United States Has More Deaths Than Any Other Country Due To Coronavirus

Trump touts a job "well done" as United States nears 100,000 deaths. 100,000 deaths makes United States the country with the most coronavirus deaths. Trump says if he hadn't done his "job well and early," the United States would have lost more lives opposed to the 10,000. A senior White House economy advisor says that the unemployment rate "should start to trend down" after June. 

New coronavirus cases are trending up in 17 states, down in 20 and steady in 13, as former FDA chief says United States is seeing a rise in hospitalizations. The former FDA chief says that the United States is seeing an "unmistakable" uptick in hospitalizations and it's "probably a result of reopening."  CDC is now saying that coronavirus antibody tests might be wrong half of the time. 

Merck enters the race for a coronavirus vaccine and treatment, as ten companies worldwide are starting human trails for a coronavirus vaccine. The leader of the Oxford trial says the vaccine has a 50 percent chance of working. Previously, the Oxford leader had predicted an 80 percent chance of success by September. The vaccine has a 50 percent chance of working because the spread of virus is slowing in Britain. 

The White House is looking at "bonus" pay to get people back to work.

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