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Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 27 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.

On today's show, with COVID-19 crippling much of the world, there's intense uncertainty about what's next for global societies.

In the United States, it's hard to envision when the economy and our lives will get back to normal.

But, it turns out, there is a plan to beat the virus and to get the country back to work.

The question is whether the government will follow it.

But first, here's what happened today.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said COVID-19 deaths seem to be hitting a plateau. The state has

become the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak.

Cuomo says measures to lock down the state have started to work, but that the challenge is to maintain social distancing.

For two days in a row, the death toll has been about the same.

For over a week, they had been increasing daily.

If we are plateauing, we are plateauing at a very high level, and there's tremendous stress on the healthcare system.

There are also more signs that the crisis may be easing in Europe.

Italy, France, Germany, and Spain all reported lower numbers of new cases,

and the Netherlands had the smallest increase in deaths

in a week. Austria took the first steps towards restarting its economy. However, the news on

Monday wasn't all positive. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had previously tested positive

for coronavirus, was taken to a London hospital over the weekend.

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