The corona situation in the USA remains tense.
In the hotspot El Paso in the state of Texas, prisoners load corona deaths into refrigerated trucks.
The
infection numbers
during the
second wave * of
the
corona pandemic *
in the
USA
are worrying.
A
Corona *
hotspot
is the border town of
El Paso
in the US state of
Texas
.
There, prisoners
load
corona dead
in refrigerated trucks that are set up behind overcrowded morgues.
This news ticker is updated regularly.
Munich / El Paso - The
corona infection numbers
in the
USA
are still worryingly high.
On Monday, authorities
reported 166,045 new cases
in one day, according to data from
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
in Baltimore.
For several days, the number of newly reported
corona cases has been
above 100,000.
The highest value to date was recorded last Friday when
more than 177,000 new infections
were reported.
The
Corona hotspot
of the
USA
is currently the state of
Texas
.
The mark of
20,000 corona deaths was
exceeded
there on Monday
.
Last week, Texas was the first US state to
exceed the
one million confirmed corona cases
mark.
Most of the
new infections
have been found in the border town of
El Paso
in recent weeks
.
Terrifying pictures have now been taken there.
Corona in the USA: inmates load dead people into refrigerated trucks in Texas
Behind an
overcrowded morgue
in
El Paso
, prisoners
load
corona dead *
into a
refrigerated truck that has been
set up
.
As reported by the
New York Post
, the detainees volunteered for work.
You're supposed to make two dollars an hour.
Four to ten prisoners and
eight refrigerated trailers have
been in
continuous use
for a week in
order to deal with the high number of deaths, the report said.
Two more trailers are to be added.
Texas inmates enlisted to carry bodies at El Paso morgue amid COVID-19 surge https://t.co/EHH2ssvOV3 pic.twitter.com/70C7ce8AcE
- New York Post (@nypost) November 16, 2020
A
nurse
from the university hospital in
El Paso
has made serious allegations against the alleged
corona policy of
her clinic.
In a
live video on Facebook
described
Lawanna Rivers
dramatic scenes *.
Among other things, she reported on a room that was only there to
die
and was called "The Pit" by the staff.
Anyone who is brought there can only get out of the room "in a body bag",
Rivers
said
in a desperate tone.
Corona in the USA: Governors of several states are tightening the measures
In the US state of
California
, the threshold of
one million confirmed corona infections * was also
exceeded
last week
.
The state must
pull
the
emergency brake
, said Governor
Gavin Newsom
on Monday, explaining the tougher
measures
.
Bars and fitness facilities have to close, restaurants can only serve outside or sell outside the home.
Schools are also only allowed to give online lessons.
Due to the alarming increases we are seeing in # COVID19 cases, CA is pulling an emergency brake.
To slow the spread, 41 counties - 94% of California's population -
will now be in purple, the most restrictive tier.
- Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) November 16, 2020
The Governor of the US state of
Michigan
,
Gretchen Whitmer
, has also taken the
tougher measures
to curb
Corona pandemic
defended.
“We are in the worst weeks of this pandemic.
We have been through this for nine months and at the moment the numbers are worse than ever, and so we have to take aggressive action, "
Whitmer
told
MSNBC
on Monday
.
Given the "power vacuum" in
Washington
, it is the duty of the governors to do everything possible to save lives and to heed the advice of health experts.
(ph) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network
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