US exhibits ‘very massive acceleration’ in Covid-19 instances, has potential to turn out to be new epicenter of pandemic – WHO

The quantity of confirmed Covid-19 instances within the US is rising so quickly that the nation has the potential to turn out to be the brand new epicenter of the pandemic, a spokesperson for the World Well being Group (WHO) stated on Tuesday.

WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris was requested whether or not the US may turn out to be the brand new epicenter of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. “We are actually seeing a really massive acceleration in instances within the US So it does have that potential,” she replied.

Greater than 33,400 individuals have examined constructive for Covid-19 throughout the US and 400 have died on account of the virus, the nation’s Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) reported on Monday.

Some US states and cities, together with New York and Los Angeles, have launched emergency quarantine measures in a bid to cease the unfold of the illness. Nonetheless, there was no nationwide lockdown of the type seen in Italy and France.

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Docs have struggled with inadequate ranges of testing and never getting access to sufficient medical provides and gear. In response to a report revealed by Reuters final week, simply 60,000 individuals have been examined within the US, a rustic of 330 million.

On Sunday, New York Mayor Invoice de Blasio warned that town was “about 10 days away” from experiencing widespread medical shortages.

“If we do not get extra ventilators individuals will die,” he stated.

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