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CDC director warns US needs to plan ‘agressively’ for coronavirus return in winter
by Mike Brest
| April 15, 2020 04:00 PM
The head of the Centers for Disease Control is warning the United States should expect to see a revitalization in the coronavirus pandemic as the weather gets colder toward the end of the year.
During a Wednesday interview on Good Morning America, Dr. Robert Redfield predicted that similar to other respiratory viruses that are more prominent in the colder months, the coronavirus will return.
“I think we have to assume this is like other respiratory viruses, and there will be a seasonality to it,” Redfield stated.
“The CDC is science-based, data-driven, [so] until we see it, we don’t know for certain [there will be a resurgence],” he added. “But it is critical that we plan that this virus is likely to follow a seasonality pattern similar to flu, and we’re going to have another battle with it upfront and aggressively next winter.”
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Key Updates
• There were 5,472 new tests conducted for a total of 132,023.
• There are 1,755 new cases for a total of 29,918.
• 151 new deaths were reported for a total of 1,108.
• Details are below.
• There is day-to-day variability in cases reported by testing laboratories and no single day change is indicative of overall cases trends.
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