviser gave worst-case scenario of 500,000 deathsTrump claimed no one could have predicted disease’s severityCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage
    by Ed Pilkington and Martin Pengelly in New York Apr 07, 2020 3 minutes
    Peter Navarro, the director of the USA national trade council, gave Donald Trump detailed memos in January and February on the likely impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Photograph: Pete Marovich/EPA

    Donald Trump was warned at the end of January by one of his top White House advisers that coronavirus had the potential to kill hundreds of thousands of Americans and derail the US economy, unless tough action were taken immediately, new memos have revealed.

    The memos were written by Trump’s economic adviser, Peter Navarro, and circulated via the National Security Council widely around the White House and federal agencies.

    They show that even within the Trump administration alarm bells were ringing by late the threat of Covid-19.

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