The United States reported more than 64,000 cases of coronavirus, a record number, filling extensive care sets in hospitals in the west and south of the country, Arizona, California, Florida and Texas.
Trump pushes to reopen schools
Although the United States has failed to flatten the coronavirus curve, President Donald Trump continues to push for the country’s schools to open in the coming weeks. Not all public schools in the country follow the same schedule. Some jurisdictions open in August, while others open in September.
Questions remain about protecting vacancies for youth and adult school staff. Although it is sometimes the idea that the virus does not affect young people as seriously as adults, young people may contract the virus and some have died.
WHO Independent Survey
The World Health Organization is launching independent research on the global reaction to the coronavirus pandemic after some countries appear to have done a greater job of combating the epidemic than others.
“The time has come to reflect on ourselves, read about the world we live in, and place tactics for our collaboration as we paint together to save lives and control this pandemic,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday. . Array “The scale of this pandemic, which has affected virtually everyone in the world, obviously deserves a measured assessment.”
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson will lead the panel. More members will be added later. “I can’t believe that two other independent and determined leaders consult us through this critical learning process,” Tedros said.
The WHO chief has continually stated that global coordination is essential to combat the pandemic, adding paintings on the progression of a vaccine that he believes will have to be done so that everyone has access, not just those who can afford it.
Air propagation, asymptomatic transmission
Also on Thursday, the World Health Organization officially declared what more than 200 scientists have told it to recognize: that COVID-19 can spread through the air.
Australian and American scientists, subsidized by more than two hundred more, wrote this week that studies show “beyond a moderate doubt that viruses release exhalation, verbal exchange and cough in microdrops small enough to stay in the air.”
The WHO had dismissed that possibility, but now says “airborne spread, particularly in specific indoor locations such as crowded and inadequately ventilated spaces over a prolonged period of time with infected persons, cannot be ruled out.” It also added that it agrees with some researchers who say that even people who show no symptoms are capable of spreading the coronavirus through the air.
More locks
Meanwhile, officials around the world are re-imposing blockades and other restrictions as the overall number of COVID-19 instances appears to be increasing. In the United States, records for the number of new instances are set each day.
Health experts say people got complacent as restaurants, bars and tourist attractions began to reopen in the past several weeks, believing that the worst was over, and did not wear masks or practice social distancing.
Processing in California
The state of California is suing the Trump administration for its policy that requires foreign academics to attend college courses on users or be deported. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said allowing foreign academics to take distance courses threatens to spread the additional coronavirus and would deprive schools of financial skill and enrollment problems.
“Shame on Trump’s management for risking not only educational opportunities for academics who have won the chance to move to college, but also their fitness and well-being,” Becerra said. “President Trump is in a position to do just that in the midst of a global pandemic of historic proportions. Not under our supervision.”
There’s been no reaction from the White House. About 21,000 foreign academics attend colleges and universities in California.
In the White House
A White House reporter who attended the meetings tested positive for COVID-19, the correspondents’ agreement said Thursday. He called the reporter, who showed no symptoms before he tested positive. Other White House correspondents who attended briefings with the journalist involved will be evaluated.
Elsewhere
Bolivia’s acting president Jeanine Ez said the COVID-19 test had been done. “I feel good, I feel strong, I will continue to paint almost from my isolation,” he tweeted thursday.
In Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro also stuck COVID-19 after months of dismissing the disease as worrying. Rio de Janeiro’s mayor Marcelo Crivella said the city’s world-famous beaches will be officially open until there is a coronavirus vaccine.