国际英语资讯:Spotlight: U.S. COVID-19 cases top 800,000, divide deepens over reopening economy_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: U.S. COVID-19 cases top 800,000, divide deepens over reopening economy

According to a report released Monday by Harvard University's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, the United States will need to administer 20 million tests for the novel coronavirus each day by mid-summer in order to fully re-mobilize the economy in a safe fashion.

Some governors complained that the federal government has not followed through on its responsibility to help states get access to supplies. U.S. President Donald Trump, however, said on Monday that states, not the federal government, should be doing the testing.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been saying for days that New York cannot reopen for business until a testing regime has been established to determine who is safe to go back to work, but without federal aid, the states are not equipped to scale up.

New York will reopen at a different rate on a regional basis based on that region's facts and circumstances, Cuomo said Tuesday at his daily news briefing.

"Just like some states will reopen before other states because they have a different circumstance when it comes to Covid and their status with Covid, it's also true across the state," Cuomo said.

New Hampshire may take a phased approach to the loosening of the state's stay-at-home order at some point, Governor Chris Sununu said Tuesday afternoon.

"This is not an open/close situation, it just isn't, nor should it be," he said. "We've always said public health has to be preeminent, has to be one of the key factors that we are looking at when we take any step."