Virus has passed the peak in the USA: Trump

President Donald Trump says the US has "passed the peak" of new Covid-19 cases and predicted some states would reopen this month.

At the daily White House virus briefing, Mr Trump said new reopening guidelines would be announced on Thursday after he speaks to governors.

"We'll be the comeback kids, all of us," the president said. "We want to get our country back."

The US has more than 638,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and over 30,800 deaths.

Meanwhile, hospitalizations and intubations from the outbreak are levelling off in New York, the epicenter of the US outbreak. On Tuesday, New York recorded 752 deaths sending the state total to more than 11,000 in just over a month.

Rhode Island and Providence, sandwiched between what Birx calls “two incredible hotspots”, are becoming new areas of concern.

Birx reminded the American people again about the highly contagious nature of the COVID19 virus and asked them to shun social gatherings.

To all of you that are out there that would like to join together and just have that dinner party for 20, don’t do it yet”, she urged.

Source:  Agencies

Dhaka/Mukul