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Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson.

It's day 29, since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.

Our main story? The effects of the outbreak are putting unprecedented stress on thousands of people. But the difficulty of obtaining mental health services while under lockdown,

and the spike in demand for those services,

threatens to break a treatment network that was already strained to the breaking point.

But first, here's what happened today.

Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the U.S., says we might see a turnaround after this week in the fight against the coronavirus.

Fauci says that now is not the time to ease up on social distancing to stop the spread of the virus. The Trump administration is discussing how to reopen the economy, but specifics haven't emerged.

Global officials agree it's too soon to lift widespread lockdowns.

In a briefing today, Hans Klug, the World Health Organization's regional director for Europe,

said despite progress in some places, spikes in cases in Sweden and Turkey are concerning.

Knowledge of COVID-19 and some positive signs from some countries do not yet represent victory.

They offer a rare chance for us to tighten our grip on the virus.

Now is not the time to relax measures. It is the time to once again double and triple our collective efforts to drive towards suppression

with the whole support of the society.

Much needed ventilators are still in short supply in many U.S. states, and the federal government

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