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US reports world record daily coronavirus rise after reopening
The aforementioned Dr Fauci warned on Thursday that the US is “not going in the right direction” after the country reported 55,000 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, beating the world record for a daily rise set by Brazil on 19 June, as it lurches towards the Fourth of July holiday weekend with social distancing a major concern at Independence Day celebrations across the country.
The exact number was 55,274, topping the previous single-day high of 54,771 set in the South American country last month – a nation also run by a right-wing populist, Jair Bolsonaro, who has likewise rubbished the virus and resisted wearing a face mask.
Fauci also referenced research published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Cell to sound the alarm over a prevalent new mutation of the virus thought to have first spread in Italy.
“The data is showing there’s a single mutation that makes the virus be able to replicate better and maybe have high viral loads,” he said. “It just seems that the virus replicates better and may be more transmissible.”
Regarding Trump’s line on testing, Admiral Giroir had this to say: “There is no question the more testing you do the more you will uncover, but we do believe this is a real increase in cases because the percent positive is going up.”
“Just because he’s tested frequently – it isn’t a Superman cape. The more he flirts with this, the higher the likelihood that he’ll get it.”
Here’s the latest from across the Atlantic courtesy of John T Bennett.
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