The second virus wave: How bad will it be as lockdowns ease?

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The discovery of a large cluster of infections linked to a market in India and the first lockdown of a major Brazilian city show that the battle against the coronavirus pandemic is far from won.

Members of the clinical staff wearing Personal Protective Equipment PPE care for a patient with coronavirus in the intensive care unit at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England, Tuesday May 5, 2020.

Germany warned of a second and even third wave, and threatened to re-impose virus restrictions if new cases can’t be contained. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was meeting Wednesday with the country’s 16 governors to discuss further loosening restrictions that have crippled Europe’s largest economy. “Make no mistakes: This virus is still circulating in our community, perhaps even more now than in previous weeks,” said Linda Ochs, director of the Health Department in Shawnee County, Kansas.

U.S. President Donald Trump, with his eye on being reelected in November, is pushing hard to ease state stay-at-home orders and resuscitate the U.S. economy, which has seen over 30 million workers lose their jobs in less than two months. Trump is expected to wind down the country’s coronavirus task force, possibly within weeks, despite concerns that states aren’t being careful enough as they reopen.

In Germany, Lothar Wieler, the head of the national disease control center, said scientists “know with great certainty that there will be a second wave” of infections and added many believe there will be further surges. But Wieler said Germany is well-prepared to deal with it. The country has been hailed for testing widely and has suffered four times fewer deaths than Italy or Britain, which both have smaller populations.

The capital of Brazil’s tropical Maranhão state ground largely to a halt Tuesday due to the pandemic.

 

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The first wave isn’t even over yet.

80% Indian cases are related to TablighiJamat pls give credit where it's due after all u are Pulitjaaar winnaaar

Working conditions carry a risk, it has been seen in meat packaging plants in the US.

What is winning No infections? You’re delusional. Never gonna happen.

Pandemic is over/won for me on Monday, boss is calling me back to work!

Has anyone let left wing terrorists know that Brazil isn’t part of America?

USA. House of cards. Strongest economy? Lol.

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