SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. economy has actually imploded in the past month amid aggressive measures to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, with 22 million individuals filing for unemployment benefits and the majority of factories, stores and other companies at a virtual standstill.
FILE PICTURE: President Donald Trump responds to questions during an announcement of the Trump administration’s guidelines for “Opening Up America Again” at the everyday coronavirus job force briefing at the White Home in Washington, U.S., April 16,2020 REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Picture
The guvs of Michigan, Florida and other states outlined tentative actions on Friday to resume their economies, a day after the White Home released standards to assist states choose when to lift lockdown orders and enable firms to reboot and workers to return to their tasks.
President Donald Trump, a Republican who is running for re-election in November, promoted the guidelines as a blueprint for a reawakening of the economy, saying growth would skyrocket like a “space rocket” after the reboot.
But the guidelines, and the methods which experts say they fall short, recommend that revving activity back up to pre-pandemic levels will be anything but smooth or speedy.
States may be all set to end lockdowns as soon as infections have actually declined for 14 straight days, availability of tests to detect the virus is stable or rising, and if there is enough hospital capacity to treat everybody who gets sick, the guidelines state.
They also contact states to be prepared to test all healthcare employees and anybody with signs, along with to be able to trace contacts for individuals who check favorable for the infection.
The number of states are all set for that?
None, according to Harvard epidemiologist Costs Hanage, who was among the lots of specialists who took to Twitter on Thursday to criticize the guidelines. Hanage says insufficient testing capacity is the primary issue.
The United States has actually reported more coronavirus infections t