As people were queuing up to vote in South Carolina on Saturday (local time) to choose a Democrat to take on Trump, champion of healthcare for the masses Senator Bernie Sanders was quick to spot the golden opportunity to take the President down.

"In the midst of a crisis about climate change, and in the midst of a crisis about the coronavirus, we need a president who believes in science," he says.

While Trump was telling America it was a "new hoax" and there is "no need to panic", Sanders told him to "start worrying... and do your job as president".



What made it worse was a briefing Trump was given about the American who'd died from COVID-19.

He called the person a "wonderful woman", but a doctor had previously said the patient was a "man in his 50s".

This all came after a whistleblower claimed the virus was spreading because proper training, equipment and checks weren't being carried out on those arriving from infected countries.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden claimed Trump was trying to gag health officials from telling the truth.

"Bad enough we have a president who can't tell the truth, now the President won't let other people tell the truth."

Super Tuesday on March 3 will see one-third of the country's votes cast to decide who will take on Trump as the Democratic nominee.

The Democrats' campaigning has hit fever pitch amid a fever with the potential to prove fatal.