Fauci warns new US cases of Covid-19 could double to 100,000 per day | Malay Mail

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WASHINGTON, July 1 — New US coronavirus cases could more than double to 100,000 per day if the current surge spirals further out of control, the government's top infectious disease expert warned yesterday, although he was “cautiously optimistic” a vaccine would be available early next year....

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California, Texas and Arizona have emerged as new epicenters of the pandemic, each reporting record increases in Covid-19 cases, adding to pressure on scores of potential vaccines being rushed into trials. “We can't just focus on those areas that are having the surge. It puts the entire country at risk,” he said.

More than 126,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 and millions have lost their jobs, as states and major cities ordered residents to stay home and businesses closed. The economy contracted sharply in the first quarter and is expected to crater in the second.With the virus surging in many US states, the European Union has excluded Americans from its “safe list” of countries from which the bloc will allow non-essential travel beginning today.

“It didn't have to be this way. Donald Trump failed us,” the 77-year-old former vice president said in a speech in Delaware, where he unveiled an updated plan to tackle the pandemic. That plan includes more testing and the hiring of 100,000 contract tracers to locate anyone who may have been exposed to the virus.

South Carolina also has emerged as a hot spot, reporting a record single-day increase of 1,755 cases yesterday.

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