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March 29, 2020 Donald Trump abandons the idea of quarantining the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and opts for travel advisory to dissuade travel and travel in and from the three states, without however closing their borders. These are in fact limitations with which the American president aims to contain the spread of coronavirus in the United States, where there are now more than 120,000 cases. The deaths in the States instead doubled in two days, exceeding 2,000.

"A quarantine will not be necessary" for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Trump tweeted after the hypothesis he had put forward had sparked violent criticism. The hardest words came from the governor of New York State. A quarantine would be a "federal declaration of war on states," thundered Andrew Cuomo , calling his imposition "probably non-legal". A quarantine - he warned - would have serious repercussions on the financial markets and on the economy that Trump wants to reopen for Easter. Cuomo then also lashed out against the state of Rhode Island , north of New York, where the police and the national guard are currently hunting for the New Yorkers who have found refuge in the state there. The governor of New York says in no uncertain terms that he is willing to sue Rhode Island if his policy does not change.

On the recommendation of the White House CoronaVirus Task Force, and upon consultation with the Governor's of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, I asked the @CDCgov to issue a strong Travel Advisory, to be administered by the Governors, in consultation with the ....

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2020
Meanwhile, the coronavirus emergency is spreading throughout the rest of the United States, with new outbreaks in Michigan and Illinois, where a child less than one year old died. This is a rare case, the first in the United States, which worries the authorities who have launched investigations to understand what happened. In Michigan the reality is particularly difficult in Detroit, where Mayor Mike Duggan has launched a new appeal to stay at home. Thermometer of a worse situation in the world auto capital is the cancellation of the Auto Show: Detroit Free Press, the 2020 edition, scheduled for June, will not be held because the centrist destined to host the annual event will be transformed into a field hospital for at least six months.