A sad milestone. The United States reached the milestone of 5 million official cases of infection with the new coronavirus on Sunday since the start of the pandemic, according to the count from Johns Hopkins University, which refers.
The world's leading economic power is by far the most affected in the world by the pandemic in absolute terms, with more than 162,000 dead on its soil. The milestone of 4 million cases was reached a little over two weeks ago.
A new economic aid plan unveiled
To come to the aid of the millions of Americans threatened with deportation and stricken by unemployment because of the pandemic and the containment measures, President Donald Trump unveiled on Saturday a new aid plan for the American economy. He promulgated it by decree, for lack of agreement in Congress.
“We should never have come to this. No other country in the world has been hit as hard as us, ”denounced Democrat Joe Biden, denouncing the inaction of Donald Trump, whom he defies in the November presidential election. “He didn't want to have to deal with this pandemic, so he stopped trying. He did not do his job ”.
The contagion figures began to rise sharply from the end of June in the country, which recorded up to more than 70,000 new cases diagnosed per day in mid-July.
Back to school has started
Despite this, back to school has started in person in several US states, including where the coronavirus is still actively circulating. Quarantines have already had to be imposed after the occurrence of cases among students.
The death curve has also risen, regularly exceeding 1,000 deaths for two weeks. However, the number of deaths had not exploded so far, as some experts feared.
By the Web
"The Clean Network" ... Beyond TikTok, how Donald Trump wants to "clean" the Internet in the United States
By the Web
Trump against TikTok: Understand everything about the standoff between the US president and the Chinese application
- epidemic
- Covid 19
- United States
- Donald trump
- World
- Coronavirus