· Coronavirus, most deadly among Hispanics. New York has released the ethnicity data of those killed by Covid-19 in the city, revealing that the coronavirus is being disproportionately more lethal among Hispanics. These constitute 34% of the deceased in the city, while their weight in the population is 29%. Whites, on the other hand, constitute 32% of the population but only 29% of the deceased. It is not as pronounced as the figures released Tuesday from Chicago, where African Americans, being 30% of the population, suffer 70% of the deaths from the pandemic, but it is, in the words of Mayor Bill de Blasio, “disgusting and worrying.” Among the possible explanations that the authorities have provided are the fact that statistically they have worse access to health care, the greater tendency to suffer from chronic diseases that constitute risk factors, and that they may occupy more of the most exposed to contact with the public during confinement. “We will do an investigation,” said Governor Andrew Cuomo.
· The large hospital ship leaks water. His arrival a little over a week ago was quite an event. An immense boat converted into a floating hospital, with 1,000 beds and a crew of 1,200, was docking at a New York City port to ease congestion in hospitals. He was arriving to care for patients with different pathologies from Covid-19, but the New York authorities pressured him to receive those infected by the outbreak, something that President Trump agreed on Monday. The next day, a crew member tested positive. Several more remain isolated. And it has only cared for fifty patients.
· Bernie Sanders is retiring from a pandemic-raging presidential race. This Wednesday, Senator Bernie Sanders has abandoned his presidential career, and thus gives former Vice President Joe Biden, a favorite since he won the South Carolina primaries on February 29, the Democratic candidacy to face Donald Trump in the November elections. But the coronavirus crisis has rarefied everything, and now Biden faces the home stretch in the fight for the White House confined to his home while all the spotlights are on Donald Trump. Without rallies, with hardly any presence in the media, the Democrat will wage an unequal battle against a president who appears daily before the country to report on his management of the crisis.
· The WHO director responds to Trump’s criticism. On Tuesday President Trump attacked the World Health Organization (WHO), accusing her of failing to gauge the threat of the crisis, and threatened to cut off the United States’ financial contribution to the organization. This Wednesday, the WHO director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has responded to criticism reminding Trump that in this pandemic there are thousands of lives at stake. “We are going to focus on continuing to save lives and we are not going to waste time doing politics,” he said. “We will dedicate it to fighting the number one public enemy that is the virus.” Thursday marks 100 days since China reported the first case of pneumonia of unknown cause, and the director has argued that the WHO has done “everything possible to combat the pandemic.” Trump has returned to the attack at his press conference on Wednesday, hinting at an organization bias towards China and complaining about how much the United States contributes.
· Record of daily deaths in New York. New York State reported its highest number of deaths from Covid-19 in one day on Wednesday, with 779 deaths. With data from Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center At 7:00 p.m. (Washington time) on Wednesday, the United States has 429,052 confirmed cases of Covid-19, almost tripling the second most affected country (Spain, with 148,220 cases). The number of deaths in the country amounts to 14,695.
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