At the end of a week that authorities warned would be this generation’s Pearl Harbor, White House officials pointed to hopeful signs that the spread of the coronavirus may be slowing down, although President Donald Trump insisted that it not It will drive the revival of the country until it is safe.
At the same time, Trump said that next Tuesday he would announce the launch of what he called the “Reopen the Country” task force to achieve that goal.
“I want to reactivate it as soon as possible,” he said at a press conference on Good Friday, adding that “the facts are going to determine what I do.”
With the economy faltering and unemployment on the rise, Trump was eager to revive the country, alarming health experts, who warned that doing it too soon could lead to a spike in deaths that would undermine distancing efforts.
But the leader, who once indicated Easter Sunday as the date when he expected certain parts of the country to be able to return to work and to churches, said that he would continue to listen to experts such as Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx while considering the which he described as the “most important decision I’ve ever had to make.”
Although “there are two faces to each argument, we will not do anything until we know that this country is going to be healthy. We don’t want to go back to the beginning and start again, “he added.
Trump’s remarks came at the end of a week that authorities warned would be devastating to the nation. Hours earlier, Johns Hopkins University announced that the number of deaths from coronavirus worldwide had reached a new mark: 100,000 people. This includes some 18,000 in the United States, where there are around half a million confirmed infections.
More than 40% of the deaths recorded in the country so far occurred in the state of New York, which on Friday reported another 777 deaths. But there were also signs of hope. State officials said the number of patients admitted to intensive care units fell for the first time since mid-March. Hospitalizations have also slowed, with 290 new admissions per day compared to more than 1,000 last week.
Although the increasing number of fatalities is “horrible,” Trump said “great progress is being made.”
“In the midst of this pain and sorrow, we are seeing clear signs that our aggressive strategy is saving countless lives,” he said, pointing to the models that now foresee fewer deaths than initially anticipated for the country.
However, health experts have warned that if the restrictions are revoked too quickly, cases could increase again, especially without widespread testing to determine who might be a carrier of the virus.
In most patients COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, causes mild and moderate symptoms such as fever and cough, but in others, especially older people and people with previous illnesses, it can lead to pneumonia and even death . And research shows that you can be very contagious even if you don’t show symptoms.
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