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| Coronavirus US live: experts urge caution on first holiday weekend of summer as deaths pass 94,000 | Coronavirus US live: experts urge caution on first holiday weekend of summer as deaths pass 94,000 |
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| All 50 states have reopened for business in some fashion and there is potential for chaos and risk of infection, says Dr Anthony Fauci | All 50 states have reopened for business in some fashion and there is potential for chaos and risk of infection, says Dr Anthony Fauci |
| This is Joan Greve, taking over for Jo Walters. | |
| Another study has emerged indicating hydroxychloroquine is not an effective coronavirus treatment, which will surely complicate Trump’s efforts to promote the anti-malaria drug. | |
| According to the study published in the medical journal the Lancet, 96,000 coronavirus patients who were treated with hydroxychloroquine saw a significantly higher death rate and were more likely to experience heart complications. | |
| “It’s one thing not to have benefit, but this shows distinct harm,” cardiologist Eric Topol told the Washington Post. “If there was ever hope for this drug, this is the death of it.” | |
| Trump has touted hydroxychloroquine as a potential “game changer,” and he announced this week that he has been using the drug to prevent coronavirus, sparking widespread alarm about the US president taking an untested drug. He has said he will finish taking the drug in the next couple of days. | |
| The Guardian’s Amy Walker reports: | The Guardian’s Amy Walker reports: |
| Pictures of Donald Trump wearing a face mask while on a visit in Michigan have emerged. | Pictures of Donald Trump wearing a face mask while on a visit in Michigan have emerged. |
| In a video published by Sky News, the US president can be seen wearing a navy blue mask. | In a video published by Sky News, the US president can be seen wearing a navy blue mask. |
| The images emerged after a state attorney general called Trump a “petulant child” because he allegedly refused to wear the covering during a tour of a plant belonging to the Ford car company. | The images emerged after a state attorney general called Trump a “petulant child” because he allegedly refused to wear the covering during a tour of a plant belonging to the Ford car company. |
| Surrounded by Ford executives who were wearing masks, Trump told reporters he had put one on earlier in the visit. | Surrounded by Ford executives who were wearing masks, Trump told reporters he had put one on earlier in the visit. |
| “I had one on before. I wore one in the back area. I didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it,” he said. | “I had one on before. I wore one in the back area. I didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it,” he said. |
| Good morning, US live blog readers, welcome to another vigorous day of politics and coronavirus news, with all the up-to-the-minute developments covered here. Here’s is what’s foremost today so far: | Good morning, US live blog readers, welcome to another vigorous day of politics and coronavirus news, with all the up-to-the-minute developments covered here. Here’s is what’s foremost today so far: |
| America’s top public health expert Anthony Fauci, the head of the White House coronavirus task force, urges caution as millions head out of doors for the Memorial Day weekend, the first weekend that signals the start of the summer holiday season. All 50 states have reopened for business in some fashion – some much more restricted than others – and the public is heading to the beaches, bars and bowling alleys. There is potential for chaos and risk of infection. Fauci said last night: “Go out, wear a mask. Stay six feet away from anyone you see.” Not everyone will be taking that advice and some local leaders are not echoing that message. Donald Trump last night ordered flags to fly at half staff on federal buildings and national monuments over the weekend, to mark the deaths from coronavirus and to honor America’s military dead. | America’s top public health expert Anthony Fauci, the head of the White House coronavirus task force, urges caution as millions head out of doors for the Memorial Day weekend, the first weekend that signals the start of the summer holiday season. All 50 states have reopened for business in some fashion – some much more restricted than others – and the public is heading to the beaches, bars and bowling alleys. There is potential for chaos and risk of infection. Fauci said last night: “Go out, wear a mask. Stay six feet away from anyone you see.” Not everyone will be taking that advice and some local leaders are not echoing that message. Donald Trump last night ordered flags to fly at half staff on federal buildings and national monuments over the weekend, to mark the deaths from coronavirus and to honor America’s military dead. |
| Donald Trump hit out last night at the attorney general of Michigan, Dana Nessel, after she severely criticized his refusal to don a mask for the cameras at the Ford factory he visited in the state yesterday, as an example to others and to comply with Michigan law, even if he, as he said, had tested negative for coronavirus that morning. She called him a “petulant child”, he called her a “wacky do nothing”, so that’s all useful stuff. Pictures did emerge, as the president predicted they would, of him wearing a mask behind the scenes before he stepped in front of the assembled media and told them he didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it. | Donald Trump hit out last night at the attorney general of Michigan, Dana Nessel, after she severely criticized his refusal to don a mask for the cameras at the Ford factory he visited in the state yesterday, as an example to others and to comply with Michigan law, even if he, as he said, had tested negative for coronavirus that morning. She called him a “petulant child”, he called her a “wacky do nothing”, so that’s all useful stuff. Pictures did emerge, as the president predicted they would, of him wearing a mask behind the scenes before he stepped in front of the assembled media and told them he didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it. |
| Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer had asked the president to lower the flags to mark the grim milestone of 100,000 US deaths from coronavirus, which will be reached any day now. Trump chose his own way of doing it. The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the US has now surpassed 1.57m and the death toll has surpassed 94,000. | Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer had asked the president to lower the flags to mark the grim milestone of 100,000 US deaths from coronavirus, which will be reached any day now. Trump chose his own way of doing it. The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the US has now surpassed 1.57m and the death toll has surpassed 94,000. |
| The US has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) today to begin work immediately on investigating the source of the coronavirus, as well as its own handling of the response to the pandemic.Brett Giroir, US Assistant Secretary for Health, told the WHO’s executive board in a written statement: “There is no time to waste to begin on the reforms needed to ensure such a pandemic never happens again.”An independent, comprehensive review of the WHO-led global response – as agreed in a resolution adopted by the WHO’s annual ministerial assembly on Tuesday – should seek “complete and transparent understanding of the source, timeline of events, and decision-making process for the WHO’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic”, he said. | The US has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) today to begin work immediately on investigating the source of the coronavirus, as well as its own handling of the response to the pandemic.Brett Giroir, US Assistant Secretary for Health, told the WHO’s executive board in a written statement: “There is no time to waste to begin on the reforms needed to ensure such a pandemic never happens again.”An independent, comprehensive review of the WHO-led global response – as agreed in a resolution adopted by the WHO’s annual ministerial assembly on Tuesday – should seek “complete and transparent understanding of the source, timeline of events, and decision-making process for the WHO’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic”, he said. |
| White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has scheduled a press briefing at 2pm ET. | White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has scheduled a press briefing at 2pm ET. |