Oklahoma, United States - Donald Trump has been accused of having “blood on his hands” after claiming that he ordered a slow down in testing for coronavirus infections.

Mr Trump made the comments at his first campaign rally in months, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which he held despite health experts warning of the risks involved with thousands of people enclosed in a venue during Covid-19.

“Testing is a double-edged sword. We’ve tested now 25 million people. It’s probably 20 million people more than anybody else. Germany’s done a lot, South Korea’s done a lot,” he said at the event on Saturday night.

“Here’s the bad part: when you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find more cases. So I said to my people, slow the testing down please.”

Medical professionals and Democrats were quick to criticise Mr Trump, and Democratic coalitions have already released ads on Sunday using what the president said against him.

The White House later walked back the statement made by the president by saying he was joking about asking to slow down testing. Economic advisor Peter Navarro even called the moment “tongue-in-cheek” when appearing on CNN Sunday morning.(FA)