President Donald Trump announced Monday April 20 that he will "temporarily suspend" immigration to the United States to "protect American jobs" in the face of the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus.
"In light of the attack on the Invisible Enemy, and faced with the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American citizens, I will sign a presidential decree to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States," tweeted Donald. Trump.
In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 20201433 deaths in 24 hours
The United States recorded 1,433 deaths from coronavirus in 24 hours on Monday, down from the previous day, according to the Johns Hopkins University count. This daily report brings to 42,094 the total number of deaths recorded since the start of the pandemic in the United States, the country officially the most bereaved in the world by Covid-19.
The leading economic power now has more than 784,000 people infected with the virus, according to the count, continuously updated. Some 72,000 people are declared cured.
Donald Trump to receive Andrew Cuomo
New York remains the epicenter in the country, even if it seems that the state has overcome the worst of the crisis. In 24 hours, 478 deaths have been recorded there, announced Monday its governor, Andrew Cuomo, the lowest toll in more than two weeks.
The American president also announced that he would receive Andrew Cuomo, who has become one of the figures in the fight against coronavirus in the United States, on Tuesday. "He will be in the Oval Office tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon," said Donald Trump, who for the past few days has welcomed his good agreement with Andrew Cuomo after having initially strongly criticized him, judging that he was speaking too much but did not act enough. "Many good things are happening in New York," he added.
Strike at Amazon
Economically, more than 300 Amazon employees in the United States have agreed not to go to their place of work from Tuesday, to request an improvement in sanitary conditions facing the Covid-19 in warehouses.
It is "the largest mass action of workers to date, as frustrations mount around the failure of the company to protect workers and public health in the face of the coronavirus epidemic", denounces the grouping of Athena associations in a press release published on Monday. This movement was launched three days before an online strike by coders and engineers from the group.
With AFP
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