Protest against U.S. lockdowns intensified, with some demonstrators labeling mandatory measures as ‘tyranny’
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The U.S. debate over restrictions for fighting the coronavirus intensified on Monday, as protesters labeled mandatory lockdowns as “tyranny,” while medical workers and health experts warned that lifting them too soon risked unleashing a greater disaster.
In Pennsylvania, where Democratic Governor Tom Wolf has pledged to veto a bill in the Republican-led General Assembly that would force him to reopen some businesses, a few hundred demonstrators, some in cars with horns blaring, rallied in the state capital, Harrisburg. Others portrayed the stay-at-home measures in an altogether different light. Yetta Timothy, who was part of a counter-protest in Harrisburg, said the nursing home where she worked had lost an untold number of patients.Trump says he is working with governors on coronavirus testing, Cuomo to visit White House“They are dying everyday,” said the 43-year-old nurse, crying and holding a sign that read: “My life is on the line.
In Washington, lawmakers were squabbling over a possible $450 billion-plus deal to provide more aid to small businesses and hospitals hurt by the crisis. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said a vote could take place on Tuesday.] The United States has by far the world’s largest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, the highly contagious lung disease caused by the coronavirus, with more than 760,000 known infections and over 41,100 deaths, nearly half of them in the state of New York, according to a Reuters tally.
Earlier, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said it could take weeks if not months before the country’s most populous city reopens, because of a lack of widespread testing to determine the full scope of the outbreak and how many people may have developed immunity to the virus.
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