Washington, US | XINHUA | The United States failed to recognize the coronavirus threat from Europe in time, Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has said. Since the country’s COVID-19 epidemic broke out, the United States has reported over 4.4 million confirmed cases …
Read More »U.S. deaths top 140,000 amid rising worries about data integrity, racial disparities
Washington, US | XINHUA | The United States has reported 140,000-plus COVID-19 deaths and more than 3.71 million cases as of Sunday morning, both figures ranking first worldwide, as the global tally of cases has topped 14.3 million with a death toll above 602,000. Despite skyrocketing caseloads, U.S. President Donald …
Read More »COVID-19 cases in U.S. may be 10 times higher than reported, says CDC chief
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The number of people in the United States who have been infected with the coronavirus is likely to be 10 times as high as the 2.4 million confirmed cases, the chief of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday. CDC Director …
Read More »US ‘army’ of virus contact tracers slow to mobilize
New York, United States | AFP | Contact tracing is supposed to be one of the key weapons in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, and for months authorities in the United States have touted the need for an “army” of tracers to allow the economy to reopen safely. But the …
Read More »US patient with coronavirus of unknown origin denied test for days
Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Medical staff caring for a California woman with the first US case of novel coronavirus of unknown origin were unable to get her tested for five days because she had not traveled to outbreak-hit regions, a lawmaker revealed Thursday. The development comes amid reports …
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