US Claims Being A Leader In Fight Against COVID-19 Despite Surging Cases At Home

The number of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. is at an all-time high but the White House claims that the U.S. has been a global leader when it comes to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

The White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, said in a press conference on Monday, July 6, that the U.S. has been leading the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

“I think the world is looking at us as a leader in Covid-19,” she said on Monday afternoon.

The statement has come as the country is finding it difficult to battle the crisis due to a surge in coronavirus cases recently. On average, more than 50,000 new cases are being reported from different states across the U.S. The total COVID-19 tally in the U.S. is about to touch three million and more than 130,000 people across the U.S. have died.

A majority of U.S. states are now reporting a surge in new coronavirus cases, especially since the lockdown restrictions were lifted and businesses started to open.

Country’s leading public health expert Dr. Anthony Fauci recently addressed Congress and said that the U.S. is yet to bring the new infections under control.

The severity of the situation in the U.S. can be assessed from the fact that the European Union has decided not to allow Americans from traveling for non-essential reasons as it looks to reopen borders with other countries after bringing the pandemic under control.

In the U.S., Florida, Arizona and Texas are the severely affected parts of the country. More than 200,000 cases have been confirmed in Florida alone. But despite the large rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in Florida, the governor of the state thinks otherwise.

“I think we’ve stabilized,” Governor Ron DeSantis said in a statement on Monday.

Even though he encouraged people to avoid large gatherings and crowded places, he fell short of asking the public to wear masks when out. He also touted hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, which has been deemed “ineffective” against coronavirus by scientists across the world.