President Trump says some US States would reopen this Month
Mr trump told the daily white house briefing that new guidelines would be announced on thursday after he had spoken to governors. "We'll be the comeback kids, all of us," the president said. "We want to get our country back."The US has nearly 640,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and over 30,900 deaths.Mr Trump's comments came after Ne York City reported a rise in virus fatalitiew to 10,367. The resident has been at loggerheads with state governors about the timing of easing restrictions and reopening businesses. He has now conceded that his powers are limited to issuing guidelines.
"The data suggests that nationwide, we have passed the peak of new cases," Mr trump told reporters in the Rose Garden on Wednesday. Hopefully that will continue, and we will continue to make great progress. The co-ordinator of the white house coronavirus task force, Deborah Birx, said there had been a national decline in confirmed new daily cases from the recorded peak in recent days. , Mr trump said: "There's also death involved in keeping it closed."
He cited mental health issues, saying suicide hotlines were "exploding" as the economy froze. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs due to lockdown measures and unemployment numbers are at record levels. Retail sales dropped by 8.7% in march, the biggest decline since tracking began in 1992, according to government data released on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the governors of Connecticut, maryland, New York and pennsylvania each issued orders or guidelines that residents should wear data-face masks as they venture into society in the coming weeks.