CHICAGO (NYTIMES) - First, the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast were hit hardest as the coronavirus tore through the United States. Then it surged across the South. Now the virus is again picking up dangerous speed in much of the Midwest - and in states from Mississippi to Florida to California that thought they had already seen the worst of it.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
CHICAGO - First, the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast were hit hardest as the coronavirus tore through the United States. Then it surged across the South. Now the virus is again picking up dangerous speed in much of the Midwest - and in states from Mississippi to Florida to California that thought they had already seen the worst of it.
Across the country, communities including Snohomish County, Washington; Jackson, Mississippi; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, have seen coronavirus numbers fall and then shoot back up - not unlike the two ends of a seesaw. "There's a sort of collective tiredness and frustration," said County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the top elected official in Harris County, which includes Houston."So it's difficult to know that there's no real end in sight."
New daily infections in Japan, a country with a long tradition of wearing face masks, rose more than 50 per cent in July. Australia, which can cut itself off from the rest of the world more easily than most, is battling a wave of infections in and around Melbourne. Hong Kong, Israel and Spain are also fighting second waves.
In California, which has had more than 500,000 coronavirus cases, more than any other state, the reopening has proved disastrous. When the pandemic was ravaging the Northeast in March and April, California kept its daily case count around 2,000, and the state was praised for its early and aggressive actions to combat the virus.
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