(CNN) Widespread vaccine coverage
in the US is rapidly reducing new infections, illnesses and deaths from
Covid-19. States and cities are quickly removing restrictions on business and
leisure activities. Yet, while the public enjoys the return to normalcy,
governments behind the scenes should be ramping up public health systems to
guard against another possible wave and to build more competency for the
inevitable next epidemic, whenever it may arise.
First, a note of warning. Newly confirmed cases in the US are now below 40,000 per day. This is down from the peak in January, when new cases reached over 300,000 per day. And daily cases continue to decline, even more rapidly. Yet, just before India's recent surge to over 400,000 cases per day, that country had reported just over 10,000 cases per day as recently as early March. It's a reminder that the Covid-19 epidemic can spread from very few cases to a devastating surge at a terrifying rate, in just a few weeks.
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