The process of lifting stay-at-home policies remains a patchwork of faster-moving states and slower ones, but it has picked up momentum.
New York, with the most confirmed cases in the United States, announced plans for partial reopening in some areas in May.The continued lack of tests and the means to quickly analyze them is seen as the greatest roadblock to the gradual reopening of the country that President Trump seeks.
Amid border closures and travel restrictions, at least 21 countries have vaccine shortages, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.Spain launched one of the largest studies worldwide into the spread of the virus on Monday, as the country begins to ease a six-week confinement. This week, children under 14 are allowed outdoors for short walks.
Trump raised doubt about his support for another rescue bill on that scale, asking on Twitter why what he called “poorly run states” led by Democrats should be seeking “bailout help.” New Jersey will not begin reopening its economy until officials detect a 14-day trend of “appreciable and sustained” drops in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, Murphy said at a news conference.New Jersey, one of the hardest-hit states, has reported more than 111,000 cases of the coronavirus and more than 6,000 deaths. As of Sunday night, the number of people in intensive care units was down roughly 9 percent from last week.
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