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In the United States, analysis showed that the Corona 19 event reached its peak. Even with good social distance, the prediction that at least 100,000 people would die has fallen to 60,000. Therefore, there are also movements to resolve various restrictions early, and voices of concern are also difficult.

Correspondent Correspondent Yunsu Kim in Washington.

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Ahead of the Easter weekend, the White House Corona Response Team started briefing earlier than usual.

Corona's response team emphasized that although the number of deaths remains high, the number of new patients is slowing down, and in particular, the number of hospitalized patients and the number of critically ill patients is beginning to decrease.

Mr. Trump said the forecast for the deaths of at least 100,000 to 240,000 people had fallen to 60,000.

[Trump / President of the United States: It would be hard to believe if there were 60,000 (predicted deaths). That's not happy either, but it's much lower than we expected at first.]

The Trump administration is said to be considering a plan to resume economic activity early next month.

When antibodies are confirmed through antibody tests, we are also considering ways to grant normal activity by issuing immunosis.

However, there are still voices of concern about the early alleviation of social distance.

The New York Times reported that a month later, if they stopped socializing, the infected would explode again.

[Andrew Cuomo / New York Governor: There are cases to watch out for. Hong Kong seemed to have controlled the virus, but the virus came back after the protection was lifted.]

The number of corona19 patients in the United States has reached 500,000, and the number of deaths is close to 20,000.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services decided to purchase a 2.8 trillion won worth of artificial respirators and distribute them to state and line medical institutions.