Global virus death toll passes 94,000, but some signs of hope

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Another horror day of the coronavirus pandemic saw the global death toll pass 94,000, although there were tentative signs of hope that the crisis was peaking in the United States and Europe. | AFP

But authorities in worst-hit Europe and the United States said a slight decline in daily deaths and infections gave reason to hope the worst could be over.

And Anthony Fauci, the US government’s top pandemic expert, said the United States was “going in the right direction”. But he declined to predict how New York would fare in the coming weeks, telling reporters bluntly: “I have no idea.” He warned earlier in the day that France’s economy was expected to shrink six percent this year, even with the country’s own 100-billion-euro relief plan.

NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 06: Medical workers take in patients at a special coronavirus intake area at Maimonides Medical Center on April 06, 2020 in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Hospitals in New York City, which has been especially hard hit by the coronavirus, are facing shortages of beds, ventilators and protective equipment for medical staff. New York City has nearly 88,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of this afternoon, according to health data.

 

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