Experts believe the number of new corona infections in the United States could increase dramatically. President Donald Trump still has a risky plan.
- Most corona deaths worldwide are registered in the United States.
- Now there is a new worrying forecast .
- US President Donald Trump still has a risky plan.
- Our guide to pandemic reporting *, the basic facts about Sars-CoV-2 *, and the recommended corona protection measures *.
United States Vice President: Government Examines Corona Working Group
Update, 8:04 pm: According to Vice President Mike Pence, the US government is examining the dissolution of the high-ranking coronavirus working group in the White House. This could happen in late May or early June and is a sign of "enormous progress" in the fight against the novel corona virus, said Pence on Tuesday. If the group he led were dissolved, the authorities involved, including civil protection (Fema), would take the lead, said Pence. One of the purposes of the Corona Task Force was to mobilize the necessary government agencies and coordinate their actions.
New York governor criticizes state opening too quickly
Update, 04.20 pm: After the US forecasts in the Corona crisis, which had been significantly revised upwards, became known, New York governor Andrew Cuomo criticized the too rapid opening of states. “The more people in contact with other people, the higher the infection rate from the virus. The more people become infected, the more people die , ”Cuomo said at his daily press conference on Tuesday. This is the reason for the drastically higher forecasts. "If we open quickly, it has a price."
Previously, two new calculation models for the course of the pandemic in the US had become public, which assume a significant increase in deaths due to the opening up of some states. The IHME institute is now expecting the number of deaths to rise from around 69,000 at the end of the month to around 110,000. Only from the end of July should the number of victims stabilize at around 134,000. Just a few weeks ago, the university had assumed that a plateau would be reached in midsummer with around 90,000 deaths. Despite this looming escalation, US President Donald Trump, like some governors, is pressing for a quick reopening of the suffering economy.
The particularly hard hit US state of New York presented a plan for opening the economy and society in several phases on Monday . Initially, some shops and production facilities should be allowed to reopen under strict conditions, and construction work may also be resumed. Financial and insurance services and the rest of the shops will follow in phase two. After that, restaurants and hotels and, at the very end, places for art, entertainment and recreation as well as educational institutions should reopen.
Corona in the US: Trump presents risky plan - despite sinister prediction
Update, 4:30 p.m .: Despite some models that predict a worsening of the pandemic situation in the United States, the conditions in some states are loosened again - because the economy is also suffering massively. In Florida, Utah, South Carolina and Texas, for example, the restaurants are allowed to reopen under certain conditions; among other things, they are only allowed to serve a quarter of the normal number of guests.
Ocean City, Maryland - a popular tourist destination in the United States during exit restrictions
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US President Donald Trump , who has been mostly in the White House since the pandemic broke out, wants to resume his travels across the country. Among other things, he plans to visit a factory in Arizona on Tuesday where respirators are made.
Corona in the USA: Experts counter crude Pompeo theory
Update, 2:11 pm: Western diplomats have classified the theory of the development of the corona virus in a laboratory as “ highly unlikely ”. A U.S. intelligence alliance with Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand contradicts Secretary of State Mike Pompeo .
The weekend had spoken to the US broadcaster ABC of "significant evidence" for a laboratory accident.
Corona in the USA: health agency with sinister prediction
First report from May 5th, 12.06 : New York - The United States is by far the country most severely affected by the corona pandemic *. Could the number of deaths associated with Sars-CoV-2 * increase to 3,000 a day ? According to an internal forecast by the CDC, yes.
Corona in the US: Study reveals frightening numbers
She calculates that the number of new infections every day could increase eight- fold by the beginning of June - to 200,000 . This is reported by both the New York Times and the Washington Post .
The current figure of approximately 69,000 US corona deaths could double by that time. The prognosis is therefore darker than that of the Corona crisis team * created by President Donald Trump *.
Corona virus in the US: Trump had predicted the number of victims - it has already been exceeded
The White House tried to put the CDC forecast into perspective. It was an "internal" document that was not coordinated with other authorities and was not submitted to the crisis team.
Only recently Trump had predicted a death toll of around 60,000 - which has now been significantly exceeded, as he had to admit a few days ago. The Washington Post now tweeted: "Trump keeps announcing corona death numbers that are then surpassed."
Trump keeps predicting coronavirus death tolls the US then surpasses pic.twitter.com/EIe47n4Uqi
- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 4, 2020Corona forecast for the United States: states too fast in easing
According to the reports, the CDC bases its forecast on the fact that some states and districts have not taken anti-corona measures quickly enough - or are now too fast with corona loosening .
Trump himself is pushing for the return to normality and the revival of the US economy * as quickly as possible in the 2020 election year. His government has presented a three-stage plan for this, but it is only a recommendation. The states handle these guidelines very differently.
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