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According to the university survey, The United States accumulates 11.4 million cases of the disease. since the first diagnosis of the virus on American soil in January. This also represents the largest number of coronavirus registrations in a single country.
Coronavirus test in Seattle, USA, this Wednesday (18) – Photo: Elaine Thompson / AP Photo
The United States, like other countries in the Northern Hemisphere, is experiencing a new wave of Covid-19 cases and deaths. The situation is even more worrying because the pandemic began to spread throughout the interior of the country, which did not appear with the same force in the first peak of the disease.
This does not mean that the largest cities have been spared this new Covid-19 record. New York, for example, a metropolis heavily affected by the new coronavirus between March and April, returned to high transmission rates and, therefore, this Wednesday determined the closure of schools.
Cases and deaths from Covid-19 in the United States this Wednesday (18) – Photo: Playback / Johns Hopkins
Biden’s team wants data on Covid
The new highs of the pandemic in the United States occur in a context of change of government in the country. President Donald Trump, defeated in the reelection bid, has refused to recognize Joe Biden as president-elect. And in this scenario, the Democratic team pressures the Republican to provide information on the coronavirus.
A team of American doctors and nurses opposed the Trump administration’s refusal to pass on data from the pandemic. In a letter, professionals said winter in the Northern Hemisphere could bring a new wave of Covid-19 deaths with community pollution spreading across the country, with hospitalizations at record levels.
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“It is necessary to share data and information in real time on the provision and provision of treatments, tests, personal protective equipment, ventilators, hospital capacity and availability of manpower to plan the deployment of the country’s assets in order to save countless people . lives, “the letter read, signed by the leadership of the American Medical Association, the American Nurses Association and the American Hospital Association.
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