American health officials admitted Tuesday, June 30, not to control “Totally” the pandemic and fear an explosion in the number of cases in the United States. From 40,000 new cases detected per day, the pandemic could jump to 100,000 if “We don’t reverse the trend”, warned Anthony Fauci, director of the United States Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Given the gravity of the situation, the Democratic candidate for the White House, Joe Biden, 77, gave up organizing meetings for the presidential election in November, unlike his republican rival, Donald Trump.
The outgoing American president, whose popularity rating is eroding, in particular because of his management of the health crisis, was strongly criticized for having organized a meeting to return to the campaign in Tulsa, in Oklahoma, State which knew a outbreak of coronavirus.
Ask your questions to our correspondent in Washington, Gilles Paris, about the health crisis and its consequences on the presidential election in November 2020.
–
