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Fundashon Stimami Wednesday Sterilisami suspends it June 16, 2021 sterilization campaign for T: 582-7800 www.arubatoday.com 2021 facebook.com/arubatoday instagram.com/arubatoday Page 10 Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper U.S. COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll Associated Press tired university administra- The U.S. death toll from tor in Oakland, California. COVID-19 topped 600,000 But she plans to take it slow: on Tuesday, even as the "Because it's kind of like, is it vaccination drive has dras- too soon? Will we be sorry?" tically brought down daily With the arrival of the vac- cases and fatalities and cine in mid-December, allowed the country to COVID-19 deaths per day emerge from the gloom in the U.S. have plummeted and look forward to sum- to an average of around mer. 340, from a high of over The number of lives lost, as 3,400 in mid-January. Cases recorded by Johns Hop- are running at about 14,000 kins University, is greater a day on average, down than the population of Bal- from a quarter-million per timore or Milwaukee. It is day over the winter. about equal to the number The real death tolls in the of Americans who died of U.S. and around the globe cancer in 2019. Worldwide, are thought to be signifi- the COVID-19 death toll cantly higher, with many stands at about 3.8 million. cases overlooked or pos- The milestone came the sibly concealed by some same day that California countries. and New York lifted most of President Joe Biden ac- In this May 28, 2020, file photo, Tributes to lost love ones adorn a fence outside Brooklyn's Green- their remaining restrictions, knowledged the ap- Wood Cemetery where many victims of COVID-19 are buried in New York. joining other states in open- proaching milestone Associated Press ing the way, step by step, Monday during his visit to for what could be a fun Europe, saying that while “now is not the time to let the vaccine has become while over 40% are fully and close to normal sum- new cases and deaths are our guard down.” available practically for vaccinated, according mer for many Americans. dropping dramatically in The most recent deaths the asking. More than 50% to the Centers for Disease "Deep down I want to re- the U.S., “there’s still too are seen in some ways as of Americans have had at Control and Prevention. joice," said Rita Torres, a re- many lives being lost,” and especially tragic now that least one dose of vaccine, Continued on next page A2 WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE 2021 UP FRONT As of a week ago, the U.S. being vaccinated. was averaging about 1 In New York, Gov. Andrew million injections per day, Cuomo said Tuesday that down from a high of about 70% of adults in the state 3.3 million a day on aver- have received at least one age in mid-April, according dose of the vaccine, and to the CDC. he announced that the im- At nearly every turn in the mediate easing of many of outbreak, the virus has the restrictions will be cel- exploited and worsened ebrated with fireworks. inequalities in the United "What does 70% mean? It States. CDC figures, when means that we can now adjusted for age and pop- return to life as we know it," ulation, show that Black, he said. Latino and Native Ameri- He said the state is lifting can people are two to rules that had limited the three times more likely than size of gatherings and re- whites to die of COVID-19. quired some types of busi- Also, an Associated Press nesses to follow cleaning analysis found that Latinos protocols, take people's are dying at much young- temperature or screen A person arrives for a COVID-19 inoculation at a mass-vaccination site at the former Citizens Bank er ages than other groups. them for COVID-19 symp- headquarters in Cranston, R.I., Thursday, June 10, 2021. Hispanic people between toms. Businesses will no Associated Press 30 and 39 have died at five longer have to restrict how times the rate of white peo- many people they can al- Continued from Front places with a surplus of ing 70% of American adults ple in the same age group. low inside based on the But demand for shots in the doses and casting doubt at least partially vacci- Overall, Black and Hispanic 6-foot rule. U.S. has dropped off dra- on whether the country will nated by July 4. The figure Americans have less ac- For the time being, though, matically, leaving many meet Biden's target of hav- stands at just under 65%. cess to medical care and New Yorkers will have to are in poorer health, with keep wearing masks in higher rates of conditions schools, subways and cer- such as diabetes and high tain other places. blood pressure. They are Massachusetts on Tues- also more likely to have day officially lifted a state jobs deemed essential, less of emergency that had able to work from home been in effect for 462 days, and more likely to live in though many restrictions crowded, multigeneration- had already been eased, al households. including mask require- With the overall picture im- ments and limits on gather- proving rapidly, California, ings. Republican lawmakers the most populous state in Kansas decided to let a and the first to impose a state of emergency expire coronavirus lockdown, Tuesday. And Maryland's dropped state rules on so- governor announced that cial distancing and limits the emergency there will on capacity at restaurants, end on July 1, with the state bars, supermarkets, gyms, no longer requiring any stadiums and other places, masks. ushering in what has been The first known deaths from billed as its "Grand Reopen- the virus in the U.S. were in ing" just in time for summer. early February 2020. It took Disneyland is throwing four months to reach the open its gates to all tourists first 100,000 dead. During after allowing just Califor- the most lethal phase of nia residents. Fans will be the disaster, in the winter able to sit elbow-to-elbow of 2020-21, it took just over and cheer without masks a month to go from 300,000 at Dodgers and Giants to 400,000 deaths. games. With the crisis now easing, Gov. Gavin Newsom cel- it took close to four months ebrated by hosting a draw- for the U.S. death toll to ing in which 10 people won go from a half-million to $1.5 million each simply for 600,000.q A3 U.S. NEWS WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE 2021 Emails show Trump pressured Justice Dept. over 2020 election By MICHAEL BALSAMO and been instructed to report COLLEEN LONG back to the President this Associated Press afternoon after this meet- WASHINGTON (AP) — Dur- ing." ing the last weeks of his The Associated Press re- presidency, Donald Trump ported late last year on and his allies pressured the effort within the Trump the Justice Department administration to pressure to investigate unsubstanti- government employees ated claims of widespread to adopt the false narra- 2020 election fraud that tive of 2020 election fraud. even his former attorney Trump asked the Justice general declared without Department to investigate evidence, newly released instances of voter fraud, emails show. and Justice leaders sent a The emails, released Tues- memo to the states priori- day by the House Oversight tizing the effort. Trump also Committee, reveal in new asked that a special pros- detail how Trump, his White ecutor be named to inves- House chief of staff and tigate the false voter fraud other allies pressured mem- claims. bers of the U.S. government And the official serving as to challenge the 2020 elec- Trump's eyes and ears at the tion over false claims. Justice Department tried to Officials at Homeland Se- pressure staffers to give up curity and the Justice De- sensitive information about partment, as well as Re- election fraud and other publican election leaders In this June 1, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump walks past police in Lafayette Park after matters she could relay to across the country, repeat- visiting outside St. John's Church across from the White House in Washington. the White House. She was edly said there was no per- Associated Press banned from the building. vasive fraud. Former Attor- Trump considered replac- ney General William Barr, general to meet with an acronym for president of posed complaint asked ing Rosen with a more loyal a longtime Trump loyalist, ally of Trump lawyer Rudy the United States. The email the court to "declare that ally, Jeffrey Clark, and even was among those who said Giuliani who was pitching to Rosen, a deputy attor- the Electoral College votes looked into whether the there was no evidence of unfounded election con- ney general who became cast" in the six battleground White House could appoint such fraud. spiracies that Italy was us- acting attorney general states that Trump lost "can- a special counsel without The emails also show the ex- ing satellites and military after Barr left, included talk- not be counted." It asked the Justice Department's tent to which Trump worked technology to change ing points on alleged voter for the court to order a spe- approval. On Jan. 1, for to enlist then-acting Attor- votes. fraud in Antrim County, in cial election in those states.