China’s March-quarter GDP falls for first time on record<\/a><\/h2>\n\u25b2<\/span>S&P 500<\/span>0.58%<\/span><\/a>\u25b2<\/span>US 10YR<\/span>8.90%<\/span><\/a>\u25bc<\/span>OIL<\/span>-0.11%<\/span><\/a><\/p>\nChina\u2019s economy shrank in the March quarter for the first time since current records began almost three decades ago, as the coronavirus shut down factories and malls and put millions out of work.<\/p>\n
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Before they do that, however, the guidelines suggest hospitals have a \u201crobust testing program\u201d that includes antibody testing in place for healthcare workers, the guidelines say.<\/p>\n
States should have the ability to set up screening and testing sites for people with symptoms and as well as contact tracing capabilities, and healthcare facilities should be able to supply personal protective gear independently and handle surges if COVID-19 cases increase again.<\/p>\n
In the first phase of re-opening, the guidelines say groups of more than 10 people should be avoided if appropriate distancing measures are not practical. Non-essential travel should be minimized, telework should be encouraged, and common areas in offices closed.<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSchools remain closed in phase 1, but large venues such as movies theaters, restaurants, sports stadiums, and places of worship can open with \u201cstrict physical distancing protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hospitals, which have been hit hard by the health crisis, may resume out-patient elective surgeries and gyms can re-open with new protocols. Bars should remain closed, it said.<\/p>\n
In the second phase, applicable to states and regions with \u201cno evidence of a rebound\u201d in cases, the guidelines recommend groups of more than 50 be avoided where social distancing is not practical. Non-essential travel can resume, while schools and youth camps can reconvene and bars with \u201cdiminished standing-room occupancy\u201d may re-open. Hospitals may also resume in-patient elective surgeries. Such procedures are critical to hospitals\u2019 income.<\/p>\n
Phase three includes unrestricted staffing of workplaces, but Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force who took a lead role in designing the guidelines, said that a \u201cnew normal\u201d would remain in place: a need for higher hygiene standards and more space between people to prevent asymptomatic spread of the virus.<\/p>\n
White House officials made a point of highlighting the support of Birx, infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci and Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the plan. Trump thanked them repeatedly from the White House podium.<\/p>\n
Trump has been pushing to get the U.S. economy going again after the coronavirus shutdown left millions of Americans jobless. More than 20 million people have filed for unemployment in the U.S. in the past month and over 90% of the country have been under stay-at-home orders.<\/p>\n
\u201cA prolonged lockdown combined with a forced economic depression would inflict an immense and wide-ranging toll on public health,\u201d Trump said, adding it could lead to a sharp rise in drug abuse, alcohol abuse, suicide, and heart disease.<\/p>\n
\n\nReporting by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason; Additional reporting by Alexandra Alper, Eric Beech, Daphne Psaledakis and Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Bill Berkrot and Daniel Wallis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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China\u2019s economy shrank in the March quarter for the first time since current records began almost three decades ago, as the coronavirus shut down factories and malls and put millions out of work.<\/p>\n
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- China’s Wuhan hikes coronavirus death toll by 50% citing gaps in early testing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- What you need to know right now<\/a><\/li>\n
- Some Chinese residents in Russia self-isolate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- ‘Makeshift morgue’ at New Jersey nursing home sparks broader coronavirus probe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u2018NEW NORMAL\u2019<\/h3>\n
Before they do that, however, the guidelines suggest hospitals have a \u201crobust testing program\u201d that includes antibody testing in place for healthcare workers, the guidelines say.<\/p>\n
States should have the ability to set up screening and testing sites for people with symptoms and as well as contact tracing capabilities, and healthcare facilities should be able to supply personal protective gear independently and handle surges if COVID-19 cases increase again.<\/p>\n
In the first phase of re-opening, the guidelines say groups of more than 10 people should be avoided if appropriate distancing measures are not practical. Non-essential travel should be minimized, telework should be encouraged, and common areas in offices closed.<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSchools remain closed in phase 1, but large venues such as movies theaters, restaurants, sports stadiums, and places of worship can open with \u201cstrict physical distancing protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hospitals, which have been hit hard by the health crisis, may resume out-patient elective surgeries and gyms can re-open with new protocols. Bars should remain closed, it said.<\/p>\n
In the second phase, applicable to states and regions with \u201cno evidence of a rebound\u201d in cases, the guidelines recommend groups of more than 50 be avoided where social distancing is not practical. Non-essential travel can resume, while schools and youth camps can reconvene and bars with \u201cdiminished standing-room occupancy\u201d may re-open. Hospitals may also resume in-patient elective surgeries. Such procedures are critical to hospitals\u2019 income.<\/p>\n
Phase three includes unrestricted staffing of workplaces, but Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force who took a lead role in designing the guidelines, said that a \u201cnew normal\u201d would remain in place: a need for higher hygiene standards and more space between people to prevent asymptomatic spread of the virus.<\/p>\n
White House officials made a point of highlighting the support of Birx, infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci and Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the plan. Trump thanked them repeatedly from the White House podium.<\/p>\n
Trump has been pushing to get the U.S. economy going again after the coronavirus shutdown left millions of Americans jobless. More than 20 million people have filed for unemployment in the U.S. in the past month and over 90% of the country have been under stay-at-home orders.<\/p>\n
\u201cA prolonged lockdown combined with a forced economic depression would inflict an immense and wide-ranging toll on public health,\u201d Trump said, adding it could lead to a sharp rise in drug abuse, alcohol abuse, suicide, and heart disease.<\/p>\n
\n\nReporting by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason; Additional reporting by Alexandra Alper, Eric Beech, Daphne Psaledakis and Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Bill Berkrot and Daniel Wallis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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