US President Donald Trump apparently supported demonstrations against the strict quarantine measures taken in some US states in relation to the spread of coronavirus. In a series of Friday's tweets called for "liberation" of Minnesota, Michigan and Virginia, BBC News3 reported today

Demonstrators criticize the measures for economic impacts, but health officials warn that alleviating quarantine could contribute to the further spread of the disease.

The United States has the highest number of human coronaviruses in the world, as well as the highest number of covid-19 victims, caused by the virus. More than 680,000 infected and over 34,000 deaths have been reported in the US.

Demonstrations calling for an end to the curfew took place, for example, in Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, Minnesota, Utah, Virginia or Kentucky. The White House Republican boss in his post on twitter mentioned states headed by Democrats.

The protests were of varying size in different countries, with tens of people attending somewhere, thousands elsewhere, such as Michigan. Some participants in the demonstration brought firearms with them.

Trump expressed his obvious support to the protesters the day after he introduced a plan to recover the US economy and release restrictions. He stated that the opening of the US economy should be done in stages, "state by state" and on the basis of verifiable data, to prevent a new wave of contagion. "We are not opening everything at the same time, but it is a vigilant step by step," Trump said on Thursday, saying that national governors, whose situations often differ greatly, have to decide when to lift the declared restrictions.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said after Trump's Friday statements on twitter he phoned the White House to ask "what he thinks we could have done differently." "The president introduced a three-phase plan that accurately reflects what we're trying to do," Walz told reporters.