'The second wave of the new coronavirus will be more serious than the first wave,' the Center for Disease Control and Prevention warns

Virologist Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said the second wave of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) that could occur in the second half of 2020 is March 2020. The idea is that it will be more serious than the first wave from.

Second wave of coronavirus: Winter outbreak is likely to be more devastating, CDC director warns-The Washington Post
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'The new coronavirus epidemic that the United States will experience next winter could be more serious than what we are experiencing now,' Redfield told The Washington Post. And the epidemic of the new coronavirus will occur at the same time. '

Influenza epidemics usually begin in autumn and winter, end after a peak from December to February. Influenza activity during the winter of 2019-2020 is low and has already ended as of April. It should be noted that, in the influenza season of 2018-2019 years is infected 35.5 million people in the United States, 490,600 people are hospitalized, 34,200 people died has been estimated .

According to data from Johns Hopkins University, a new coronavirus was discovered in the United States in January 2020, and 820,000 people have been infected and more than 14,000 have died so far. In addition, the pandemic strained medical care in many areas, resulting in a lack of protective equipment and a competition for medical devices such as respirators. When COVID-19 and influenza occur at the same time, it is believed that the situation will become more serious.

Dr. Stefan Hahn, a member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and working at the White House Coronavirus Headquarters, also said that Redfield's view is 'potential.' Dr. Hahn said he plans to find a COVID-19 patient and create a surveillance mechanism that will immediately perform the appropriate tests.

“We've had calls with the governors about it, there is unlocked capacity in the country ... We believe that based upon that information that we could double the number of tests that are done in a very short period of time.” — FDA Commissioner @SteveFDA pic.twitter.com/v6YqUEkvt8

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) April 22, 2020

In addition, President Trump posted on Twitter that `` release it '' to the state that provoked a demonstration against going out restrictions, but Mr. Redfield asked about this, it is `` useless '' .