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The United States has reported the majority of coronavirus cases in the world
A second wave of coronavirus cases in the US USA It could be even worse than the first, the country’s top health official warned.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Robert Redfield, said the danger was greater since a new outbreak would likely coincide with the flu season.
It would put “unimaginable strain” on the US healthcare system, he said.
The United States has seen more than 800,000 cases, the highest in the world.
So far, more than 45,000 people have died with coronavirus in the US. USA, According to a count maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
California had its largest one-day increase in new cases on Monday, while New Jersey, the hardest hit US state other than New York, experienced the largest increase in one-day deaths.
In other developments in the United States:
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President Trump says he will suspend US green card applications. USA, which grants immigrants legal permanent residence and the opportunity to apply for US citizenship, for 60 days
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Harvard University says it will maintain a $ 8.6 million coronavirus subsidy despite pressure from President Trump to return it
- The first cases of coronavirus in California occurred much earlier than previously thought, health officials confirmed. A post-mortem examination revealed that a person who died at his home on February 6 in Santa Clara County is now the first known fatality in the United States. Until now, the first fatality was thought to have been a man in Washington state who died on February 26.
- The United States Senate has unanimously approved $ 484 billion (£ 392 billion) in coronavirus relief, including the fund designed to help small businesses. The legislation will go to the House of Representatives for approval on Thursday.
In an interview with the Washington Post newspaper, Redfield said “there is a possibility that the virus attack on our nation next winter is even more difficult than the one we just went through.”
He urged officials in the United States to prepare for the possibility of facing the flu and a coronavirus epidemic at the same time.
‘Very very difficult’
Redfield stressed the importance of getting a flu shot. He said that getting vaccinated “may allow a hospital bed to be available for your mother or grandmother who can contract coronavirus.”
The CDC chief said that the coronavirus had reached the US. USA As the regular flu season was decreasing. He argued that if he had reached the peak of the winter flu season, “it could have been very, very, very, very difficult.”
Your warning occurs when multiple US states. USA They are moving to ease blocking restrictions.
Redfield said social distancing remained key to slowing the spread of the virus and urged officials to continue to emphasize its importance even when restrictions on movements were lifted.
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There have been protests in several cities calling for the blockades to be lifted.
He said recent protests against the blockade “were not helpful.”
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He urged state and federal officials to step up testing to identify those who have coronaviruses and those with whom they have had contact.
He said the Centers for Disease Control planned to hire more than 650 people, more than double their current staff, to help with finding contacts, among other things.
The CDC was also exploring the possibility of using Census Bureau workers to help trace contacts, he said.
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