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Corona in the USA: Donald Trump wants to loosen up – more than 100,000 dead – trend reverses

The number of fatalities in the United States exceeds the next high. Donald Trump praises himself on Twitter and refuses to wear a face mask. The news ticker.

Number of corona deaths in the United States rises to more than 100,000

Update from May 28, 6:29 a.m.: The number of deaths recorded by the Coronavirus pandemic in the US has passed the 100,000 mark.

According to the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, the number of corona deaths rose to around 100,400 by Wednesday evening (local time). The number of registered infections was almost 1.7 million.

The United States is by far the worst affected country by the pandemic. After the increase in the number of fatalities there had slowed down significantly over the past few days, it has now increased again sharply: The Johns Hopkins researchers counted 1401 further corona deaths within 24 hours. In the previous three days, the daily death toll had been less than 700.

However, the majority of the US states have already started to relax measures against the spread of the virus. In many places, restaurants were reopened and companies started working again.

In the gaming metropolis of Las Vegas in the state of Nevada, several large casinos will reopen on Thursday next week.

Update from May 27th, 6.08pm: Several U.S. states are using the corona pandemic as a pretext, according to UN experts Deny women access to abortions. Eight states called on corona emergency orders to suspend medical treatment that is not immediately necessary to limit access to abortion, the said UN working group on discrimination against women and girls With. These are Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.

Coronavirus in the United States: death toll increases

Update from May 27, 5:10 p.m .: They are still fighting United States with the Coronavirus pandemic. The number of Corona infected and the Covid-19 fatality.

Loud Johns Hopkins University At least 98,933 people in the United States died from or with the novel lung disease by early Wednesday night (as of 5:10 p.m.).

At the same time there were 1,681,793 registered Corona cases in the United States, 384,902 sufferers who were ill in the meantime were considered cured.

Update from May 27, 3:40 p.m .: The quarrel between Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden goes into the next round – this time with an attack on the US President.

In focus: the protective measures because of the Coronavirus pandemic. At a memorial service for war victims, Biden had in contrast to Trump a mouth-nose protection worn.

Corona crisis in the USA: Zoff between Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Had on Twitter Trump then another user’s tweet with a photo of Biden shared with a black face mask and a malicious comment.

The designated US presidential candidate for the Democrats then called the incumbent an “absolute idiot” and accused him of “macho behavior”. In one CNN-Interview said Biden This Tuesday about Trump, who shortly afterwards traveled to Cape Canaveral for the SpaceX rocket launch: “He is an idiot, an absolute idiot, to speak like that.”

Trump had said that he could not understand why the democrat outdoors in “perfect conditions” and “perfect weatherFace mask sluggish. Despite recommendations from his advisers, the US president stubbornly refuses to put on mouth-nose protection.

Donald Trump’s challenger: Joe Biden of the Democrats.

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USA: More than 62,000 corona infected people in the healthcare sector

Update from May 27, 2 p.m .: A number more that the full extent of Corona pandemic in the United States expresses.

In the United States According to the CDC, 62,344 employees in the health sector have dealt with the Corona virus infected. At least 291 Corona infected from the medical staff Covid-19 died, the official website says.

The agency recently released infection numbers on medical personnel on April 15, the US broadcaster reported CNN. At that time the number of infected was only 9282.

In many places in the United States doctors and nurses had complained about the lack of protective clothing.

Corona crisis in the USA: bad role model Donald Trump?

Update from May 27, 12.30 p.m .: Bad example Donald Trump? The US President will be in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic the first launch of a SpaceX rocket in Cape Canaveral Follow it live.

Around Corona infections To prevent this, NASA asked to follow the historic launch of the Falcon 9 rocket with the manned Dragon capsule on the Internet. Instead, space fans are now flocking to Florida’s east coast to be there before Or.

Corona crisis in the USA: Donald Trump does not wear a face mask

Update from May 27, 7:16 a.m .: Donald
Trump repeatedly praises his dealings with and his quick action because of the Corona virus. But one Face mask the US President does not wear in public.

This is now becoming the topic of the election campaign, because Trump didn’t let it take over on Twitter Joe Biden to make fun of someone at an event on Memorial Day outdoors one Face mask wore, even though “outside and under perfect conditions and the perfect weather” took place, said Trump.

In addition, Trump even asked a reporter at a press conference to remove his mask when he spoke to him. The latter refused and was truncated by Trump with the malicious words “Oh ok, they want to be politically correct”.

His opponent Joe Biden now criticizes this approach. “He is a fool, an absolute fool to express himself in this way”Biden said in a CNN interview. “Presidents should set a good example and not take part in foolishness and wrongly insist on masculinity.”

Trump praises his swift action against Corona on Twitter

Update from May 26, 10 p.m .: In the United States, the coronavirus continues to spread, so far more than 1.6 million infections have been registered, and more than 98,500 people have already died as a result of the virus. US President Donald Trump*, who called the corona virus a “hoax”, praised himself on Twitter for his swift action. He and still in February claimed that the virus was already history in April due to the rising temperatures.

Corona in the USA: Trump with self-adulation on Twitter

Now claimed Trump* on Twitter that he did an extraordinary job and saved lives. “With all of these political no avail we would have out there if I didn’t do my job well and early, lost one and a half to two million people, as opposed to the over 100,000 that appear to be the number. That is 15 to 20 times more than we will lose. I closed the entry from China very early! “

Trump had End of February further explained that “it was very well under control in this country”. Now he claimed to have acted quickly and correctly and did so China again sole responsible for the corona pandemic. In the same tweet he also shared against the Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi out. The head of state calls the 80-year-old “Crazy Nancy”.

“A person who has been lost by this invisible virus is too much, it should have stopped at its source, China, but I acted very quickly and made the right decisions. Many of the current political complainants at the time thought that I acted too quickly at the time, like Crazy NancyContrary to the tweet, Pelosi spoke out against a quick reopening of the country.

Corona in the United States: Over 98,000 deaths in the United States

Update from May 26, 12:09 p.m .: According to the Johns Hopkins University, 1,662,768 people are currently infected with the corona virus in the USA. That is 19,269 new infections compared to 8.39 a.m. on Monday morning.

379,157 people infected with the US are considered to be recovering (Monday: 366,736) and 98,223 people have died as a result of an illness.

Corona in the US: Trump resists golf criticism – “sick of hate”

Update from May 26, 6.51 a.m .: For his golf course visit over the weekend despite the Corona crisis, became the US President Donald Trump heavily criticized. Now he responded with furious counterattacks. The “completely corrupt ‘fake news’ makes it sound like a mortal sin,” Trump wrote on Twitter on Monday. They are “sick of hatred and mendacity”.

It is piquant that the current allegations against Trump remind him of his own attacks against his predecessor Barack Obama in 2014. At the time, Trump called Obama playing golf during the 2014 Ebola outbreak “the wrong signal”: a president should stop playing golf for a few years and “concentrate on the job,” he added.

A brutal operation in the United States was fatal to an African American. A police officer took his breath away.

Corona in the USA: US citizens deliver disturbing bathing scenes

Update from May 25, 2020: In the United States, people are enjoying the long weekend. Because of the Memorial Day most Americans are also free this Monday. For many citizens, this is obviously the perfect opportunity for extensive sunbathing on the water. Totally legitimate in itself – if it weren’t for the corona crisis. Due to the pandemic, this applies worldwide Commandment of distance.

But pictures from America convey the opposite. Huge crowds of people, dense crowds in the water, it almost seems as if the corona virus does not exist. Police and beach attendants tried to appeal to people’s sanity. Apparently, however, only with limited success.

Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the Corona Task Force of White housesaid on a ABC radio show that she was “Very concerned” about crowds at the weekend. She underlined the importance of keeping your distance. Anyone who is unable to do this must wear a mask outdoors, says Birx.

Coronavirus in the USA: Exuberant party near the beach

At Daytona Beach in Florida According to the media, thousands of people came together, but mostly dispersed when asked to do so. In addition, shots were fired on a street near the beach on Saturday evening, such as welt.de reported. More than 200 people had danced and celebrated there. The police immediately opened an investigation.

The metropolis of millions new York gave a completely different picture. “The beaches of New York City remain closed for swimming, sports, barbecues or large gatherings,” said the city council on Saturday. “Only walking or sitting is allowed.”

Corona in the USA: Trump creates excitement with leisure activities – the reaction of his confidante shows deeply

First report from May 25, 2020: Washington – In an international comparison, the USA ranks among the Infected numbers* with the corona virus at the top – and by far. On May 25, Johns Hopkins University reported 1,643,499 people infected in the United States (as of May 25, 8:39 am). For comparison: Brazil is in second place with 363,211 infected people.

Corona virus in the USA: Almost 100,000 dead – Trump still sees positive development

Even the number of Deceased in connection with the Corona virus give little hope in the USA: Almost 100,000 people have currently died of an illness. After all, there are also 366,736 formerly infected people who have recovered from an illness.

Despite these numbers, it shows US President Donald Trump* optimistic. He wrote on Twitter via Twitter: “Cases, numbers and deaths are falling across the country!” Trump is therefore pressing ahead with the reopening of the economy, although experts continue to advise caution.

Corona in the USA: Trump causes outrage with leisure activities

Trump* took another step towards the weekend normality: He was back for the first time after a long break golf. Trump visited one of his golf clubs near the capital on both Saturday and Sunday Washington. His opponents reacted with criticism.

Trumps prospective challenger in the presidential election, Joe Biden, wrote on Twitter on Saturday evening (local time) that nearly 100,000 people in the United States had been killed in the pandemic, many millions had lost their jobs – and the president was spending the day golfing.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close confidante Trumps, defended the President’s golf excursion against it. “It is time to smartly re-launch the economy and return to a more normal life,” Graham wrote on Twitter on Saturday. According to US media, Trump had not played golf since March.

Public life in the United States had largely stalled over the months of the Corona crisis, plunging the country’s economy into a severe crisis. In the meantime, many corona-related restrictions have been relaxed again in the US states. However, the crisis is by no means over. The United States is on the verge of surpassing the 100,000 corona death mark.

dpa / rjs / pm with material from dpa

* merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

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