Corona crisis: US President Trump sticks to large rally in front of 62,000

The US corona crisis is worsening. Nevertheless, Trump wants to hold major events again - in front of even more people than initially announced. 

• Corona in the US : The Greatest Crisis in Donald Trump's Term in Office *
• Corona * crisis in the USA is far from over
• Several U.S. states are reporting a surge in infection numbers

Updated on Tuesday, 6/16/2020, 7:10:  President Donald Trump wants to override concerns that a planned for the weekend campaign appearance in the state of Oklahoma the spread of the coronavirus could carry. Rather, Trump even announced on Monday in Washington that he wanted to allow up to 62,000 people to go to the rally in the city of Tulsa instead of the previously planned 22,000. Another hall should be opened for his followers. In the short message service Twitter , the president wrote that "almost a million people" had applied to enter the event on Saturday.

Corona crisis in the US: Trump confuses with statement

+++ 19:45:   The corona crisis in the US is the opinion of Donald Trump also a statistical problem. On his favorite platform "Twitter", the US president now shares why the USA has such a high number of infected people. “Our tests are so much more extensive and advanced than in any other country (we did a great job here!). Therefore, more cases are reported. Without tests or with bad tests, we would have almost no cases to report. Testing is a double-edged sword - it makes us look bad, but it is good that you do it !!! "

Our testing is so much bigger and more advanced than any other country (we have done a great job on this!) That it shows more cases. Without testing, or weak testing, we would be showing almost no cases. Testing is a double edged sword - Makes us look bad, but good to have !!!

Update of June 15, 2020, 7:05 a.m .: The corona crisis in the US is far from over. With Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Arkansas, six states report abrupt increases in the number of infections.

Corona in the United States: Covid-19 cases jump up in Arkansas

According to many experts, the situation in Arkansas seems particularly critical. William Haseltine, health professional and former professor of medical school at Harvard University, told the Daily Beast news portal, "What we're going to see in states like Arkansas is that hospitals will experience situations similar to those in New York when the facilities there were overwhelmed with the pandemic. "

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The Washington Regional Medical Center had already spoken on Wednesday of a "serious health emergency" in northern parts of Arkansas. Since then, the number of Covid-19 patients in the state's hospitals has increased by 350 percent, according to the Daily Beast. In more than 30 percent of the cases, it is said to be serious illnesses that required the use of a ventilator.

Corona in the USA: Putin sees deep crisis - and takes Donald Trump under protection

+++ 20.04 clock:  The corona pandemic in the United States has revealed “deep internal crises”, said Russian President Vladimir Putin on state television on Sunday. Party interests would take precedence over the interests of society as a whole and the interests of the people. That would show the violence in the anti-racism protests and the high number of Corona victims.

On the other hand, his country, in which the governors and the government listened to the president, have so far had only “minimal losses” to complain about. In the United States, the president says what needs to be done. "But then the governors say: Oh, don't worry!" According to Putin, US President Donald Trump has made work difficult since he took office. 

Russia has a comparatively high number of 528,964 corona infections. The number of Covid-19 deaths was only given as 6948.

Corona in the USA: Corona patient receives bill of more than $ 1 million

Update from Sunday, June 14th, 2020, 1:24 pm: Being sick in the USA is not exactly cheap. Especially not if the treatment in the hospital takes a long time. The longest hospitalized Covid-19 patient in the US has now received his bill: The roughly two-month corona treatment costs him more than 1.1 million US dollars (equivalent to 997,000 euros) . as reported by the Seattle Times newspaper. His intensive care unit room alone was valued at $ 9,736 a day.

The 70-year-old Michael Flor was almost dead in the spring - one evening, according to the Seattle Times nurse, he had to hold the phone to say goodbye to his family. But his condition improved and he recovered. When he held the bill in his hands, his heart stopped almost a second time. 

Corona Crisis: Horrific Sums for Treatment in the United States

Since Flor is covered by health insurance, he will not have to pay most of the sum himself. Corona grants could also save him and his insurance company from the costs: The paper points to the $ 100 billion that the US Congress wants to use to compensate hospitals for the treatment of Covid-19 patients. 

But Flor can not be happy: "I feel guilty for surviving," Flor told the newspaper from Seattle. He was very aware that in the end taxpayers and other insured persons would indirectly pay for his treatment: “It took a million dollars to save my life and of course I would say that it was wisely invested money. But I also know that maybe I'm the only one who says that. " 

Corona in the USA: Military graduates have to isolate themselves

+++ 20.53 PM: More than 1100 graduates of a US military academy had to largely isolate themselves as a corona precaution before a speech by US President Donald Trump at the end. The cadets of the military academy in West Point (New York) had been divided into four groups before the speech on Saturday, from which they were not allowed to move for two weeks, reports, among others, the "New York Times" and the TV station CNN. During Trump's speech, the graduates sat in front of each other at a distance. Before the ceremony started, they wore protective masks.

Trump discussed the events after the death of African American George Floyd in a brutal police operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the end of May during the closing ceremony. He thanked the National Guard, which guaranteed "peace, security and the rule of law on our streets". Several states had requested support from the National Guard, which is part of the US Armed Forces Reserve, in the face of the protests.

Corona in the USA: Masks prevented tens of thousands of infections in New York

+++ 12.45 p.m .:  According to a study, wearing masks has prevented tens of thousands of coronavirus infections in the US metropolis of New York  . In New York, the measure prevented more than 66,000 infections between April 17 and May 9, researchers from universities in Texas and California calculated in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Accordingly, the airborne transmission of the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen is the dominant route of infection.

Corona experts in the US fear the need for new exit restrictions

Update from Saturday, June 13th, 2020, 8.57 a.m .:  Even if US President Donald Trump would like to tick off the corona pandemic , it is still raging in the USA . After Trump spoke of a "used up pandemic", researchers once again warned vigorously on Friday (June 12, 2020). The corona crisis is not yet over and new and, above all, strict exit restrictions "may become necessary again," said Jay Butler from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States. This has to be decided at the local level depending on the infection process.

As reported by John Hopkins University, over two million people in the United States are infected with the corona virus. Almost 115,000 people have already died from the virus. And while Donald Trump is promoting further corona easing , some states, such as North Carolina, have reported new highs in new infections . In North Carolina, there were 1,768 new infections with the corona virus on Friday.

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Corona in the USA: Two million infected - Donald Trump declared pandemic defeated

+++ 22.36 PM: There are now more than two million confirmed corona cases in the United States , more than 112,000 people have died from the disease. Another 1,299 Americans died on Tuesday. For US President Donald Trump, of course, there is no reason not to open the economy quickly after the lockdown.

CNN quotes the US president as saying that the virus is now reduced to the “embers” and “ashes” of a spent pandemic , so nationwide barriers should disappear and states will open aggressively. At the height of the pandemic , Donald Trump is acting contrary to the recommendations of all experts, but facts have rarely prevented the US President from acting.

Corona in the US: deaths could rise to 200,000

+++ 12.13 PM: According to experts, the number of deaths due to the corona crisis in the United States could rise to 200,000 in September. Even if the infections remained at a constant level, the number is realistic, said Ashish Jha, head of the Harvard Global Health Institute, CNN. And that is "only the number until September." The pandemic itself will not be over there, Jha. 

In the United States, more than two million people have been infected with the novel corona virus since the crisis began. That came out on Thursday night from data from Johns Hopkins University. Nationwide, nearly 113,000 people died from the effects of Covid-19 lung disease. 

Corona infections surge after Memorial Day - Trump plans to launch election campaign

Update from Thursday, June 11, 2020, 8:00 a.m .: For the first time in more than three months, US President Donald Trump is likely to hold an election campaign event again on Friday next week - despite the ongoing corona pandemic.

Trump announced on Wednesday (local time) at a meeting with supporters from the African American community in the White House that the first rally is expected to be on Friday evening in Tulsa , Oklahoma. Further events are planned in Florida, Texas and Arizona. The White House spokeswoman, Kayleigh McEnany , said of the pandemic that it would ensure the safety of participants. 

Trump’s campaign team’s communications director, Tim Murtaugh, told Fox News on Wednesday that Republican Trump’s planned rallies would be “loud and impetuous and big,” unlike the events of designated Democratic challenger ex-president Joe Biden. 

Many coronavirus infections after Memorial Day

+++ 14:29: Several US states have recorded significantly more coronavirus infections in the past few weeks that need to be treated in the hospital. According to reports from the Washington Post, the rise began on Memorial Day (May 24, 20). On the long weekend, many US states had started to loosen corona . Numerous parties and crowded beaches and bars caused criticism from at home and abroad. 

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The states of Texas, North and South Carolina, California, Oregon, Arkansas, Mississippi, Utah and Arizona are affected by the significant increase in the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 .

Corona in the United States: Members of the United States National Guard infected with coronavirus

Update from Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 6:50 a.m .: Cases of the contagion of the corona virus have occurred in the US National Guard after being deployed in anti-racism protests in Washington . This was announced on Tuesday by a spokeswoman for the National Guard unit of the capital. 

The contagion cases among the soldiers are likely to fuel concerns that the current mass protests in the United States could promote the renewed spread of the virus. Infections in the Washington National Guard were found, according to the spokeswoman, after the force protested near the

White House had been in use. Many of the demonstrators wore respirators, but not all. Many members of the security forces did not wear masks. The members of the group had been tested for the coronavirus before and after their protests, the spokeswoman said. President Donald Trump ordered the National Guard to withdraw from Washington on Sunday. 

Coronavirus infections skyrocketed

+++ 13.37 PM: The Corona cases in more than 20 states in the United States rise dangerously leaps and bounds again. A lot of restrictions have just been loosened, people are allowed to come out, many are protesting . 

The number of new infections every day in Florida, for example, has increased by almost 46 percent, according to the station CNN. The US state had just entered opening phase two and had restaurants and bars opened again under restrictions . However , easing and protests , especially in their combination, could be dangerous for the US infection . Director of the US Center for Disease Control ( CDC ) and Prevention, Robert Redfield, expressed concern about CNN. He assumes that the protests could multiply the spread of the coronavirus.

An important drug for the USA could soon be used up

And just in such a situation, the supply of medicines commonly used in the United States could run out. We're talking about Remdesivir . The current supply will be used up towards the end of June, Robert Kadlec, from the U.S. Department of Health told CNN. The company that Remdesivir produces is working at full speed, but it is still not clear whether the stock can be replenished this summer.

Despite Corona: Trump wants major campaign appearances again and is careful of "enormous" meetings

Update from Tuesday, June 8, 2020, 7.40 a.m .: US President Donald Trump wants to start performing again at major campaign events within the next two weeks . This was announced by Trump's campaign team on Monday, without giving details of the planned events. 

Since March, Trump has given the coronavirus no public appearances in front of his followers, which are a hallmark of his election campaigns and his presidency. Trump, like the citizens, is ready to "take action again", Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement for the magazine "Politico". The election events would be "enormous", he announced. 

Corona in the United States: New York begins to relax

Update from Monday, June 8th, 2020, 8:42 pm: Exactly 100 days after confirmation of the first  Corona case in

In the metropolis of New York, the first easing of the month-long precautionary measures has come into force. With the start of phase one one

The four-stage opening plan of the state of New York on Monday may, among other things, restart work on more than 32,000 construction sites in the city. Retailers can also take orders over the phone and online and hand them over to their shoppers in the store. Public traffic is not yet allowed in the shops.

New York has the highest number of deaths in the corona pandemic in the United States.

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"Today is the day we start getting rid of this disease," Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference in Brooklyn Harbor on Monday. "It's the first day of reopening, and it was made possible by the hard work of the New Yorkers." Masks are still necessary, however, if a safety distance of around two meters cannot be maintained, and hygiene measures such as hand washing .

Restaurants and bars remain closed for guests to sit down, but food and drinks outside are also allowed as before. Regular operation in offices is also still prohibited. It is estimated that up to 400,000 people could go back to work. To avoid overcrowded subways, the city relies on bus transport. More than 30 kilometers of additional bus lanes would be reported at short notice, said de Blasio. The next opening phase should take effect in two weeks at the earliest.

Donald Trump sniffs corona tests - US company has to destroy production

+++ 12.57 PM: A US company in Maine that manufactures medical products must now destroy the entire production one day. US President Donald Trump had previously visited the company. Among other things, the company produces swabs for corona virus tests . Now USA Today reports that part of its production ends up in the trash. This was confirmed by a company spokesman. The exact reason was not given. 

Donald Trump did not wear a mask or face mask while the workers next to him were working on the machines in lab coats, hair nets and plastic gloves. A picture shows how Trump smells on one of the swabs. 

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How many medical swabs now have to be destroyed is not known. As part of the factory tour on Friday, the factory operation had already been shut down. 

Corona in the USA: Almost 110,000 dead - easing in New York

+++ 10 a.m .: In the USA, the number of corona deaths has risen to almost 110,000. 749 people have died in the past 24 hours from the consequences of their corona infection , it said on Sunday on the website of the Johns Hopkins University. The number of registered cases of infection rose to 1.9 million nationwide . Around 500,000 people have already recovered. Based on the absolute number of infections and deaths, the United States is the most severely affected by the corona pandemic worldwide.

USA: New York begins with corona loosening 

Update from Sunday, June 7, 2020, 9:50 a.m .:  New York , which has been particularly hard hit by the corona pandemic, has been firmly in the grip of the crisis for around 100 days . In spite of everything, the first easing of the corona restrictions should begin on Monday (June 8th) . 

New York now fulfills all the conditions for the start of a relaxation process - for example, sufficient free hospital beds and sufficient tests - and could be the last of the ten regions of the state to start, says Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Four two-week easing phases are now pending. In the first, for example, construction work can start again, and in the fourth, cultural institutions can also reopen - even if many of them, such as the Metropolitan Opera, have already announced that they will probably not start again before 2021. Hygiene and distance rules continue to apply. If the numbers worsen, the process can be stopped at any time or turned back. The enthusiasm in the city is limited.

USA: Hollywood can start operations again despite Corona

Update from Saturday, June 6th, 2020, 1:09 p.m .:  The Coronavirus Hollywood put on hold for three months , now the film and television operations in the USA could start again. California Governor Gavin Newsom gave the green light on Friday evening (June 5, 2020, local time) for production to begin on June 12. However, with reservations and many question marks.

According to the Californian health authority, numerous conditions have to be met at the filming locations. For example, a critical threshold of Covid 19 case numbers in the districts must not be exceeded, there must be sufficient test capacity, and the production teams must adhere to strict hygiene rules.

A task force from the entertainment industry presented a 22-page draft for the return to the turning sets on Monday (01.06.2020). Among other things, it recommends frequent Covid-19 tests and fever measurements for actors and other employees, distance rules and wearing protective masks. 

Corona crisis in the USA: unemployment rate drops to almost 13 percent

Update from Friday, June 5, 2020, 2:48 p.m .:  The economic upturn in the USA is more and more gone due to the corona crisis . A particular annoyance for US President Donald Trump , because the economic upswing was his strongest argument for success. Since the corona virus has also raged in the United States , over 40 million people have lost their jobs there, sometimes completely, sometimes temporarily. The unemployment rate for the month of May has now been published.

And this is less serious than feared by experts. The unemployment rate dropped to 13.3 percent, compared to 14.7 percent in April . Due to the horrific effects of the corona pandemic , experts feared an increase to 20 percent.

Corona in the USA: dead and protests - Donald Trump gives a pitiful picture

First message from Friday, June 5, 2020: Washington, USA - No country in the world is more affected by corona than the United States of America. As of June 5, 12:15 p.m., more than 1.8 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the United States . More than 100,000 people died from the effects of Covid-19 lung disease. The behavior of Donald Trump (73) in the fight against the corona pandemic * has recently generated increasing criticism. 

Corona in the USA: Donald Trump is partly to blame for the crisis

US President Donald Trump does not paint a good picture during the US corona crisis.

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The United States has long been considered the land of opportunity. But when it comes to corona, the world power reaches its limits - also because of the US President Donald Trump. The economy is in crisis . Since the corona virus reached the United States, more than 40 million people have lost their jobs, at least temporarily. The unemployment rate for May 2020 is still pending. However, according to analysts, the number could be more than 20 percent. At the beginning of the year - at that time there were hardly any corona cases in the USA - it was still well below five percent. 

Corona in the USA: Donald Trump takes on Twitter

As so often, Donald Trump gives a pitiful picture in times of the corona crisis . The Republican from the United States wipes indifferent critical questions from journalists as usual. In addition, the 73-year-old is bogged down in a small war with his preferred mouthpiece Twitter . The microblogging service had tweets of the most powerful man in the world checked for facts and brought them to lie. The US President is followed by more than 80 million people on Twitter in times of the corona crisis .

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Corona in the USA: Donald Trump wants to use the military

In addition to the many corona deaths , current protests are shaking the United States . These were triggered by the death of George Floyd († 46). The African American died from police violence. Officer Derek Chauvin (44) knelt on the neck of the father of two daughters for several minutes, ignoring his cries for help that he could not breathe. 

The peaceful protests in many places sometimes turned into violence. Images from the USA also show non-violent protesters wearing face masks (how to properly disinfect face masks and face masks - how it is done *) against corona and the looting of supermarkets. 

Corona in the US: Donald Trump recommends ineffective medicine

George Floyd died from police violence. An autopsy revealed that he was infected with corona.

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While an autopsy of George Floyd's body revealed that he had been infected with the corona virus, Donald Trump went on the offensive. The 73-year-old is said to be considering military action in the event of protests. 1,600 soldiers were drawn together in the US capital Washington . The White House is the official office and government seat of the United States. 

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