Fears of a second wave of coronavirus in the United States There is a growing concern that the rapid reopening of many American states will result in a second wave of Covid-19 virus infections, which would likely cause even more economic damage to a country already in very serious recession, with millions of unemployed.
A few days ago, a senior official from the World Health Organization, Dr. Hans Kluge, warned that the pandemic was not over and that it was now "time to prepare, not to celebrate".
With that in mind, Bloomberg said Texas had 2,504 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, the highest total in a day since the onset of the pandemic. Florida also recorded 8,553 new cases this week, the highest number over a seven-day period, while hospitalizations in California are at their highest level since May 13 and have increased in nine of the past ten days.
"A new wave is coming to parts of the country," said Eric Toner, researcher at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. "It's small and distant so far, but it's coming."
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on Wednesday only warned that global growth will contract by 7.6% in 2020 if there is a second wave of Covid-19 infections, a bigger blow than the drop in 6% she had predicted without a new wave.