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The United States continues to break records in the new coronavirus pandemic. According to data from this Tuesday (10) evening at Johns Hopkins University, the The country surpassed its record of new daily cases in Covid-19, with 201,961 more patients, and also increased the number of hospitalizations of contaminated, with 61,694 hospitalizations.
The country is the most affected by the pandemic, with more than 10 million cases and about 240 thousand deaths.
According to “CNN” and “The New York Times”, hospitalizations are overwhelming hospitals and medical facilities.
The previous record for hospitalizations was recorded on April 15: 59,670 hospitalizations.
The United States currently has an average of 1,661 new hospitalizations per day, data from Johns Hopkins University show.
the The main states affected at this point in the pandemic are Texas, Illinois, South Dakota, Ohio and Utah..
The figures are worrying because increases in hospitalizations are generally followed by increases in the death toll.
The Institute for Health Assessment and Metrics at the University of Washington, for example, predicting another 110,000 deaths in the next two months, if the country does not change the way to combat the spread of the virus.
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The speed in the increase in the number of hospitalizations comes a week after the conflicting presidential elections, which brought Democrat Joe Biden to the White House.
Biden even anticipated that his main focus in taking power will be to contain the progress of the pandemic in the country and save lives. He created a task force, championed wearing a mask, and said the vaccine would be free.
The advisory council to combat Covid-19 announced by Biden has among its members a Brazilian: Luciana Borio, senior researcher in global health at the Council on Foreign Relations of the United States, former director of medical preparedness and biodefense at the National Security Council. of the country and former chief scientist of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), equivalent to the National Sanitary Surveillance Agency (Anvisa).
Luciana Borio, pictured in September 2014 – Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP / Archive
Biden says he will appoint a task force against Covid-19 in the US.
The team of public health experts will advise Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and the government transition team to address the pandemic. The advisory council will be chaired by co-chairs David Kessler, Vivek Murthy and Marcella Nunez-Smith.
“Coping with the coronavirus pandemic is one of the most important battles our government will face, and I will be guided by science and experts,” Biden said.
In a speech Monday, Biden asked Americans to wear a mask.
“I beg you: wear a mask.”
“I will be the president of all Americans, this election is over,” he said, stating that it is necessary to have unity to defeat the virus. “A mask is not a political statement, but a good way to unite the country.”
Biden’s mission is quite different from that of the defeated Republican rival. Donald Trump defends the resumption of activities and has always discouraged the use of the mask.
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European countries are also counting more cases of coronavirus. It is the dreaded second wave of the pandemic. France is experiencing another “lockdown” period and is even sending patients to Germany. Italy and Spain resorted to new curfews and imposed restrictions. Germany and Portugal have also tightened the rules to deal with the health crisis.
