As coronavirus cases climb in no less than 40 states across the USA, California has closed bars, wineries, movie theatres, zoos and museums. Governor Gavin Newsom also closed churches, hair salons, malls, barber shops and gyms in the 30 hardest hit counties.
While the White House was on Monday trying to get out of a “he said, she said” about what they did or did not say, which in fact they DID say about the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, coronavirus pressure in the US seems to be rapidly approaching its zenith.
In California, Infectious Disease Specialist Dr Lilian Abbo said, “Miami is now the epicentre of the pandemic. What we were seeing in Wuhan… now we are there.” Around the country, experts are warning that young people should be careful as they are not invulnerable to Covid-19. In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio said they are seeing more increases in younger people and in particular they are worried about the age group 20 to 29 which is showing an increase in positive cases. In interviews this week, Fauci said: “We have not begun to see the end of this yet.
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