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Read More »Coronavirus in the US: US health officials estimate that 20 million Americans have had coronavirus | World News
WASHINGTON: US officials estimate that 20 million Americans have been infected with the coronavirus since it first came to the United States, meaning that the vast majority of the population remains susceptible. Thursday’s estimate is about 10 times more infections than the 2.3 million confirmed cases. Officials have long known …
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(Newser) – The Texas governor ordered all bars closed again and reduced the number of restaurant meals on Friday in the largest recall yet by any state, as the number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus per day in the US It reached a record high of 40,000, on the …
Read More »Coronavirus contact tracing “not going well,” says Fauci
There are only a handful of proven interventions to slow the spread of the coronavirus. One of them is locating contacts and “it’s not going well,” White House health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday. Contact tracing occurs when trained personnel contact infected people to investigate where they might have …
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