CDC Director Says 20 US States Could Be Ready to Reopen May 1

Patients and medical workers wear personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns outside the emergency room at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City on April 13, 2020. John Minchillo/AP Photo

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that around 19 or 20 states might be ready to reopen their economies by May 1, weeks after dozens of governors implemented statewide stay-at-home orders to reduce the spread of the CCP virus.

“There are a number of counties within this country that have not experienced really any coronavirus despite testing,” Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the agency, said in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” this week.