The government has been accused of bungling the initial response to the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., in particular by not having enough tests ready to confirm potential cases
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Americans, especially those who are vulnerable, may need to stop attending big gatherings as the coronavirus spreads through U.S. communities, a top health official said on Sunday, as investors braced for another volatile week in financial markets.
More than half of the 50 U.S. states have reported cases, including the first cases in Virginia and Connecticut on Sunday. As the outbreak spreads, daily life has been increasingly disrupted, with concerts and conferences canceled and universities telling students to stay home and take classes online.
Germany, which has nearly 1,000 cases, on Sunday urged the cancellation of all events with more than 1,000 people. “I don’t imagine that the degree of the draconian nature of what the Chinese did would ever be either feasible, applicable, doable or whatever you want to call it in the United States,” he said in an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” that will air on Sunday night. “But the idea of social distancing, I mean, obviously, that’s something that will be seriously considered.
“Unfortunately, you are going to see more deaths, but that doesn’t mean that we should panic,” he said. Communities need to “prepare for more cases so we can prevent more deaths,” Adams said. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the number of cases in New York is now 105 and he expects that to rise as testing expands.“What we are really trying to do here is avoid the massive disruption of closing everything down for two weeks the way China did, the way Italy is doing,” he said.
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