How the US is Coping With Coronavirus
Fears lack of US testing will see case spike
After weeks of downplaying the coronavirus threat Donald Trump appears to have had a reality check. Public spaces and restaurants across the US have emptied in response to new social distancing guidelines.
"I could prepare for a hurricane... I could prepare for just about anything except this", says one restaurant owner in the US capital. The public spaces and shops have emptied, but the lowest paid still need to eke out work. With only 20,000 Americans tested in the first 8 weeks of the outbreak, there is fear no one knows the true scale of infections. "I'm so, so scared. You can spread a virus through all the family members", says an Uber driver, cleaning his car for the next fare.
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