Coronavirus Updates: Trump Says Some People Will Be 'Affected Badly' as States Reopen - The Weather Channel

• The president said "it's possible" there will be more deaths.
• Trump changed course and said the coronavirus task force would continue.
• The mayor of Atlanta pleaded with residents to stay home.

As more states moved toward easing coronavirus restrictions this week, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that some Americans will be "affected badly" by the economy reopening.

"Will some people be affected? Yes. Will some people be affected badly? Yes," Trump told reporters. "But we have to get our country open."

The president later told ABC News "it's possible there will be some" deaths as state after state allows shopping malls, hair salons, restaurants and other businesses to reopen or expand operations limited by lockdowns, stay at home orders and social distancing guidelines.

Trump's comments came as health experts and computer models predict more infections and deaths as states ease restrictions and people have more contact with each other. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, a model that has been used by the White House increased its projections to 135,000 U.S. deaths from COVID-19 by Aug. 1.

Governments, communities and economies around the world are struggling with the same issues, and the same warnings from health experts.

"We are not out of the epidemic. We are still in it. I don’t want people to think there’s no more risk and we go back to normal," Dr. Giovanni Rezza, head of Italy's Superior Institute of Health said, according to the Associated Press.

Italy, one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, has reported more than 29,000 deaths and 214,000 known cases of COVID-19, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

More than 1.2 million people in the U.S. have been confirmed to have COVID-19 and at least 72,500 have died as of Wednesday evening. Globally, the number of infections has climbed above 3.7 million and more than 262,000 people have died.

Latest Developments

United States:

-South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem warned reporters that the state is likely to see a spike in confirmed cases after hundreds of Smithfield employees were tested in Sioux Falls in an attempt to reopen the pork processing facility. The AP estimated 2,600 people were tested earlier this week.

-Three counties along coastal North Carolina announced plans to reopen the Outer Banks to visitors starting Saturday, May 16, according to the AP. Non-residents have been told to bring their own supplies when they arrive so they don't overwhelm stores. Strict social distancing requirements remain in place, the report added.

-Princess Cruises and Holland America Line announced Wednesday that all remaining scheduled Alaska cruises for the summer have been canceled.

-Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that the White House coronavirus task force "will continue on indefinitely," a day after Vice President Mike Pence said the task force could be disbanded by the end of the month. The president said the task force will be "very focused on vaccines and therapeutics" and its makeup could change.

-U.S. Navy SEAL recruits resumed training this week for the first time in more than six weeks, with some changes. Instructors are wearing gloves and masks and are no longer getting nose to nose with recruits, but instead shouting through megaphones, the AP reported. The number of people in a classroom or swim training are limited under social distancing guidelines. Every recruit and instructor is being tested for COVID-19, and being monitored daily for symptoms.

-Some publicly traded companies are pushing back on the federal government's request that they return money from the Paycheck Protection Program. The program was intended to help small businesses that don't have access to other capital, but several large corporations were granted loans. While some well-known companies agreed to return the money after negative publicity, others said they followed the intent of the program. "We don’t intend to return the loan because it’s going to serve its intended purpose, which is to prevent people from being laid off," Bruce Davis, chief executive of Digimarc, a 210-person tech company in Beaverton, Ore., told the Washington Post. "If we’re eligible for the program and we meet the requirements, why wouldn’t we participate?" Digimarc received $5 million from the PPP.

-Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reiterated her plea for residents to stay home after crowds gathered to celebrate Cinco de Mayo on Tuesday. Bottoms has taken issue with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s moves to ease restrictions and told CNN she "will continue to ask people to please stay home."

-Uber is laying off 3,700 employees, or about 14% of its workforce, according to an SEC filing.

-The New York City subway will be shut down from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. daily for cleanings.

Worldwide:

-With more than 30,000 confirmed deaths, the United Kingdom has surpassed Italy as the European nation with the most COVID-19 fatalities. Worldwide, only the U.S. has more confirmed deaths.

-German authorities are considering putting restrictions back in place if cases rise. The numbers will be looked at on a county-by-county basis, the AP reported. Any area that reports 50 new cases for 100,000 inhabitants over the past week could be put back under restrictions. The country has been hailed for its aggressive testing and low death rate from COVID-19. Germany has reported about 167,000 cases of COVID-19 and 6,993 deaths.

-South Korea's spy agency says people in North Korea are panic buying in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. South Korea's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers North Korea has been hard hit by the virus and the pandemic is why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has rarely been seen in public this year.

For the latest coronavirus information in your county and a full list of important resources to help you make the smartest decisions regarding the disease, check out our dedicated COVID-19 page.

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