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The republican Luke letlowThe 41-year-old is the first Covid victim in the United States Congress. Letlow had just been elected in the fifth district of Louisiana and was due to be sworn in on Sunday. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced his death on Twitter, announcing the flags at half mast: “It is with a heartbroken by grief that I offer our condolences to the family of Congressman Letlow, who died after fighting Covid – 19 “. Letlow leaves behind his wife Julia and two young children, who appear in numerous photos of the electoral campaign that had recently concluded, after defeating the state inch by inch.
It was Letlow himself, on December 18, to announce who had tested positive for coronavirus. The Republican exponent, three days later, was hospitalized. And from his bed, until recently before his death, Letlow thanked through social networks those who prayed for his recovery and his family.
The United States has seen a worrying increase in recent months of Covid cases, becoming the country most affected by the pandemic in the world. As of Monday night, the United States had 19.5 million cases and 337,918 deaths, by far the worst performing in the world. In 24 hours, 3,223 more deaths were recorded (+ 1%). According to data from John Hopkins University, to date, the victims in the United States have been 331,116, out of a population that, according to data from the Census Bureau, is 330,750,000 inhabitants. One in every 1,000 Americans, according to this report, has died from the pandemic.
A dramatic image, that pushes Joe Biden speed up with the emergency plan. One million vaccines against Covid-19 a day: this is the goal set by the president-elect of the United States, who, in a brief statement to the press from Delaware, defined the plan as ambitious but feasible if Congress allocates the necessary funds . Instead, accusations against the incumbent president. “The Trump plan is behind schedule,” he said, “as I have long feared and warned, it is not making enough progress. Trump had spoken of 20 million Americans vaccinated by the end of the year but there are two days until the end of the year and only a few million people have been vaccinated. And then: “At this rate, it will take years to vaccinate all Americans.” Meanwhile, his next MP, Kamala Harris Biden, was vaccinated live on television with Moderna’s serum, who then asked Trump to appeal to citizens to wear the mask.
December 30, 2020 (change December 30, 2020 | 07:28)
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