A second wave of coronavirus cases is emerging in the US, an expert of Maryland-based Johns Hopkins University warned amid nationwide Black Lives Matter protests and state reopenings.
“IT’S SMALL BUT IT’S COMING”
“There is a new wave coming in parts of the country,” Eric Toner, a senior scholar for Health Security, said Wednesday, as quoted by Bloomberg. “It’s small and it’s distant so far, but it’s coming.”
Toner said that the rising infections outpace rise in testing in some states and it is raising concerns whether the outbreak can be controlled.
It will take a couple of weeks to know the exact situation, the expert said, adding that by then it is going to be “pretty late” to respond.
As of May 20, each state that had imposed a stay-at-home order or shelter had begun lifting restrictions on businesses and public spaces. Recently, a peak in coronavirus cases has been seen in many parts of the country.
Texas on Wednesday reported the highest single-day tally of infections during the outbreak with 2,504 cases.