Biden's Chief Gabiter Anticipates 500,000 Coronavirus Deaths By End of February | The State
Ron Klain, Joe Biden’s next Chief of Staff.
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The next White House chief of staff estimates that the country will reach half a million deaths from coronavirus when the end of February arrives.
Ron Klain joined other official voices asking the population for the best behavior to prevent the virus from spreading further. The death toll is around 400,000 nowadays.
“The virus is going to get worse before it gets better,” Klain said in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “People who contract the virus today will start getting sick next month, the death toll will increase at the end of February, even in March, so it will take time to reverse this. “
The average daily deaths of last days is greater than 3,000. To this is added that the latest variant of the virus is more contagious.
Klain also touched on the supply of vaccines, which has been criticized by states for its slowness.
“We have a plan to fix it,” Klain said, referring to the Joe Biden proposals. “We believe that there are things we can do to accelerate the delivery of that vaccine.”
Klain was in charge of controlling the Ebola virus in the US during the Barack Obama administration.
Problems in the economy
The problems with the control of the coronavirus are also manifested in the economy, which is why the approval of the next stimulus package of $ 1.9 billion dollars, with checks for $ 1,400 dollars, is urgent.
“The truth is that we are in a very precarious moment,” Brian Deese, the next head of the National Economic Council, told Fox. “We have an acute economic and human crisis, and we need decisive action.”
Most Democrats in Senate and House they should not be obstacles to approving relief.
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