Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The U.S. -- News Updates April 20-21, 2020

Daily Mail: Reopening America will require 20 million tests per day, a Pandemic Testing Board to secure supplies and a team of 100,000 contact tracing personnel, panel of experts suggest as they fear it could be a YEAR until everyone is back to work

* A panel of experts on Monday released a 'road map' for ensuring that coronavirus lockdowns are lifted safely
* In a report titled 'Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience', more than 45 economists, social scientists, lawyers and ethicists warned that sending people back to work too quickly could cost the US economy trillions of dollars
* They outlined four stages to ending quarantine over the next 11 months through testing, tracing and isolation
* The chief recommendation is to increase COVID-19 screening to a rate of 20 million tests per day
* As of Friday, roughly 3.7 million tests have been performed in the US at a rate of 120,000 per day

As President Donald Trump ramps up public support for lifting coronavirus lockdowns and reopening the economy, a bipartisan panel of experts have released a 'road map' for ensuring that happens safely with increased testing, tracing and isolation efforts.

In a report titled 'Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience' released Monday, more than 45 leading economists, social scientists, lawyers and ethicists warned that sending Americans back to work too quickly will likely cause a resurgence of COVID-19 that would cost the US economy trillions of dollars.

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Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The U.S. -- News Updates April 20-21, 2020

Some Southern states are reopening businesses; US death toll passes 42,000 -- CNN
How many coronavirus cases does each US state have? -- Al Jazeera
At least 55 residents at a Brooklyn nursing home die amid a coronavirus outbreak as the death toll at care facilities across the US tops 8,000 -- Daily Mail
'Road map' to recovery report: 20 million coronavirus tests per day needed to fully open economy -- ABC News
Some US producers, states reopening amid political pressure -- AP
Trump: Some governors have gone too far on coronavirus restrictions -- The Hill
Donald Trump accuses governors of 'not understanding' testing after state leaders of BOTH parties accused the federal government of creating a 'quagmire' with no leadership of supply chain -- Daily Mail
Coronavirus: Governors ask Trump to call off lockdown protests -- BBC
Anti-lockdown protests gather momentum as armed demonstrators waving Trump 2020 flags call for America to open NOW while Facebook REMOVES anti-quarantine posts and is accused of 'working with state governments to limit free speech' -- Daily Mail
Trump to host NY Governor Cuomo at White House after spat over supplies -- France 24
Georgia will reopen gyms, beauty salons and barber shops THIS FRIDAY - and restaurants and movie theaters next week - as the state looks to ease COVID-19 stay-at-home orders -- Daily Mail
Major coronavirus computer model says some US states can loosen restrictions by May 4 -- The Hill
Coronavirus antibody testing shows LA County outbreak is up to 55 times bigger than reported cases -- CNBC
Second university's antibody tests reveal that 55-times more Californians have had coronavirus than officials have reported after Stanford study found 4% of the state's population has been infected -- Daily Mail
New York launches antibody testing for 3,000 people randomly selected at grocery stores to get a 'snapshot' of how much of the population had COVID-19 - but how accurate will it be? -- Daily Mail
Coronavirus lockdowns are being protested by Americans. Why does Trump want to ease restrictions? -- ABC News Online
Poll: 6 in 10 Americans are concerned the country will move too fast to reopen amid the coronavirus crisis while lockdown-rebel protests backed by Donald Trump continue -- Daily Mail