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Added on the 24/11/2020 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
According to CNN, cold weather and habits are the cause of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases, which have climbed to nearly 200,000 daily in the U.S. Alex Azar, Health and Human Services secretary, told Fox News on Sunday that people are neglecting the three "W's." He explained "Wash your hands, watch your distance, wear face coverings." Health experts predicted that the winter and holidays would bring increase the cases. Sunday marked the fifth consecutive day that the US surpassed 100,000 hospitalizations. This comes only a week after people traveled for Thanksgiving and shortly before Christmas, which means that the full effects of the surge still may not yet been seen. Azar told ABC, "We want to make sure everyone's loved ones are there NEXT Christmas, especially when we have so much hope of vaccines."
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the nation's leading infectious disease expert. Fauci went on ABC Sunday to talk about the status of the virus. Fauci said there "certainly is going to be an uptick" in coronavirus cases because of travel from the Thanksgiving holiday. The TSA reports over 5 million travelers passed through the US airports between Monday to Saturday this past week.
San Francisco, Nov 25 (EFE / EPA) .- Millions of travelers in the United States wednesday ignored the warnings of health authorities to not travel before Thanksgiving festivities to curb the coronavirus pandemic.(Camera: JOHN MABANGLO)SHOT LIST: THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, US.
The CDC is recommending against any travel, no matter how limited, for Thanksgiving this year. On Thursday Dr. Henry Walke, the CDC's COVID-19 incident manager said the CDC is "alarmed" by the spiking infection rates. Walke and the CDC announced a new COVID-19 guidance would be released today. Many areas of the country are dealing with unprecedented case numbers and deaths. The virus often spreads quietly from people who show no symptoms. It has killed more than 250,000 people across the US so far.
About a week ago, California Governor Gavin Newsom attended a dinner party--with at least a dozen people--at an upscale Napa Valley restaurant. But on Friday, Newsom asked Californians to 'limit interactions to their immediate household.' The state recently surpassed 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. According to Business Insider, critics and journalists swiftly slammed and called out the governor's actions as hypocritical. said he 'should have modeled better behavior.'
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