Next wave of US states prepare to reopen as coronavirus could push jobless rate to 16 per cent

NEW YORK/CHICAGO - Another wave of US states are preparing to lift coronavirus restrictions this week against the warnings of many public health experts as the White House sees this month's jobless rate hitting 16% or higher.

Georgia, Oklahoma, Alaska and South Carolina have already taken steps to restart their economies following a month of government-ordered lockdowns. "I think the next couple of months are going to look terrible," Hassett said on Sunday."You're going to see numbers as bad as anything we've ever seen before."

Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo said construction and manufacturing would be the first businesses to reopen and could restart after May 15 in the upstate region with certain precautions and if cases continue to decline.Tennessee said it will allow restaurants to reopen on Monday. Mississippi's stay-at-home order expires the same day.

Royal Rose is reopening her tattoo studio in Greenly, Colorado this week after closing a month ago, not because she wants to but because the bills are piling up and she says she has no choice.

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