The coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the USA.
The death toll is highest in the United States.
Has the country ever brought the corona pandemic under control?
An expert warns.
The
coronavirus has
so far
claimed
more than
200,000
lives in the United States
.
US President Donald Trump
doesn't seem to have a plan since the pandemic began.
However, Trump wants to launch a vaccine against the coronavirus before the November 3rd election.
The renowned
immunologist
Anthony Fauci
and the head of the US health authority Robert Redfield contradict Trump.
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New York - Almost a million people died in connection with Corona *.
More than 200,000 deaths in the United States.
The health authorities officially register almost 50,000 new infections and almost 1,000 deaths every day.
The New York authorities reported an "
alarming
" corona infection rate in some quarters of the US metropolis
on Sunday (local time)
, reports the AFP news agency.
The infection rate has recently increased in six neighborhoods in Brooklyn and two more in Queens.
The authorities are particularly concerned about the spread of the new type of coronavirus in neighborhoods with a Jewish Orthodox population.
The increase in contagions there coincided with the Jewish holidays, which began on Monday with
Yom Kippur
reached their peak.
For
Donald Trump
, the corona virus will soon be history.
The higher the number of infections, the more optimistic the US President is.
Allegedly on purpose, as an audio recording from the spring is supposed to prove.
Fatal in view of the dramatic corona crisis in the USA.
Coronavirus: US immunologist urgently warns of winter
US immunologist Anthony Fauci
warns of the current
Covid 19 situation
.
The US is "
not in a good position,
" said Fauci in a conversation on the ABC radio show Good Morning America, as reported by the BBC.
As winter approaches and the weather in the US gets colder, the spread of the virus in the population should be as low as possible, warns Fauci.
In his opinion, there are parts of the country that are doing well.
But, there are states that have seen an increase in the number of cases - in some even an increase in hospital stays.
The number of deaths here could quickly take off again.
At the beginning of September, Fauci made a forecast for the end of the corona pandemic in the USA.
Even if there should be a corona vaccination in a few months, he does not expect a return to normal living conditions until the end of 2021.
Fauci said this in an interview with the news channel CNN.
Then this return would also be more gradual.
Trump said at the time that the US was about to leave the corona crisis behind.
The threat of the pandemic is far from over - health expert contradicts Trump
"We are far from over", this gloomy assessment of the corona pandemic was also given by the director of the US health authorities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
CDC boss Robert Redfield
contradicted US President Donald Trump with these words, according to The Guardian.
Redfield was previously reprimanded by Trump for his sinister prognosis.
Redfield is apparently concerned that a member of the coronavirus task force is also providing the US president with false information.
"
Everything he says is wrong
," Redfield said on Friday in a phone call on a plane from Atlanta to Washington, NBC reported.
The coronavirus member was inducted into the White House in August, according to NBC.
The country is far from over the mountain, as Trump claims.
Earlier this month, the chief of US health officials contradicted Trump's vaccine schedule when he testified under oath in the Senate.
Trump immediately responded publicly to Redfield's statement: "I think he was confused when he said that." He told ABC broadcaster: "I don't want people to panic." And added: "But with a vaccination I think it will go away very quickly. ”The US president also criticized Redfield for saying that wearing a mask could be as effective as a vaccine.
The CDC director made his point of view clear again to the broadcaster NBC: "If each of us did that, this pandemic would be over in eight to twelve weeks."
(Ml)
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