(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) More than 1.1 million confirmed cases of New Coronary Pneumonia in the United States

　　China News Agency, Washington, May 1 (Reporter Shahan Ting) The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States exceeded 1.1 million on May 1 and the number of deaths exceeded 64,000.

　　According to data from Johns Hopkins University at 10:00 p.m. on the 1st, more than 1.103 million people in the United States have been infected with new coronary pneumonia and 64,804 people have died. Among them, 308,000 were diagnosed in New York State, 121,000 were diagnosed in New Jersey, 64,000 were diagnosed in Massachusetts, and more than 50,000 were diagnosed in Illinois and California.

　　US President Trump said at the White House on the same day that he hopes that the death toll caused by the new crown epidemic will eventually be controlled within 100,000, "this is already a very bad number." He also said that if it were not for him to decide to "close" the country, "maybe millions of Americans will die."

　　Trump also announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has urgently authorized the drug ridxivir, which will be used to treat patients with new coronary pneumonia. According to the latest research, redoxir can help new crown patients recover faster and reduce mortality.

　　On that day, each state's "restart the economy" plan continued in accordance with its own progress and "rules." At present, more than 12 states have allowed restaurants, retail stores and other non-essential businesses to "open the door." In Louisiana, although the restaurant "opens", customers can only dine outdoors, the table room should be kept at a distance of 10 feet (3 meters), and there is no waiter service. Maine began to resume church activities outdoors, but required people to "stay in the car." Texas requires shopping malls and restaurants to accept only 25% of customers.

　　Other epidemic "heavy disaster areas" have postponed anti-epidemic measures such as "home order". New York Governor Como announced the same day that all schools in New York State will "no longer start school" this school year. Washington Governor Insley extended the state's "Home Order" to May 31.

　　In recent days, with the continuous increase in the number of unemployed people, a protest march demanding "resumption of work" broke out in multiple states in the United States as soon as possible. On April 30, hundreds of protesters flooded into the Michigan State Capitol, many of them armed with guns, demanding that the government end the "home order" and other anti-epidemic measures and allow various industries to "open the door." Michigan Governor Whitmore signed an executive order on the 1st to extend the Michigan "Home Order" to the 15th of this month.

　　Regarding the procession that erupted in Michigan, Trump posted on social media on the 1st that these protesters were "good people and only wanted to return life to normal." The governor of Michigan needed to "compromise and reach agreement with them to put out the fire."

　　White House press secretary Kelley McNee expressed support for Trump's statement at the press conference that day, saying "protest is the right of the people."

　　On the same day, a spokesman for the US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee said that the White House had prevented Fawcy, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, from attending the House hearing. In this regard, the White House explained that Fossi is currently “busy to fight the epidemic” and will attend the hearing at the “appropriate time in the future”.

　　As the top infectious disease expert in the United States, Fossi has repeatedly publicly questioned the Trump administration's practices and remarks. He warned the Trump administration not to relax prematurely to maintain "social distance" and other anti-epidemic measures, which were opposed by many Trump supporters. (Finish)