Experts warn of coronavirus surge after widespread Thanksgiving travel - The Guardian

The US continued to report more than 100,000 new coronavirus cases a day over the holiday weekend, as experts warned that widespread Thanksgiving travel could fuel a surge in coming weeks.

The number of new cases reported in the US topped 200,000 for the first time on Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The company said it expected to have doses for 10 million people ready for the US by the end of December.

State health officials on Sunday reported 700 new confirmed cases with 544 people hospitalised.

Health officials are preparing for a wave of cases over the next two or three weeks.

Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that could cause a spike in cases and warned that the level of infection in the US would not “all of a sudden turn around”.

Fauci said it was “not too late” for people traveling home after Thanksgiving to help curb the virus by wearing masks, staying distant from others and avoiding large groups.

The impact of mass travel and Thanksgiving gatherings could mean a flood of new cases just before Christmas

“When you look at people who are hospitalised today, they were infected two weeks ago, maybe more,” Dr Jonathan Reiner, a professor of medicine at George Washington University, told CNN