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CDC director says 19-20 US states may be ready to reopen May 1

Redfield provides support for President Trump's target date for reopening

Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   © Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday he believes 19 or 20 U.S. states have had limited impact from the new coronavirus and their governors believe they may be ready to reopen by President Donald Trump's May 1 target date.

"There are a number of counties within this country that have not experienced really any coronavirus despite testing," Robert Redfield said in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America."

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