Officials Say Peak is Still Weeks Away

Why health officials say this is just the beginning.

DECLARED COVID-19 -A PANDEMIC ..THREE AND A HALFWEEKS AGO.HERE IN THE UNITEDSTATES - HEALTHOFFICIALS AREWARNING US WE AREJUST AT THEBEGINNING OF THISBATTLE.DR.ALI KHAN, THE DEANOF OF U-N-M-C'SCOLLEGE OF PUBLICHEALTH - SAYS IN THEUNITED STATES WENEED TO BEPREPARED FOR MORETHAN ONE SURGE.IN THE U.S.WE AREACTUALLY GOINGINTO THE PEAK OFOUR EPIDEMIC.BACK IN MARCH3RD, I BELEIVE WEONLY HAD 103CASES OR SO..SO WEARE SLOLWYINCREASING THEPROJECTIOSNT HATWE WILL REACHOUR PEAKSOMEWHERETOWARDS THE ENDOF APRIL..MID MAY THENSTART FALLING OFFINTO JUNE ANDJULYKHAN SAYS THERE ISEVIDENCE THAT EVENAFTER THE FIRSTPEAK - THE UNITEDSTATES COULD SEEANOTHER SMALLER-SURGE SOMETIME INTHE FALL.HE EXPECTS WE WILLBE BETTER PREPAREDAT THAT POINT.