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Monday 4 May 2020
As lockdowns ease, some countries report new infection peaks

By FRANCES D'EMILIO, supplies and other equip-
PABLO GORONDI and ment for fighting the dis-
DANICA KIRKA ease. "It will make us more
Associated Press competitive in the interna-
ROME (AP) — While mil- tional marketplace, and I
lions of people took ad- believe it will save taxpay-
vantage of easing coro- ers money," Cuomo said.
navirus lockdowns to enjoy Meanwhile, the divide in
spring weather, some of the United States between
the world's most populous those who want lockdowns
countries reported worri- to end and those who want
some new peaks in infec- to move more cautiously
tions Sunday, including In- extended to Congress.
dia, which saw its biggest The Republican-majority
single-day jump yet. Senate will reopen Monday
Second in population only in Washington.
to China, India reported The Democrat-controlled
more than 2,600 new infec- House of Representatives
tions. In Russia, new cases is staying shuttered. Senate
exceeded 10,000 for the Majority Leader Mitch Mc-
first time. Connell's decision to con-
The confirmed death toll in vene 100 senators gives
Britain climbed near that Trump, a Republican, the
of Italy, the epicenter of Mounted police patrol on horses as people exercise on a seafront promenade in Barcelona, imagery he wants of Amer-
Europe's outbreak, even Spain, Sunday, May 3, 2020. ica getting back to work,
though the U.K. popula- Associated Press. despite the risks.
tion is younger than Italy's since the national lock- Russia's latest tally of infec-
and Britain had more time down began on March tions was nearly double
to prepare before the pan- 10. Parks and public gar- the new cases reported a
demic hit. dens were set to reopen on week ago. More than half
The United States continues Monday. of Russia's new cases were
to see tens of thousands of In Spain, many ventured in Moscow, where concern
new infections each day, outside for the first time is rising about whether the
with more than 1,400 new since the country's lock- capital's medical facilities
deaths reported Saturday. down began March 14, but will be overwhelmed.
Health experts warn that a social distancing rules re- Indian air force helicopters
second wave of infections mained in place. Masks are showered flower petals on
could hit unless testing is mandatory starting Mon- hospitals in several cities to
expanded dramatically day on public transit. thank doctors, nurses and
once the lockdowns are In Britain, Prime Minister Bo- police at the forefront of
relaxed. But pressure to re- ris Johnson is under pressure the battle against the pan-
open keeps building after to reveal how the country demic.
the weeks-long shutdown will lift its lockdown. The country's number of
of businesses worldwide The restrictions are due to Livia and Lorenza enjoy the sun with their daughter Sara at confirmed cases neared
plunged the global econ- last through Thursday, but Islands Brygge in Copenhagen on Sunday, May 3, 2020. 40,000 as the population of
Associated Press.
omy into its deepest slump with hundreds of deaths 1.3 billion marked the 40th
since the 1930s and wiped still being reported daily — opened state parks, though infect their grandmother or day of a nationwide lock-
out millions of jobs. twice as many recently as several had to turn people their grandfather ... they will down. The official death toll
China, which reported Italy or Spain — it's unclear away after reaching a 50% feel guilty for the rest of our reached 1,323.
only two new cases, saw how the country can safely limit in their parking lots. lives," she said. "So we need Pope Francis called Sunday
a surge in visitors to newly loosen the restrictions. Margie Roebuck and her to protect each other at for international collabora-
reopened tourist spots after The 55-year-old Johnson, husband were among the the same time we're voic- tion in the search for a vac-
domestic travel restrictions who spent three nights in first on the sand at Island ing our discontent." cine and treatment for CO-
were loosened ahead of a intensive care while being Beach State Park. If restrictions are lifted too VID-19 and invited faithful
five-day holiday that runs treated for COVID-19, told "Forty-six days in the house soon, the virus could come of all religions to spiritually
through Tuesday. The Sun newspaper that he was enough," she said. back in "small waves in unite in prayer, fasting and
Nearly 1.7 million people knew his doctors were pre- Speaking on "Fox News various places around the works of charity on May 14.
visited Beijing parks on the paring for the worst. Sunday," White House country," said Dr. Tom In- The virus has infected 3.4
first two days of the holiday, "It was a tough old mo- coronavirus coordinator glesby, director of the Cen- million people and killed
and Shanghai's main tourist ment, I won't deny it,'' he Deborah Birx expressed ter for Health Security of the more than 244,000 world-
spots welcomed more than said. "They had a strategy concern about protests by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg wide, including more than
1 million visitors, according to deal with a 'death of armed and mostly mask- School of Public Health. 66,000 dead in the United
to Chinese media. Many Stalin'-type scenario'' if he less crowds demanding an "Nothing has changed in States, according to a
spots limited daily visitors to succumbed to the virus. end to stay-at-home orders the underlying dynamics of count by Johns Hopkins
30% of capacity. Another potentially trou- and a full reboot of the this virus," he said on NBC's University.
On the eve of Italy's first bling sign emerged in Af- economy. President Don- "Meet the Press." All the numbers are con-
steps toward easing restric- ghanistan's capital city of ald Trump has encouraged New York Gov. Andrew sidered to be undercounts,
tions, the Health Ministry re- Kabul, where a third of the people to "liberate" their Cuomo announced that due to testing issues, the
ported 174 COVID deaths 500 people selected in ran- states. his state would join with six problems of counting
in the 24-hour period end- dom test came up positive "It's devastatingly worri- others to create a region- deaths in a pandemic and
ing Sunday evening — the for the virus. some to me personally, be- al supply chain for masks, deliberate concealment
lowest day-to-day number In the U.S., New Jersey re- cause if they go home and gowns, ventilators, testing by some governments.q