Washington Washington – The coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Dr. Deborah Birks warned on Sunday that Americans who traveled for the Thanksgiving holiday and attended large gatherings should assume they are infected with COVID-19 and could be tested in the next few days.
“We know people may have made mistakes during the Thanksgiving period,” Birks said in an interview with Face the Nation. “If you are young and you are together, you need to take the test after about five to 10 days. But you need to assume that you are infected and do not go near your grandparents and aunts without your female.”
Birks also said that it is crucial to avoid endurance to others.
As part of Thanksgiving, public health experts urged Americans to stop celebrating large families amid the latest surge in coronavirus infections. U.S. There have been more than 13.2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in India, and more than 266,000 Americans have died from Covid-19.
In response to an increase in coronavirus cases and an increase in hospital admissions, some governors and mayors have begun imposing restrictions on businesses and rest restaurant rents to reduce the spread. However, others have still refrained from enforcing the mask command and allowed bars and restaurants to remain open with few restrictions.
Birks said where there are no relocation measures, individual Americans will have to take their own steps to protect themselves and their families.
“For every American, this is the moment to save yourself and your family,” he said. “So if the policies we know about your governor or your mayor are crucial – masking, physical distance, avoiding bars, avoiding crowded building areas – if those restrictions don’t exist in your state, you need to take them. You need to restrict yourself. You don’t have to go to these places. You need to protect your family now. “
Birks stressed that mask requirements have been shown to be effective in combating the spread of coronavirus, but registered public health experts are “seriously concerned about what could happen” with the infection rate after Thanksgiving.
Coping with coronavirus epidemics a Top priority For President-elect Joe Biden and his team, and the leaders of his coronavirus advisory council have begun attending briefings with federal agencies to better prepare for the epidemic once Mr Biden is sworn in.
Birks said he would begin giving details of the Biden administration coming soon on Monday, saying he needed to start examining data prepared by the federal government on coronavirus infection and the spread of the virus.
“One thing we will bring to the Biden administration in that discussion is to understand how they want to see the data because the data is not helpful if it is not acted upon,” he said. “And each group needs to look at it the way it moves in that action.”
Still, the Trump administration has been helping the federal government until Jan. 20, and Birks said it is briefing Vice President Mike Pence every day. However, he did not say at the time when he last briefed President Trump.
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