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United States President Donald Trump has empowered state governors to enact the three-stage plan he announced to return to normal life and resume economic activities by removing restrictions to control the coronavirus outbreak.
Some states are taking steps to lift the restrictions, while others say they will act more cautiously.
Protests were also held to lift restrictions in states across the country, such as Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Kentucky.
While Trump supported some of these protests with the Twitter messages he sent, the American press noted that the Republican president had sent a message of support only to the Democratic Party states, the governor.
Experts say time is critical to removing restrictions and that the outbreak can regain pace if acted on early.
How will restrictions be removed in the United States?
Trump yesterday announced his three-stage plan to lift the restrictions. Shortly before this announcement, he held conference calls with state governors, informing them of the removal of the restrictions, and said he left the decision on when and how to implement this plan.
According to Trump’s statement, restrictions are expected to be gradually lifted in states where the rate of increase in coronavirus cases tends to decrease for two weeks in the United States.
The two-week data and trend if increased will be followed to move to the next phase of the plan.
In the first phase of the plan, companies such as cinemas, restaurants, statistics, places of worship and sports halls will be able to open themselves strictly following the rules of social distance. Bars, schools and kindergartens will remain closed.
In the second stage, non-compulsory travel is expected to begin and bars will be opened under certain regulations. People in the risk group are also expected to continue at home and limit visits to places like nursing homes and hospitals. Additionally, you will be encouraged to continue working from home at this stage.
In the third stage, it is planned to remove all restrictions in the workplace and return to social life by adhering to the rules of social distance of people in the risk group. Restoring visits to hospitals and nursing homes and increasing the number of people bars can receive at the same time are among the planned steps.
In carrying out this plan, decision and responsibility were vested in the provincial governors.
Trump also said that some states that are “in good condition” can take steps before May 1 to quickly remove the restrictions if they wish.
Due to the restrictions imposed in the USA. In the US, an estimated 22 million people have lost their jobs so far, especially in states where production activities are intense.
What do the experts say?
Public health experts caution that they should not take urgent steps to revive the economy, and raise concerns that the health system may not be able to cope with the spread of the outbreak in many parts of the country.
Experts say the testing capacity must be increased to remove the restrictions, but the US USA They are not at this point yet.
A group of scientists from Harvard University said the United States should increase its daily testing capacity more than three times its current level starting in May to return to normal life safely, according to their research.
In the United States, an average of 146,000 tests are currently performed daily. As of Friday, it has been announced that the total number of tests conducted to date has been 3.6 million.
According to estimates from Harvard University, the number of daily tests should be between 500 and 700 thousand to minimize the risks of returning to normal life from mid-May.
Dr. Virology Specialist from Columbia University. Angela Rasmussen said the scope of the testing and monitoring systems should be further expanded.
“In the case of large-scale follow-up studies and tests, people who have not yet shown symptoms or are asymptomatic cannot be identified and quarantined quickly, and in this case the epidemic can start to spread again within the same community” Rasmussen said.
The White House coronavirus coordinator, Deborah L. Birx, told CNN that in the process of normalizing life, strengthening monitoring systems that detect local contamination in the early states, increasing testing capabilities and focusing on contact tracking efforts.
“None of these elements is enough for us to reach the goal we want to achieve,” said Birx.
How did the reaction of the states arise?
Shortly after Trump’s comments, some states, particularly financially affected by the restrictions, have begun announcing plans to return to normal life starting May 1, while the most cautious statements come from where the number of cases is tall.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the quarantine measures will be in effect until May 15 at the latest, and from now on it will be mandatory to wear masks in public places.
In Michigan, which has the highest number of cases after New York and New Jersey, there were signs that the restrictions could be lifted after May 1.
Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan, one of the states where protests to lift the quarantine were held, said he hopes to remove the restrictions starting May 1, but the decision on this depends on future data.
“We have two weeks ahead of us and our information, data and testing capacity are changing very quickly. It is difficult to predict where we will be in a week,” said Whitmer, who made remarks on the matter on the show he attended on ABC.
Wisconsin and Idaho also announced that some stores are slated to start selling at the sidewalk booths starting later this month, while California Governor Gavin Newsom suggested that restaurants measure their fires before placing their customers. in the table.
The state of Texas has announced that all stores will open either as home delivery or pre-pickup. Texas Governor Greg Abbot said some hospital treatments, aside from the Covid-19 treatment, will be restarted and the parks will be opened on condition that the mask and social distance rules are followed.
Starting May 1, it was announced that markets will open in Vermont.
