Corona: the 18,000 Newly-Infected in the USA in just one day

Corona-crisis in Germany: 306 people have already died, 48.354 are infected with the Coronavirus. Worldwide more than 500,000 cases were registered. Public life in Germany increasingly comes to a Standstill. Meanwhile, the United States recorded more than 82,000 cases, most of the Corona cases worldwide. All the information about the Corona-crisis you will find in the News Ticker of FOCUS Online.

In the United States is now more than a hundred thousand people with the novel Coronavirus is attached. The United States overhauled on Friday, China and Italy in the number of Infected and the country with the most contagious are now in the world. The number of confirmed Coronavirus infection in the United States rose on Friday as strong as never before within a day. The authorities reported that some 18,000 new diseases. Reuters/John Minchillo/AP/dpa tent for conducting Corona Tests in New York.

In the fight against the Corona pandemic, US President, Donald Trump signed the largest bailout in the US history, and activated at almost the same time a war economy law, to force the carmaker to General Motors for production of ventilators.

The Ministry of health could be due to the "Defence Production Act" now General Motors (GM), and requires that government contracts for ventilation equipment "accept, and you einzuräumen&quot priority;, Trump explained. The car manufacturers have this issue "Time verschwendet". With his approach he wanted to "a rapid production of ventilation devices to ensure that US citizens ‘ lives to save werden". Reuters/Alex Brandon/AP/dpa US President, Donald Trump is fighting against the consequences of the Coronavirus.

GM said in response, with the medical device manufacturer in Ventec already since more than a week "around the Uhr" to work in the production of ventilators.

The "Defence Production Act" 1950 and was decided during the Korean war. With him, the US can commit government in times of crisis, companies are certain to receive your orders. Trump had brought the law already ten days ago in conversation, was shied away from an actual application but first of all back.

Finally, the pressure on the President, this means given the lack of medical equipment such as ventilators, and protective masks use grew. Trump has been repeatedly accused of not being decisive enough against the pandemic to proceed.

In the U.S., according to the Johns Hopkins University now has more than 104,000 confirmed Coronavirus infections. More than 1700 people were killed. The economic and social consequences of the pandemic are devastating.