Donald Trump

“We’ve tested more than every country combined.”

Washington Post says: The United States has tested about 5 million people; the rest of the world has tested 25 million people.

“Claimed Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was saying in late February of the coronavirus: “This is no problem. This is going to blow — this is going to blow over.”

FactCheck.org says: Fauci said that "right now at this moment" the risk was "low" and there was "no need" for people "to change anything that you're doing on a day-by-day basis." But he added this could develop into a "major outbreak."

“Virtually every Democrat candidate has declared their unlimited support for extreme late-term abortion, ripping babies straight from the mother’s womb, right up until the very moment of birth.”

“We’re also using a sterilization process ― some great equipment that will sterilize masks up to 20 times per mask. So that’s like ordering 20 times more masks.”

PolitiFact says: The FDA granted emergency authorization to new technology that can sterilize respirator masks up to 20 times. In many cases, normal wear and tear means N95 respirators cannot be sanitized and reused safely.

“We’ve tested more than every country combined," referring to COVID-19 diagnostic testing.”

FactCheck.org says: Russia, Germany and Italy combined have done more testing than the U.S., according to Worldometer, which tracks global testing for COVID-19. Overall, 173 non-U.S. countries have been performed nearly 25 million tests.

“The Postal Service is a joke because they’re handing out packages for Amazon and other Internet companies. And every time they bring a package, they lose money on it.”

Washington Post says: USPS says it is making money, as required by law. Treasury cannot show USPS is actually losing money on its contract with Amazon, as Trump claims. It can assert only that USPS does not know whether it makes a profit.

“And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you’re going to test that too.”

PolitiFact says: The study which is not yet published or peer-reviewed looks at the impact of COVID-19 on certain surfaces and the air, and not in the body.

“Antibody tests will "support our efforts to get Americans back to work by showing us who might have developed the wonderful, beautiful immunity" to the novel coronavirus.”

FactCheck.org says: The tests do have the potential to relay valuable information about who might already have immunity and how widely COVID-19 has spread. But so far, the tests are not widely available and many are unreliable.

“By the way, I did that very early, while Nancy Pelosi was trying to have, in San Francisco, parties in Chinatown. Because they — she thought it would be great. She wanted to show that this thing doesn’t exist.”

Washington Post says: Trump says Pelosi urged street fairs and parades, but that’s not true. She advocated patronage of Chinese businesses. She was not trying to show the virus did not exist.

“Doctors could "apply light and heat" to treat COVID-19 patients.”

PolitiFact says: We found no evidence that sun or ultraviolet light could help treat COVID-19 patients. Experts said certain amounts of UV light would be dangerous.

“I said from the beginning that no American who needs a ventilator would be denied a ventilator and we have kept that promise all over the United States.”

PolitiFact says: Over 30 states said they're not aware of any COVID-19 patients needing a ventilator and not getting one. Experts said that's due to mitigation efforts to slow the spread, but things could change.

“Said of his comments about injections of disinfectant: "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you, just to see what would happen.”

FactCheck.org says: There’s no clear indication in his remarks that Trump was joking, either in his initial comment or when he returned to the topic later in the briefing. But we’ll leave it for readers to judge.

“Hundreds and hundreds of labs are ready, willing, and able.”

PolitiFact says: There are untapped labs, but they aren't set up for COVID-19 testing. And getting them to that point takes work.

“America wants to be open, and Americans want to be open.”

PolitiFact says: Large majorities of Americans, and even sizable majorities of Republicans, remain concerned that lifting stay-at-home orders could accelerate the spread of coronavirus.

“Italy was “hit hard” by the coronavirus pandemic because “a lot of the people that didn’t come in here went to Italy" when the U.S. imposed travel restrictions on China.”

FactCheck.org says: We could find no evidence to support President Trump’s claim. In fact, Italy cut off air travel to and from China two days before the U.S. enacted its travel restrictions.

“Biden/Obama were a disaster in handling the H1N1 Swine Flu. Polling at the time showed disastrous approval numbers. 17,000 people died unnecessarily and through incompetence!”

Washington Post says: Contrary of Trump's claims, the Obama administration received high marks for its handling of the 2009 swine flu pandemic and fewer people died than originally estimated.

“Swabs and reagents are "so easy to get.”

PolitiFact says: Government agencies continue to approve and incorporate testing alternatives in an attempt to fix the shortage of testing materials, but states still say they aren’t getting enough to administer large-scale testing.

“Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child.”

“The United States has achieved a significant lower [COVID-19] mortality rate than almost all other countries.”

FactCheck.org says: As of April 16, there were at least 90 countries with a lower case fatality rate than the U.S., according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

“By the way, I did that very early [imposed travel restrictions on China], while Nancy Pelosi was trying to have, in San Francisco, parties in Chinatown. Because they — she thought it would be great. She wanted to show that this thing doesn’t exist.”

FactCheck.org says: During her visit to Chinatown, Pelosi never suggested that the coronavirus didn’t exist. She stressed the need for “prevention, prevention, prevention” — urging people to be “concerned and vigilant,” but not “afraid.”