COVID-19 has certainly not gone away, even though we may be nearing our breaking point with the restrictions and disruptions it has placed on our lives.
Experts have said that if the entire world would observe social distancing guidelines and wear a simple mask, we would have our arms around this virus in less than six weeks.
It is challenging to contain, when it has been politicized in the United States, and people looking to the country that had shaped global opinions on issues like this, and see people acting like this virus is nothing.
Or worse to hear its leader tell crowds on no mask-wearing sycophants that quote, “we are rounding the corner.”
No, we are not rounding the corner, far from it.….. Infection rates have skyrocketed in Republican runs states, yes, as you imagined, the states in which people are not required to wear masks or observe social distancing guidelines.
In addition to that, the great divider in chief goes around the country and hold super spreader events against the wishes of Governors and other public officials in Democratic-controlled states.
According to the CDC’s daily tracker, so far, 9,268,818 Americans have been infected. There have been 588,208 new cases detected in the last seven days, and 230,893 people have died from the virus.
In the UK, there is a new lockdown as COVID cases begin to spike again.
Over in Jamaica, the Ministry of Health and Wellness, yesterday reported 126 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, increasing the island’s tally of cases to 9,257.
One additional coronavirus-related death was also recorded – a 70-year-old woman from St Ann. The COVID-19 death toll for Jamaica now stands at 210.
The Ministry of Health and Wellness noted that of the 126 new cases of the virus, were 89 males and were 37 females with ages ranging from nine to 92 years.
The new cases bring to 4,289, the number of active cases currently on the island, while recoveries now stand at 4,637 following 20 additional cases.(As reported by Jablogx.com).