Nearly half those deaths were in New York state, still the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for reinforcements from the Trump administration, saying the worst may still be weeks away.
De Blasio, a Democrat, said he had asked the White House for an additional 1 000 nurses, 300 respiratory therapists and 150 doctors by April 5 but had yet to receive an answer from the Trump administration. More than 30 states have ordered people to stay at home to contain the virus, a move that has strangled the economy and left millions without a paycheck, at least temporarily.
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We will suffer a similar fate if we allow our sleeping leaders to fail to be proactive. They were never ready for this pandemic and have been slow to react.
We are ohk this side...its jus that bill gates wants to come do sum funny vaccine busines that we dont trust nd they are not happy at all dat africa has such low infection numbers recorded
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This is frustrating, think about the standard of Africa and ask yourself if Africa will be able to handle this
These figures are scary!
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