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Over 400 soldiers have already tested positive for Covid-19 on the US aircraft carrier “UUS Theodore Roosevelt”.
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Washington: Trump threatens WHO with a payment freeze.
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The US president also said he knew nothing of a government corona report in January.
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Despite the corona crisis, Donald Trump is more popular than ever.
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According to U.S. political scientist T.J. Pempel is complicit in the media: “Because they know that he is lying and is completely wrongly informed about key facts.”
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The worst fear of corona virus has been feared in the US this week. The country’s top health official, Jerome Adams, 45, voted in on the Americans last Sunday for the disaster: “This will be the hardest and saddest week in most Americans’ lives”Adams said in a conversation with Fox News. “This will be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment – only it will not be limited to individual locations, but across the country.”
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In fact, the United States has more corona cases this week than the European crisis countries Italy, Spain and France combined! In the past three days, around 2,000 Americans have died of Covid-19. In total, the country is over 460,000 infected and more than 16,000 dead. “We have horrific numbers,” Trump said during Thursday’s daily Corona press conference in Washington. His Vice Mike Pence (60) spoke of a “heartbreaking week”. Looking at the statistics, Pence said: “These are not numbers, they are lives.”
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The federal government continues to worry about the state of New York, where there are still hundreds of deaths every day. In the meantime, three other corona hotspots have emerged: the capital Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Baltimore – all metropolises on the US east coast. “We’re watching the numbers. These cities have reported a large increase in corona cases in the past few days. This is not a good sign, »said Trump’s corona adviser Anthony Fauci (79)
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Why hope is justified
Donald Trump was also positive on Thursday: «I’m pretty sure that we are at the top of the hill. And now we’re going down. In some cases we have already started this process. » Pence then specified that the areas most affected by the epidemic – such as New York, Louisiana and Detroit – were “close” to the climax. «There are signs of progress. And hope becomes visible, »said Pence.
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In fact, there are good reasons for optimism: According to a new projection, 60,000 people will die from Covid-19 in the USA – two weeks ago there were still 80,000 to 240,000 fatalities. Immunologist Fauci does not want to cramp on such numbers, but said on Thursday: “The death toll continues to rise, but the number of people who come to the hospital drops dramatically. It’s going in the right direction. »
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17 million unemployed: “A disaster”
There are also bright spots from an economic point of view: after the Fed’s billion dollar loan program, the New York Stock Exchange has continued its recent recovery. The leading Dow Jones index could even set a historical record: it has been up 13 percent since Monday – the stock index has not been as strong since 1974. With a final sprint, the Dow Jones could mark the best week in its history.
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But despite the cheers on Wall Street: The corona crisis will keep the US economy busy for years. Almost 17 million people have registered as unemployed in the past three weeks alone. That is also record-breaking. Democratic MP Don Beyer (69) called this a “catastrophe” on Wednesday: “Almost 17 million Americans have lost their jobs, and they are unlikely to find another one until the contagion is under control – and that could take a long time.”
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