WASHINGTON, April 12 — The United States may be ready to start gradually reopening next month, the government’s top infectious diseases expert said today, as signs grew that the coronavirus pandemic is peaking. President Donald Trump had earlier wanted the world’s largest economy to be...
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr Anthony Fauci turns the podium over to US President Donald Trump during the coronavirus response daily briefing at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2020. — Reuters pic
Trump has cast the decision on when to ease the lockdown as the biggest of his presidency as he faces competing pressures from public health experts and businesses along with some conservative allies who want a swift return to business as usual. “We are hoping by the end of the month we can look around and say, okay, is there any element here that we can safely and cautiously start pulling back on?” Fauci said.Fauci said that regions would be ready at different times rather than the United States turning on a “light switch.”
Unlike in most Western countries, lockdown decisions are primarily up to local governments, not the president, and leaders of a number of hard-hit, densely populated states have made clear that they will take action as long as necessary. Trump said in early March that any American who wants to be tested for coronavirus will be able to do so but has walked back his promise amid a shortage, saying that rural states were not a priority.The United States has been recording nearly 2,000 deaths a day from the coronavirus, disproportionately older people with weakened immune systems and ethnic minorities with less access to health care and teleworking.
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