Economic activity resumed in more than 90% of states in the US There is concern about re-expansion of corona infection

Economic activity resumed in more than 90% of states across the US Concern over re-expansion of corona infection may occur at 5:53 on May 16

In New York, where the spread of infection is the most serious in the United States, it was approved to resume work such as construction in some areas on the 15th. As a result, economic activities have resumed in a limited number of states in more than 90% of the states, but in some states, the pace of increase in the number of infected persons is higher than before the resumption, and the infection spreads again. Concerns about things are growing.

On the 15th, eastern New York, which has the highest number of infected and dead people in the United States, was allowed to resume limited work in some areas that met the criteria for resuming economic activity.

New York states that it will resume economic activity in four stages from regions that meet state standards for inpatients and hospital acceptance conditions. It was the restart of the construction and manufacturing industries, which is the first stage in the region.

However, even in these areas, retail, food and beverage, and financial services are considered to be in the second stage and beyond.

Also, New York City is still under full restrictions. In addition to New York State on the 15th, eastern Maryland State and southern Virginia State have restarted, and as a result, economic activities have resumed in 47 states, which account for more than 90% of the 50 states in the United States, although they are limited. It was.

On the other hand, in the United States, more than 15,000 infections have been confirmed every day since the beginning of this week, and the infection still remains.

Among them, in the Midwestern Illinois state where the big city Chicago is located, the number of newly infected people confirmed on the 1st of this month is 4014, exceeding the highest number of 2,724 people so far so far, before the restart of economic activity. Is getting faster.

The University of Washington, which has predicted the number of deaths, has raised the predicted number of deaths by the beginning of August from about 135,000 to about 147,000 due to the restart of economic activity.

"If you resume economic activity in an inappropriate way, it will cause an explosive infection, which will not only increase the death toll but also affect the economic recovery," said Dr. Fauch, an expert on the infection control team of the Trump administration. That said, there is growing concern about the spread of the infection again.