The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) punted on questions about increasing coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in reopened states, claiming worrisome rises could be due to ‘increased testing’ during a Friday press briefing.
CDC director Dr Robert Redfield and deputy director Dr Jay Butler addressed the press in the first telebriefing since the once-daily calls abruptly stopped in March.
They announced the CDC’s new guidelines for minimizing the spread of coronavirus as states reopen and people gather in groups, which rehashed the familiar standards: wash your hands, wear a mask, stay socially distanced when possible, and don’t touch one another.
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