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More than a million people infected and more than 60,000 deaths: The crown crisis is far from over in the United States. In the United States, between 1,000 and 2,000 people still die every day. However, President Donald Trump (73) remains confident that a 100 percent return to normal will soon be achieved. “We want it to be that way,” he said, indicating that this “would go faster” than many would expect.
In fact, the first states are loosening the closure again: in the state of Georgia, for example, restaurants and hairdressing salons reopened on Monday. In Texas it should be ready on Friday. And in California, some beaches have been reopened, if only for sports activities. So far, 35 of 50 states have submitted exit plans.
The President of the United States will travel again next week
Trump likes to see this development: “I want to go back to where we were. We will get there. He wanted the stadiums for the baseball and soccer games to be full again and not have to have three or four seats among the spectators. “This will happen,” he said. Security is important, but the economy is also important. And people wanted the country to open up again.
The White House also announced Wednesday that President Trump would soon travel again. The first thing that is planned is a trip to Arizona next week. Trump is already looking to the future and hopes to be able to hold major campaign events again sometime before the November presidential election. “I have been in the White House for many months and I want to leave,” he told reporters.
Ebola also effective drug against the crown?
Last Wednesday, there was also hope in the United States of a wonder crown drug that has been used against Ebola to date. The initial results of a clinical study on the active ingredient remdesivir in the treatment of patients with corona should be evaluated very positively, said the chief immunologist of the United States, Anthony Fauci (79). The results would still have to be independently verified and published, “but indications of significantly shorter duration of illness are promising,” said Trump’s crown expert.
Specifically, remdesivir has shown a “significant positive effect in reducing recovery time”. According to Fauci, patients who had Covid-19 lung disease and received remdesivir recovered after an average of 11 days, patients in the control group only after 15 days. However, this does not solve all problems, Fauci said during a meeting at the Trump office. The mortality rate was also somewhat lower, but this result has not yet been statistically significant.
The international clinical trial with more than 1,000 participants was conducted with control groups and the data collection was accompanied by independent experts, he explained.
Fauci warns that Trump wants quick approval
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently in talks with drug maker Gilead to quickly make remdesividos available to hospital patients. But it won’t go very fast, Fauci warned. Formal approval of the drug would take much longer and would require more study.
Trump was satisfied with the positive study on Wednesday. When asked if he would like the agency to speed up the product approval process, he said, “We want very fast approvals.”
The drug, originally developed against the Ebola virus, has so far not been approved anywhere in the world. Biotech company Gilead said in a press release that they were aware of the “positive data” from the clinical trial, but the communication was with NIAID.
The Remdesivir news spurred the stock markets on Wednesday. The leading index of EE. USA Dow Jones closed more than two percent at 24,633 points. (nim / SDA)
