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At the same time, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, defended his directives on Tuesday to reopen economic activities in the states.
In a series of tweets on Twitter, Trump said: “The numbers are declining in most parts of the country as the desire to reopen states grows again … It is being done safely.”
He noted that “the tests used to detect coronavirus infection in his country are the best in the world (…) and each ruler has previously approved agreements to deal with the crisis in the Corona, and I am Happy for all of them, and in no case was it possible to achieve these numbers and successes without me or supporting the federal government, either through respirators or detection devices … We were able to achieve this. ”
Finally, several US states. USA They began to facilitate closings and return economic activities to work, but in accordance with health controls, and alleviating the protests as much as possible, amid fear of a second wave of the virus spreading.
On the other hand, epidemiologist Anthony Fauchi, the leading figure in White House crisis cell management of “Corona,” warned that lifting the shutdown quickly would lead to “very serious” consequences, including registering new infections, at a time when the country is trying to overcome the epidemic crisis. .
“The federal government has established directives for local administrations on how to safely resume activities,” Fauchi told a Senate committee, stressing that “dramatically reducing the epidemic over a period of 14 days is an essential first step in this area. “
“The consequences could be very dangerous … in the event that a state, city or region decides to reopen its economic facilities before the necessary conditions are met, especially the decrease in the number of registered cases,” Fauchi said.
Fauchi also recognized that the number of deaths recorded in the United States may be greater than the official figure of 80,000 deaths. He added that this is because “many people in New York, seriously affected by the epidemic, died in their homes before being transferred to the hospital.”
But he also said he was “cautiously optimistic” about the prospects for a vaccine, where eight laboratories are conducting clinical trials. He added: “We have many candidates and I hope we have several winners.”
Deflation
Official data indicated that the consumer price index (inflation) in the United States declined last April, with the largest monthly decline since December 2008.
According to data from the United States Department of Labor, on Tuesday, “monthly inflation contracted 0.8% last month, compared with a decrease of 0.4% last March.” On an annual basis, the consumer price index in the United States increased 0.3%, after rising 1.5% in the previous March.
The consumer price index, which excludes food and energy costs, decreased by 0.4% on a monthly basis last April, compared to a 0.1% decrease in the previous month.
The US economy was affected by the great shutdown that started last March, and large sectors of the world’s largest economy were affected.
