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White House hints at hopeful signs of coronavirus pandemic



Washington – At the end of a week in which US authorities had warned would be “this generation’s Pearl Harbor,” White House officials gave hopeful indications that the spread of the epidemic to the coronavirus could be subsiding, while the president Donald trump He said he would not reopen the country’s borders until it is safe to do so.

However, Trump insisted that on Tuesday he would announce the launch of what the special force called “Opening of Our Country” to work toward that goal. “I want it to reopen as soon as possible,” he told reporters on Friday, adding: “The facts will determine what I will do.”

With the economy smashed and unemployment skyrocketing, Trump has been wanting to resume economic activity in the country, causing alarm by health experts, who say doing so as soon as it could unleash a rebound that would undermine current efforts at social distancing.

Trump had initially set Easter Sunday as the date he wanted people in certain parts of the country to start returning to work and crowding churches. He said he would listen to the advice of health experts like Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx while pondering what he said is “the biggest decision I have ever made.”

Although “there are two sides to each argument, we are not going to do anything until we know that the country is healthy. I don’t want to have to do it all over again,” he added.

Trump’s comments came at the end of a week that authorities had warned would be devastating for the country. Hours earlier, John Hopkins University had announced that the global balance of deaths from the virus had reached 100,000. That includes more than 19,700 in the United States, where half a million infected have been confirmed.

More than 40% of deaths in the United States have occurred in New York state, which reported 777 new deaths on Friday, but there were also hopeful signs. State authorities reported that the number of people in intensive care fell for the first time since mid-March. Hospitalizations are also declining, with 290 new patients admitted in one day, compared to more than 1,000 last week.

Although he said the death numbers are “horrible,” Trump said that “tremendous progress was being made.”

“In the midst of pain and grief, we are seeing clear signs that our energetic strategy is saving countless lives,” he said. I am targeting models that now forecast fewer deaths in the United States than previously believed.

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