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The United States recorded an additional 2,053 deaths related to the new coronavirus within 24 hours, according to the count updated last night by Johns Hopkins University (UPDATES – EL ESPECIAL). After a brief drop on Sunday and Monday, yesterday marked the third consecutive day with more than 2,000 deaths and brings the total number of American deaths to 62,906 in total since the start of the pandemic, according to data constantly updated by the American university. . Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has returned to attack China, saying he has “evidence that the virus comes from a Wuhan laboratory” and threatening “punitive” measures against Beijing. Meanwhile, in Michigan, a demonstration against the confinement with some armed protesters. As of today, more than half of the states can reopen, after Trump did not renew the restrictive measures that expired on April 30. The state of the economy now “is what it is,” Trump said, but “next year will be phenomenally economic.” Trump claims that the third quarter “will make the transition” to recovery.
Trump: evidence that the virus comes from Wuhan’s lab
Speaking to the White House with the press, Donald Trump said he had a high level of confidence in the hypothesis that the origin of the coronavirus is related to a Wuhan laboratory, without explaining further. When asked by a journalist on what this high confidence was based, the President replied that he could not say it. Trump said the United States administration is investigating the source of the virus despite US intelligence. USA He has ruled out that the coronavirus was created in the Wuhan laboratory in China, as evoked by the magnate (FROM THE FIRST CASE TO THE CONTACTS: THE STAGES – COUNTRIES WITH MORE CASES).
In the USA USA, One third of cases worldwide
The United States, with more than a million diagnosed cases of Covid-19, only accounts for nearly a third of officially registered cases in 195 countries and territories worldwide. The United States is by far the country most affected by Covid-19, ahead of Italy (27,967 deaths), the United Kingdom (26,711), Spain (24,543) and France (24,376).
Trump wants to punish China: “There are many means”
Against Beijing, Trump has mentioned the possibility of “punitive measures”, including the imposition of tariffs: “There are many things I can do, we are examining what happened,” he warned in an interview with Reuters. Meanwhile, the Washington Post reveals that the White House has already begun exploring some proposals to punish or seek financial compensation from China for handling the crisis. Privately, the newspaper writes, Trump and some of his advisers have discussed the possibility of removing China’s “sovereign immunity” to allow the US government. The US, coronavirus victims or other parties sue Beijing for damages, as they are already doing. trying to create the state of Missouri and some big corporations. Other executives have raised the idea of canceling part of debts with China, but it is not known whether the president supported it. But President Trump also returned to attack the World Health Organization for how he handled the pandemic: “He should be ashamed: he acts as a PR for China,” the magnate accused.
Trump does not renew restrictions, more than half of the states are ready to reopen
Meanwhile, Trump decided not to extend his social distancing guidelines that expired on April 30 after 45 days, despite coronavirus cases exceeding one million and deaths reaching 61,000, with an increase in the last 24 hours ( 2,502). Half America is preparing to reopen, with at least 28 of the 50 states that will ease restrictions by Friday, from Florida to Montana, from Minnesota to Oklahoma.
Michigan Protesters Armed Against Lockdown
Yesterday, April 30, hundreds of protesters, some armed and wearing bulletproof vests, demonstrated against the coronavirus blockade in front of the Michigan Parliament. Police and agents of the state parliament intervened, while the Republican-majority House rejected the extension of the order to remain in the home of Governor dem Gretchen Whitmer and authorized a cause to question his powers and actions to fight the pandemic. But Whitmer is not resigned and, therefore, a judicial confrontation is looming.
US airlines to impose masks in flight
Meanwhile, the US companies Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines have decided to make the use of masks on board the planes mandatory against the spread of the coronavirus. The flight attendants union and DEM lawmakers are pressing the federal government to impose masks on planes. Regulatory authorities have so far resisted the pressure, but the industry has decided to go one step further.
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