"It's going to be the hardest moment for many Americans in their entire lives," Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on MSNBC's Meet the Press.
With the number of people killed by the coronavirus in the United States nearing 10,000 on Monday, the country's top medical officials warned the worst was yet to come.
As of Sunday evening, the city had seen 2,472 deaths due to the virus, de Blasio said in a statement. While 2,865 ventilators and another 1,780 breathing assistance machines had been distributed through the city, it needs another 1,000 to 1,500 ventilators by next Sunday. Meanwhile, the top infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, admitted the nation is"struggling" to get the outbreak under control.
Overseas, Japan is also bracing for the worst. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expected to declare a state of emergency as early as Tuesday morning as the number of cases surpasses 3,600, according to local media reports. In Italy — which has seen the world's greatest casualties with 15,887 deaths — the latest data showed signs that a peak may have been reached with three days of declining daily death tolls. The country reported 525 more deaths on Sunday, a big drop from the height of 969 deaths seen on March 27.
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