Trump said he takes no responsibility for any

spike (lonjakan) on people using disinfectants

improperly (dengan tidak sesuai)

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said Monday that he takes no

responsibility (tidak akan bertanggung jawab) for any spike in people using
disinfectants improperly after dangerously suggesting last week that
ingesting (menelan) it could serve as a coronavirus treatment.

Asked about the increase during a White House news conference, Trump
said: "I can't imagine why."
When asked if he takes any responsibility for the spike, Trump answered:
"No, I don't."
Last week, Trump incorrectly suggested during a White House coronavirus
briefing that ingesting disinfectants or taking in (berjemur) sunlight could
possibly be used to treat coronavirus patients.
A Department of Homeland Security official was discussing experiments
where disinfectants like bleach (pemutih) and isopropyl alcohol quickly
killed the virus on nonporous surfaces. Trump then mused (memikirkan)
about whether disinfectants could be used to treat the virus in humans --
asking whether there is "a way we can do something like that, by injection
inside or almost a cleaning."
It prompted (menyebabkan) cleaning product companies and state health
officials to issue (mengeluarkan) warnings about the dangers of their
ingestion. A day after Trump's statement, the US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention issued a reminder on using household disinfectants
properly.
Trump later falsely (kesalahan) claimed that he was being sarcastic and
that he was prompting officials to look into (mencari tahu) the effect of
disinfectant on hands -- not through ingestion or injection.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, said Sunday his state fielded
(menampung) hundreds of calls from people across his state asking
whether injecting or ingesting disinfectants was an effective way to combat
coronavirus.
"I think it is critical (penting) that the President of the United States, when
people are really scared and in the middle of this worldwide pandemic, that
in these press conferences, that we really get the facts out there," Hogan
told Margaret Brennan on CBS' "Face the Nation."
Illinois has also said they experienced (mengalami) a significant increase
in calls to poison control following the President's statement. Illinois Public
Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said the calls have included someone using
a detergent based solution for a sinus rinse and another person gargling
(berkumur) with a bleach and mouthwash mixture to kill germs.