Coronavirus update: Infections are trending upward in Midwestern states
Saturday that the FDA had spent the past six months working with labs to develop hundreds of coronavirus tests. The new policy from the Department of Health and Human Services “could put this work at risk,” he said.“Now, FDA’s ability to protect public health could be challenged. FDA might not be able to provide critical advice to test developers or take needed enforcement actions against bad tests,” Gottlieb wrote.
Seven-day averages for new cases rose over the past week in the Dakotas, Illinois, Minnesota, Kansas and Iowa, according to tracking by The Washington Post. North and South Dakota experienced the biggest jumps, with average daily caseloads up 23 percent and 34 percent, respectively.Other states reported progress against the virus, though it appeared to be marginal in some places.
Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned of a “third wave in the heartland” if Midwestern states don’t follow guidance from health officials to slow the virus spread. “Middle America right now is getting stuck,” he said in an interview this week with the Journal of the American Medical Association. “That is why it’s so important for Middle America to recognize the mitigation that we talked about."The Washington Post is providing some coronavirus coverage free, including:
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