Coronavirus US: America facing ‘most difficult’ public health crisis in history

America is facing the worst public health crisis in history the nation’s top heath expert has warned, after recording its worst daily death toll of the pandemic.

As the United States plunges into winter and the holiday season, it faces the most difficult public health crisis in its history, the nation’s top health expert has warned, having recorded its single worst daily death toll since the pandemic began.

“I actually believe they’re going to be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation.

The daily death toll hasn’t hit a peak this high since April 15, when 2752 fatalities were recorded.

Dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, Dr Ashish Jha, said the US is yet to encounter the fallout of the Thanksgiving holiday – when pleas from health officials and state governments to remain at home and avoid travel fell on deaf ears.

It’s not the first time that Dr Redfield has sounded the alarm over a devastating surge of infections during America’s colder months, first predicting in April that the subsequent virus waves could be worse than the first.

The time for debating whether or not masks work or not is over (even though) we clearly have scientific evidence,” Dr Redfield said