WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Governors of about 20 US states spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may start reopening their economies by President Donald Trump's May 1 target date, a top US health official said on Wednesday (April 15), as fresh data illustrated the economic and human toll brought by the crisis.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Governors of about 20 US states spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may start reopening their economies by President Donald Trump's May 1 target date, a top US health official said on Wednesday , as fresh data illustrated the economic and human toll brought by the crisis.
The restrictions have battered with US economy, with mandatory business closures aimed at curbing the pathogen's spread leaving millions of Americans unemployed. The US death toll - already the world's highest in the world - has surged relentlessly. The number of US deaths stood at 28,700 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with more than 610,000 confirmed coronavirus cases. On Tuesday, the number of US deaths rose to a single-day high.
Reuters has identified more than 50 nurses, doctors and medical technicians who have died after being diagnosed with Covid-19 or showing symptoms of it. At least 16 were in New York state.
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