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The White House warns the states of the collapse of hospitals: "We are at a very dangerous point"

2020-12-03T14:10:32.678Z


The federal government's team of experts sends a worrying report to the governors to alert them to the situation after Thanksgiving.


Faced with the increase in infections and hospitalizations due to COVID-19, the White House team of experts launched an alert to the states about the "very dangerous point" in which the country is located before the end of the year festivities.

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In a report dated November 29, the team of experts explained that, after Memorial Day in May, and before the increase in cases in the summer, the United States had an average of less than 25,000 infections a day.

Currently

, around 180,000 people are infected with COVID-19 daily

, and the expert group expects that the cases will increase even more due to the celebration of Thanksgiving, which will compromise medical care in the country.

"

The risk of COVID for all Americans is at a historic level

,

"

the report warns, "We are at a very dangerous point due to the current extremely high COVID baseline level and limited hospital capacity."

The report criticizes that many states have not implemented sufficient measures to mitigate the infections, which has caused a sustained transmission of the coronavirus over the weeks.

In order to “

flatten the curve

” of infections, the group of experts recommended looking at European countries that, through strict mitigation measures, have managed to reduce the recent emergence of cases.

The pandemic may exceed the capacity of government health systems if protection measures are not applied.Noticias Telemundo

"If state and local policies do not reflect the severity of the current situation, all public health officials should directly alert the state population," the report adds.

Hospitalizations have reached a record high of 300,000 a day, according to the report.

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The expert team outlined several guidelines to follow to keep the population safe.

For example, no one 65 years or older, or with comorbidities that increase the risk of complications, should

enter a closed space where there are people without masks

.  

Also, everyone under the age of 40 who has celebrated Thanksgiving with people who are not from the same household 

must behave as if they were infected

.

This implies that they must be tested for coronavirus and isolated immediately to avoid infecting other people, according to the report.

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Although the approval and distribution of a vaccine is getting closer, the United States exceeds 272,000 deaths related to the coronavirus, as well as 13 million cases, according to data from John Hopkins University.

Source: telemundo

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