Absent 'clear directives' from Trump, state and metropolis leaders take aggressive actions to comprise pandemic



Short-term closed signage is seen at a retailer in Manhattan borough following the outbreak of coronavirus illness (COVID-19), in New York Metropolis, U.S., March 15, 2020.

Jeenah Moon | Reuters

State and metropolis leaders throughout America took aggressive motion Monday to curb the COVID-19 pandemic,  closing eating places and film theaters, telling residents to shelter in place, ordering individuals to not stand too shut and cautioning residents towards leaving their house state.

With out significant federal intervention, native leaders adopted what New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo known as a "hodgepodge" of actions throughout the nation to comprise the outbreak, which has unfold from roughly 100 U.S. circumstances on March 1 to greater than 4,200 individuals throughout almost each state by Monday. Greater than 70 individuals within the U.S. have already died from the brand new coronavirus, in response to information compiled by Johns Hopkins College. Throughout the globe, COVID-19 has contaminated greater than 181,000 individuals and killed greater than 7,100 of them.

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