- National Economic Council Director
Larry Kudlow said there was "no second wave" of thecoronavirus as cases surge in a dozen states. - "There is no second wave. I don't know where that got started on Wall Street," $4
- States like Florida, Nevada, and Texas are reporting increasing coronavirus caseloads.
National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said on Friday "there is no second wave" of the coronavirus as cases climb in over a dozen states including Florida, Texas, Nevada, and North Carolina.
The top Trump administration economic official maintained that the federal government had the situation under control.
"There is no emergency. There is no second wave. I don't know where that got started on Wall Street," $4
Conceding he is "not the health expert," Kudlow said he met with public health officials, who told him there is not another wave of the virus underway.
"They are saying there is no second spike. Let me repeat that. There is no second spike," Kudlow said.
He later added: "What you do have is certain spots are seeing a little bit of a jump up. Some small metropolitan areas are seeing it."
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Kudlow's remarks come as cases of the virus surge after Memorial Day weekend in states that did not previously experience high infection rates and
The prospect of another wave of
"We can't shut down the
The stock market went into a tailspin on Thursday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged over 1,800 points $4
Back in February, Kudlow said the US had contained the outbreak $4 warned of the virus's imminent spread.
"We have contained this. I won't say [it's] air-tight, but it's pretty close to air-tight," $4
Over the past four months, over 110,000 Americans died from
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