Authorities warn of 2nd wave
In this April 27 file photo, provided by Vince Warburton, passengers get off an American Airlines flight after they landed at Los Angeles International Airport. Social media has been bursting with photos of crowded planes amid the pandemic.
From the marbled halls of Italy to the wheat fields of Kansas, health authorities are increasingly warning that the question isn’t whether a second wave of coronavirus infections and deaths will hit, but when — and how badly.
In India, which partly relaxed its lockdown this week, health authorities scrambled Wednesday to contain an outbreak at a huge market. Experts in Italy, where some restrictions are being eased, urged intensified efforts to identify victims, monitor their symptoms and trace their contacts.
Germany cleared the way for restaurants, hotels and soccer to reopen in the coming weeks but also threatened to again impose virus restrictions if new cases can’t be contained.
Here are some of AP’S top stories Wednesday on the pandemic.
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♦ The European Union predicted “a recession of historic proportions” due to the impact of the coronavirus, as it released its first official estimates of damage on the economy. The 27-nation economy is predicted to contract by 7.5% this year. U.S. small businesses, meanwhile, slashed more than 11 million jobs in April, according to a tally by payroll provider ADP.
A girl checks her line as people fish at Veterans Oasis Park in Chandler, Ariz. Many state fishing programs have continued to stock community lakes during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing people who have been locked up for weeks a chance to enjoy the outdoors.
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♦ A recent survey from the in Peru and colorful The Associated PRESS-NORC swimsuit prints in Colombia. Center for Public Affairs Research ♦ Organizers shows that minorities are calling it The Powhave not only been hit harder er of 10, an effort to rehire by the deadly coronavirus laid-off restaurant workers, than have Americans overall, keep independent eateries but they’re also bearing open and provide meals to the brunt of the pandemic’s neighborhood workers on financial impact. the front line of the pandemic.
♦ A scientist whose advice The initiative aims was key in triggering Britain’s to raise $10,000 per week lockdown has resigned to support 10 full-time jobs from a government advisory at a local restaurant. Donations panel after his girlfriend start as little as $10 for crossed London to visit him one meal. “The math works at his home. Neil Ferguson, everywhere,” a chef says.
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