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Trump on coronavirus death toll: 'It is what it is'
BY JUSTINE COLEMAN - 08/04/20 07:44 AM EDT
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/510393-trump-on-coronavirus-death-toll-it-is-what-it-is
President Trump said the coronavirus death toll ?is what it is? during an interview with ?Axios on HBO? broadcast late Monday.
The president told Axios?s Jonathan Swan that the COVID-19 pandemic is ?under control as much as you can control it? in the U.S.
?They are dying, that's true. And you have ? it is what it is,? Trump said. ?But that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. It's under control as much as you can control it. This is a horrible plague.?
President Trump said the coronavirus death toll ?is what it is? during an interview with ?Axios on HBO? broadcast late Monday.
The president told Axios?s Jonathan Swan that the COVID-19 pandemic is ?under control as much as you can control it? in the U.S.
?They are dying, that's true. And you have ? it is what it is,? Trump said. ?But that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. It's under control as much as you can control it. This is a horrible plague.?
The interview was recorded last Tuesday, before the coronavirus-related death toll in the U.S. surpassed 150,000. The current death toll reached more than 155,000 as of Tuesday morning, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. currently has a seven-day average of 1,069 deaths per day, according to New York Times data.
At times, the interview turned combative as Swan pointed out the data Trump was referencing measured death as a proportion of cases instead of as a proportion of the population.
?I?m talking about death as a proportion of population,? Swan said. ?That?s where the U.S. is really bad. Much worse than South Korea, Germany, etc.?
?You can?t do that,? Trump responded, prompting Swan to ask, ?Why can?t I do that??
The president maintained that the data should ?go by the cases.?
?It?s surely a relevant statistic to say if the U.S. has X population and X percentage of death of that population vs. South Korea,? Swan said, citing reporting from Seoul showing 300 deaths out of the country's population of 51 million.
?You don?t know that,? Trump responded.
?You think they?re faking their statistics? South Korea?? Swan asked.
?I won?t get into that because I have a very good relationship with the country,? Trump answered. ?But you don?t know that, and they have spikes.?
No experts or international authorities have made serious allegations against the accuracy of South Korea?s coronavirus reporting.
During the interview, the president also focused on the U.S.?s accomplishments in ventilator production, testing increases and improved treatment that has decreased the total fatality rate. He also repeated the claim that the U.S. has counted more cases because it has conducted more testing
BY JUSTINE COLEMAN - 08/04/20 07:44 AM EDT
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/510393-trump-on-coronavirus-death-toll-it-is-what-it-is
President Trump said the coronavirus death toll ?is what it is? during an interview with ?Axios on HBO? broadcast late Monday.
The president told Axios?s Jonathan Swan that the COVID-19 pandemic is ?under control as much as you can control it? in the U.S.
?They are dying, that's true. And you have ? it is what it is,? Trump said. ?But that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. It's under control as much as you can control it. This is a horrible plague.?
President Trump said the coronavirus death toll ?is what it is? during an interview with ?Axios on HBO? broadcast late Monday.
The president told Axios?s Jonathan Swan that the COVID-19 pandemic is ?under control as much as you can control it? in the U.S.
?They are dying, that's true. And you have ? it is what it is,? Trump said. ?But that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. It's under control as much as you can control it. This is a horrible plague.?
The interview was recorded last Tuesday, before the coronavirus-related death toll in the U.S. surpassed 150,000. The current death toll reached more than 155,000 as of Tuesday morning, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. currently has a seven-day average of 1,069 deaths per day, according to New York Times data.
At times, the interview turned combative as Swan pointed out the data Trump was referencing measured death as a proportion of cases instead of as a proportion of the population.
?I?m talking about death as a proportion of population,? Swan said. ?That?s where the U.S. is really bad. Much worse than South Korea, Germany, etc.?
?You can?t do that,? Trump responded, prompting Swan to ask, ?Why can?t I do that??
The president maintained that the data should ?go by the cases.?
?It?s surely a relevant statistic to say if the U.S. has X population and X percentage of death of that population vs. South Korea,? Swan said, citing reporting from Seoul showing 300 deaths out of the country's population of 51 million.
?You don?t know that,? Trump responded.
?You think they?re faking their statistics? South Korea?? Swan asked.
?I won?t get into that because I have a very good relationship with the country,? Trump answered. ?But you don?t know that, and they have spikes.?
No experts or international authorities have made serious allegations against the accuracy of South Korea?s coronavirus reporting.
During the interview, the president also focused on the U.S.?s accomplishments in ventilator production, testing increases and improved treatment that has decreased the total fatality rate. He also repeated the claim that the U.S. has counted more cases because it has conducted more testing
The stable genius is at it again....
The stable genius is at it again....
Without further ado, I give you the intellectual and political leader of movement conservatism. At 2 minutes and 54 seconds, it's difficult to watch, but oh so important to see. Vote.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jonathanvswan</a>: ?Oh, you?re doing death as a proportion of cases. I?m talking about death as a proportion of population. That?s where the U.S. is really bad. Much worse than South Korea, Germany, etc.?<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realdonaldtrump</a>: ?You can?t do that.?<br><br>Swan: ?Why can?t I do that?? <a href="https://t.co/MStySfkV39">pic.twitter.com/MStySfkV39</a></p>— Axios (@axios) <a href="https://twitter.com/axios/status/1290497186489348096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The stable genius is at it again....
Without further ado, I give you the intellectual and political leader of movement conservatism. At 2 minutes and 54 seconds, it's difficult to watch, but oh so important to see. Vote.
Peace!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jonathanvswan</a>: ?Oh, you?re doing death as a proportion of cases. I?m talking about death as a proportion of population. That?s where the U.S. is really bad. Much worse than South Korea, Germany, etc.?<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realdonaldtrump</a>: ?You can?t do that.?<br><br>Swan: ?Why can?t I do that?? <a href="https://t.co/MStySfkV39">pic.twitter.com/MStySfkV39</a></p>— Axios (@axios) <a href="https://twitter.com/axios/status/1290497186489348096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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97,000 children reportedly test positive for coronavirus in two weeks as schools gear up for instruction
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-kids-schools-in-person-instruction/
Nearly 100,000 children tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks of July, a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics finds. Just over 97,000 children tested positive for the coronavirus from July 16 to July 30, according to the association.
Out of almost 5 million reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S., CBS News' Michael George reports that the group found that more than 338,000 were children.
Vanderbilt University's Dr. Tina Hartert hopes increased testing of children will help determine what role they play in transmission, as school districts around the country return to some form of school. She is leading a government-funded study that saw DIY testing kits sent to some 2,000 families.
"The kits are shipped to the families, they are taught how to collect these samples, and then the samples are sent back by the families to a central repository," she said.
In New York City, home to the nation's largest school district, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a return to in-person schooling in the fall and pledged officials "have worked incessantly to get this right."
"They've looked at examples from all over the world of what will keep the school community safe, and they've made a series of choices of how to do things from the health and safety lens first, while also making sure we can educate our kids," he said in a Friday press conference.
De Blasio gave parents until Friday night to register students for in-person instruction, remote learning or a hybrid.
More than 25 children died of the coronavirus in July alone. Pressure to get kids back into the classroom has left superintendents in more than 13,000 different school districts across the country to figure out how to keep children safe amid a myriad of public health advisories, and handle learning differences.
Niles, Michigan Superintendent Dan Applegate is hoping Plexiglas could be a solution for children with speech impediments to be able to participate in class.
He demonstrated by speaking behind a transparent slate at a press conference.
"As I'm sitting here and I can articulate," Applegate said. "The student on the other side will be wearing a mask. Then I can put my mask on, and that student can drop their mask and articulate as well."
Indiana's Lawrence Township is cleaning school buses with a hospital-grade disinfectant spray for students still needing rides to school.
"You're going to see a very clean and disinfected bus," Transportation Director Matt Miles said. "We actually have fogging machines."
However, they are not expecting many students to get on the bus ? 35% of children in the area are expected to learn remotely, while other school districts in the U.S. will not open at all.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-kids-schools-in-person-instruction/
Nearly 100,000 children tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks of July, a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics finds. Just over 97,000 children tested positive for the coronavirus from July 16 to July 30, according to the association.
Out of almost 5 million reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S., CBS News' Michael George reports that the group found that more than 338,000 were children.
Vanderbilt University's Dr. Tina Hartert hopes increased testing of children will help determine what role they play in transmission, as school districts around the country return to some form of school. She is leading a government-funded study that saw DIY testing kits sent to some 2,000 families.
"The kits are shipped to the families, they are taught how to collect these samples, and then the samples are sent back by the families to a central repository," she said.
In New York City, home to the nation's largest school district, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a return to in-person schooling in the fall and pledged officials "have worked incessantly to get this right."
"They've looked at examples from all over the world of what will keep the school community safe, and they've made a series of choices of how to do things from the health and safety lens first, while also making sure we can educate our kids," he said in a Friday press conference.
De Blasio gave parents until Friday night to register students for in-person instruction, remote learning or a hybrid.
More than 25 children died of the coronavirus in July alone. Pressure to get kids back into the classroom has left superintendents in more than 13,000 different school districts across the country to figure out how to keep children safe amid a myriad of public health advisories, and handle learning differences.
Niles, Michigan Superintendent Dan Applegate is hoping Plexiglas could be a solution for children with speech impediments to be able to participate in class.
He demonstrated by speaking behind a transparent slate at a press conference.
"As I'm sitting here and I can articulate," Applegate said. "The student on the other side will be wearing a mask. Then I can put my mask on, and that student can drop their mask and articulate as well."
Indiana's Lawrence Township is cleaning school buses with a hospital-grade disinfectant spray for students still needing rides to school.
"You're going to see a very clean and disinfected bus," Transportation Director Matt Miles said. "We actually have fogging machines."
However, they are not expecting many students to get on the bus ? 35% of children in the area are expected to learn remotely, while other school districts in the U.S. will not open at all.
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U.S. Coronavirus Cases Exceed Five Million
Shan Li, Lucy Craymer 2 hrs ago
The U.S. has surpassed five million confirmed cases of the coronavirus as some states saw sharp upticks while others showed signs that the spread of the virus was easing.
The U.S. continues to lead the world in number of confirmed cases, followed by Brazil with slightly more than three million and India with over two million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Globally the tally of coronavirus cases is closing in on 20 million.
The U.S. reported more than 56,000 new coronavirus cases Saturday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
President Trump on Saturday directed the federal government to provide $300 a week in additional payments to the unemployed and called on states to fund an extra $100 in weekly benefits. The measure was one of four the president signed to extend coronavirus aid after negotiators for the White House and Democrats in Congress failed to reach an accord.
On Saturday, the Mid-American Conference canceled its fall sports including football, becoming the first conference in the NCAA?s top tier to do so. Dozens of smaller universities already have canceled fall sports. The bigger conferences, including the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference, have canceled nonconference games and rearranged schedules so their member teams only play each other.
After slowing in June, the rate of Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes has begun to accelerate again, fueled by increases in states including Texas and Florida that saw coronavirus surges in the broader population, according to new federal data. Nursing homes reported 1,046 deaths in the week ended July 26, the most recent available data show. That marked a 14% increase from the previous week.
Teachers in states where in-person instruction is beginning are stocking up on face coverings, hoping to protect themselves and their students from the virus. Many states and school districts have said they would provide personal-protective equipment to those who need it, but some teachers say they haven?t received it yet and aren?t sure what will be distributed or when it will arrive.
Brazil faced a somber milestone on Saturday, with the country?s Covid-19 death toll poised to surpass 100,000 as the disease spreads widely beyond the megacities where it first gained a toehold and tears through smaller towns and rural areas.
China added 23 new coronavirus cases Saturday, down from 31 the previous day. Among Saturday?s new cases,15 local infections were detected in the western Xinjiang province while the rest were imported, said the country?s health ministry on Sunday.
South Korea reported 36 new cases Sunday, bringing the nation?s total to 14,598. More infections tied to church gatherings emerged, since the government lifted regulations banning religious gatherings apart from regular worship services July 24. Most of the locally transmitted infections this month occurred in the Seoul metropolitan area.
Japan?s second-wave outbreak, which began in July, worsened in several parts of the country over the weekend. The southern island of Okinawa, site of several U.S. military bases, recorded a record 159 cases Sunday, making it the worst-hit part of the country as a percentage of population. Nationwide on Saturday, the country recorded 1,532 cases, just short of a daily high, the government said Sunday.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday reiterated that he didn?t want to revive a state of emergency that was lifted in May toward the end of the first wave. He said at a news conference in Nagasaki that he was worried about the impact on employment and the economy.
On Sunday morning, India reported 64,399 new cases of coronavirus in the country in the preceding 24 hours, the highest single-day increase and third day in a row of more than 60,000 new cases a day, taking the total confirmed cases to 2.15 million, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It reported 861 new deaths due to the disease, with total deaths at 43,379. More than 68% of the infected?1.48 million people?have recovered from the disease to date.
At least 10 people, most of them Covid-19 patients, died in the southern Indian city of Vijayawada early Sunday when a fire broke out in a hotel that was turned into a covid facility, city?s commissioner of police said. There were 30 patients and 12 medical and hotel staff at the facility at the time of the fire, the police commissioner said.
Australia on Sunday recorded 17 coronavirus-related deaths, its highest one-day total. However, Australia?s Department of Health said the number of new cases in the country fell to its lowest level since July 29. Australia has reported 21,111 total cases since the pandemic began, with 295 deaths.
New Zealand, meanwhile, is celebrating 100 days since the last case of community transmission of Covid-19. It reported no new cases of Covid-19 Sunday, the fourth day of no new cases in quarantine.
Write to Shan Li at shan.li@wsj.com and Lucy Craymer at Lucy.Craymer@wsj.com
Shan Li, Lucy Craymer 2 hrs ago
The U.S. has surpassed five million confirmed cases of the coronavirus as some states saw sharp upticks while others showed signs that the spread of the virus was easing.
The U.S. continues to lead the world in number of confirmed cases, followed by Brazil with slightly more than three million and India with over two million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Globally the tally of coronavirus cases is closing in on 20 million.
The U.S. reported more than 56,000 new coronavirus cases Saturday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
President Trump on Saturday directed the federal government to provide $300 a week in additional payments to the unemployed and called on states to fund an extra $100 in weekly benefits. The measure was one of four the president signed to extend coronavirus aid after negotiators for the White House and Democrats in Congress failed to reach an accord.
On Saturday, the Mid-American Conference canceled its fall sports including football, becoming the first conference in the NCAA?s top tier to do so. Dozens of smaller universities already have canceled fall sports. The bigger conferences, including the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference, have canceled nonconference games and rearranged schedules so their member teams only play each other.
After slowing in June, the rate of Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes has begun to accelerate again, fueled by increases in states including Texas and Florida that saw coronavirus surges in the broader population, according to new federal data. Nursing homes reported 1,046 deaths in the week ended July 26, the most recent available data show. That marked a 14% increase from the previous week.
Teachers in states where in-person instruction is beginning are stocking up on face coverings, hoping to protect themselves and their students from the virus. Many states and school districts have said they would provide personal-protective equipment to those who need it, but some teachers say they haven?t received it yet and aren?t sure what will be distributed or when it will arrive.
Brazil faced a somber milestone on Saturday, with the country?s Covid-19 death toll poised to surpass 100,000 as the disease spreads widely beyond the megacities where it first gained a toehold and tears through smaller towns and rural areas.
China added 23 new coronavirus cases Saturday, down from 31 the previous day. Among Saturday?s new cases,15 local infections were detected in the western Xinjiang province while the rest were imported, said the country?s health ministry on Sunday.
South Korea reported 36 new cases Sunday, bringing the nation?s total to 14,598. More infections tied to church gatherings emerged, since the government lifted regulations banning religious gatherings apart from regular worship services July 24. Most of the locally transmitted infections this month occurred in the Seoul metropolitan area.
Japan?s second-wave outbreak, which began in July, worsened in several parts of the country over the weekend. The southern island of Okinawa, site of several U.S. military bases, recorded a record 159 cases Sunday, making it the worst-hit part of the country as a percentage of population. Nationwide on Saturday, the country recorded 1,532 cases, just short of a daily high, the government said Sunday.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday reiterated that he didn?t want to revive a state of emergency that was lifted in May toward the end of the first wave. He said at a news conference in Nagasaki that he was worried about the impact on employment and the economy.
On Sunday morning, India reported 64,399 new cases of coronavirus in the country in the preceding 24 hours, the highest single-day increase and third day in a row of more than 60,000 new cases a day, taking the total confirmed cases to 2.15 million, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It reported 861 new deaths due to the disease, with total deaths at 43,379. More than 68% of the infected?1.48 million people?have recovered from the disease to date.
At least 10 people, most of them Covid-19 patients, died in the southern Indian city of Vijayawada early Sunday when a fire broke out in a hotel that was turned into a covid facility, city?s commissioner of police said. There were 30 patients and 12 medical and hotel staff at the facility at the time of the fire, the police commissioner said.
Australia on Sunday recorded 17 coronavirus-related deaths, its highest one-day total. However, Australia?s Department of Health said the number of new cases in the country fell to its lowest level since July 29. Australia has reported 21,111 total cases since the pandemic began, with 295 deaths.
New Zealand, meanwhile, is celebrating 100 days since the last case of community transmission of Covid-19. It reported no new cases of Covid-19 Sunday, the fourth day of no new cases in quarantine.
Write to Shan Li at shan.li@wsj.com and Lucy Craymer at Lucy.Craymer@wsj.com
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Coronavirus updates: Over 1,000 students under quarantine in Georgia school district
The district reopened its schools to 30,000 students on Aug. 3.
ByMorgan Winsor andEmily Shapiro
August 12, 2020, 8:23 AM
11 min read
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coron...licksource_4380645_2_heads_hero_live_hero_hed
The district reopened its schools to 30,000 students on Aug. 3.
ByMorgan Winsor andEmily Shapiro
August 12, 2020, 8:23 AM
11 min read
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coron...licksource_4380645_2_heads_hero_live_hero_hed
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U.S. reports highest number of covid-19 deaths in one day since mid-May
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...afe146-dcae-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html
As the United States reported its highest number of deaths from the novel coronavirus in a single day since mid-May, President Trump on Wednesday continued to press for the nation?s schools to bring children into classrooms, for businesses to open and for athletes to fill stadiums.
?We?ve got to open up our schools and open up our businesses,? Trump said at an evening news conference at the White House, adding that he wanted to see a college football season this fall. ?Let them play,? he said.
The president also made his latest concerted push to get students back into U.S. schools, saying that ?99.9 percent? of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic involve adults. He threatened to divert federal money from schools that don?t open, and warned of the intellectual damage that could result if children remain at home indefinitely.
?When you sit at home in a basement looking at a computer, your brain starts to wither away,? Trump said, adding that ?all schools should be making plans to resume in-person classes as soon as possible.?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...afe146-dcae-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html
As the United States reported its highest number of deaths from the novel coronavirus in a single day since mid-May, President Trump on Wednesday continued to press for the nation?s schools to bring children into classrooms, for businesses to open and for athletes to fill stadiums.
?We?ve got to open up our schools and open up our businesses,? Trump said at an evening news conference at the White House, adding that he wanted to see a college football season this fall. ?Let them play,? he said.
The president also made his latest concerted push to get students back into U.S. schools, saying that ?99.9 percent? of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic involve adults. He threatened to divert federal money from schools that don?t open, and warned of the intellectual damage that could result if children remain at home indefinitely.
?When you sit at home in a basement looking at a computer, your brain starts to wither away,? Trump said, adding that ?all schools should be making plans to resume in-person classes as soon as possible.?
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Trump holds up coronavirus aid to block Democrats' bid for election funding
Patricia Zengerle, David Morgan
5 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday said his team was rejecting Democrats? bid to include funds for the U.S. Postal Service and to shore up election infrastructure in a new coronavirus relief bill, as he vowed to block money to facilitate mail-in voting.
Congressional Democrats accused Trump of trying to damage the struggling Postal Service in an effort to improve his chances of being re-elected in November.
The Republican president has been railing against mail-in ballots for months as a possible source of fraud, although there is little evidence it takes place and millions of Americans - including much of the military - have used the post office to cast absentee ballots for years.
Trump said his negotiators have resisted Democrats? calls for additional money to help prepare for presidential, congressional and local voting during a pandemic that has killed more than 165,000 Americans and presented severe logistical challenges to organizing large events like the Nov. 3 election.
?The items are the post office and the $3.5 billion for mail-in voting,? Trump told Fox Business Network, saying Democrats want to give the post office $25 billion. ?If we don?t make the deal, that means they can?t have the money, that means they can?t have universal mail-in voting.?
The amount of money in question is less than 1% of either party?s current proposed response. Senate Republicans have unveiled a $1 trillion response while the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a $3 trillion bill in May.
Democrats have cried foul, accusing Trump and his party of trying to make it harder for Americans to vote, as opinion polls show him trailing his Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
?This is an assault on our democracy and economy by a desperate man who?s terrified that the American people will force him to confront what he?s done everything in his power to escape for months: responsibility for his own actions,? said Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates.
Roughly one in four U.S. voters cast their ballots by mail in 2016, and Trump himself has voted by mail. But Trump and his fellow Republicans have criticized state efforts to make voting by mail more widely available, saying without evidence it could lead to widespread fraud. Election exerts say mail voting is as secure as any other method.
The White House negotiating team of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has not met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in six days.
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Pelosi said any coronavirus relief bill should include billions of dollars to protect not just Americans? right to vote but also essential services, like mailing prescription medicines, during the pandemic.
?You would think they?d have a little sensitivity, but so obsessed are they to undermine absentee voting that this is their connection there,? Pelosi told reporters. ?So the president says he?s not putting up any money for absentee voting and he?s not putting up any money for the Postal Service, undermining the health of our democracy.?
Democratic U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries wrote on Twitter: ?It?s now clear. The effort to destroy the Post Office is part of a continuing conspiracy to steal the election.?
A Reuters/Ipsos poll this week showed that Americans blame both parties for the standoff, which has led to the expiration of a $600-per-week lifeline to unemployed people.
New Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who has donated $2.7 million to Trump and his fellow Republicans since 2017, has ordered operational changes and a clampdown on overtime in a bid to fix the financially troubled Postal Service, which reported a net loss of $2.2 billion in the last quarter.
Cost-cutting measures put in place by DeJoy have led to mail delays across the country, raising concerns that they could complicate mail-based voting. State election officials have scrambled to expand mail-voting capacity as experts say the pandemic could prompt up to half of all U.S. voters to cast their ballots by mail.
The Postal Service in recent months has encouraged election officials to send their ballots using regular first-class mail, rather than the cheaper and slower bulk mail rate that many states use, to ensure ballots are delivered in a timely manner.
In the past, the Postal Service has generally treated all election and political mail as if it were first-class, the service?s internal watchdog said in a 2019 report. That has caused some Democrats to accuse DeJoy of trying to undermine mail-in voting. DeJoy said last Friday that the Postal Service?s approach to election mail has not changed.
Reporting by Patricia Zengerle and DAvid Morgan, additional reporting by Andy Sullivan, Jason Lange, Lisa Lambert, Susan Heavey and David Shepardson; writing by Patricia Zengerle; editing by Scott Malone, Steve Orlofsky and Jonathan Oatis
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday said his team was rejecting Democrats? bid to include funds for the U.S. Postal Service and to shore up election infrastructure in a new coronavirus relief bill, as he vowed to block money to facilitate mail-in voting.
Congressional Democrats accused Trump of trying to damage the struggling Postal Service in an effort to improve his chances of being re-elected in November.
The Republican president has been railing against mail-in ballots for months as a possible source of fraud, although there is little evidence it takes place and millions of Americans - including much of the military - have used the post office to cast absentee ballots for years.
Trump said his negotiators have resisted Democrats? calls for additional money to help prepare for presidential, congressional and local voting during a pandemic that has killed more than 165,000 Americans and presented severe logistical challenges to organizing large events like the Nov. 3 election.
?The items are the post office and the $3.5 billion for mail-in voting,? Trump told Fox Business Network, saying Democrats want to give the post office $25 billion. ?If we don?t make the deal, that means they can?t have the money, that means they can?t have universal mail-in voting.?
The amount of money in question is less than 1% of either party?s current proposed response. Senate Republicans have unveiled a $1 trillion response while the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a $3 trillion bill in May.
Democrats have cried foul, accusing Trump and his party of trying to make it harder for Americans to vote, as opinion polls show him trailing his Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
?This is an assault on our democracy and economy by a desperate man who?s terrified that the American people will force him to confront what he?s done everything in his power to escape for months: responsibility for his own actions,? said Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates.
Roughly one in four U.S. voters cast their ballots by mail in 2016, and Trump himself has voted by mail. But Trump and his fellow Republicans have criticized state efforts to make voting by mail more widely available, saying without evidence it could lead to widespread fraud. Election exerts say mail voting is as secure as any other method.
The White House negotiating team of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has not met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in six days.
?CONTINUING CONSPIRACY?
Pelosi said any coronavirus relief bill should include billions of dollars to protect not just Americans? right to vote but also essential services, like mailing prescription medicines, during the pandemic.
?You would think they?d have a little sensitivity, but so obsessed are they to undermine absentee voting that this is their connection there,? Pelosi told reporters. ?So the president says he?s not putting up any money for absentee voting and he?s not putting up any money for the Postal Service, undermining the health of our democracy.?
Democratic U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries wrote on Twitter: ?It?s now clear. The effort to destroy the Post Office is part of a continuing conspiracy to steal the election.?
A Reuters/Ipsos poll this week showed that Americans blame both parties for the standoff, which has led to the expiration of a $600-per-week lifeline to unemployed people.
New Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who has donated $2.7 million to Trump and his fellow Republicans since 2017, has ordered operational changes and a clampdown on overtime in a bid to fix the financially troubled Postal Service, which reported a net loss of $2.2 billion in the last quarter.
Cost-cutting measures put in place by DeJoy have led to mail delays across the country, raising concerns that they could complicate mail-based voting. State election officials have scrambled to expand mail-voting capacity as experts say the pandemic could prompt up to half of all U.S. voters to cast their ballots by mail.
The Postal Service in recent months has encouraged election officials to send their ballots using regular first-class mail, rather than the cheaper and slower bulk mail rate that many states use, to ensure ballots are delivered in a timely manner.
In the past, the Postal Service has generally treated all election and political mail as if it were first-class, the service?s internal watchdog said in a 2019 report. That has caused some Democrats to accuse DeJoy of trying to undermine mail-in voting. DeJoy said last Friday that the Postal Service?s approach to election mail has not changed.
Reporting by Patricia Zengerle and DAvid Morgan, additional reporting by Andy Sullivan, Jason Lange, Lisa Lambert, Susan Heavey and David Shepardson; writing by Patricia Zengerle; editing by Scott Malone, Steve Orlofsky and Jonathan Oatis
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Thousands of students, staff sent home nationwide as COVID gnarls school reopenings
Only 16 states meet the WHO's criteria for safely reopening a community.
ByAnne Flaherty
August 14, 2020, 5:07 AM
17 min read
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tho...ionwide-covid-gnarls-school/story?id=72352489
The U.S. attempt to return children to the classroom this fall has turned into a slow-motion train wreck, with at least 2,400 students and staff either infected with COVID-19 or self-isolating because of exposure, and the vast majority of large school districts opting to go online this summer amid rising cases of the virus.
Trump and DeVos have demanded that schools stay open full-time and threatened to pull federal funding if the institutions fail to do so. At a White House event this week, DeVos made no mention of the crisis in Georgia and elsewhere and said families shouldn't be held ">
DeVos has "consistently said the decision to reopen should be made at the local level, and some schools may need to temporarily remain virtual based on local public health situation," Angela Morabito, a spokesperson for the Education Department, told ABC News late Thursday in an emailed response to questions about the recent school closures.
"She's also, for the last 30 years maintained that parents and families need options when it comes to the child's education and that has never been more evident than now," Morabito wrote. "Parents need to have access to safe, in-person options as well as distant or remote learning options if that is what is best for their family. The key word here is safe."
Only 16 states meet the WHO's criteria for safely reopening a community.
ByAnne Flaherty
August 14, 2020, 5:07 AM
17 min read
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tho...ionwide-covid-gnarls-school/story?id=72352489
The U.S. attempt to return children to the classroom this fall has turned into a slow-motion train wreck, with at least 2,400 students and staff either infected with COVID-19 or self-isolating because of exposure, and the vast majority of large school districts opting to go online this summer amid rising cases of the virus.
Trump and DeVos have demanded that schools stay open full-time and threatened to pull federal funding if the institutions fail to do so. At a White House event this week, DeVos made no mention of the crisis in Georgia and elsewhere and said families shouldn't be held ">
DeVos has "consistently said the decision to reopen should be made at the local level, and some schools may need to temporarily remain virtual based on local public health situation," Angela Morabito, a spokesperson for the Education Department, told ABC News late Thursday in an emailed response to questions about the recent school closures.
"She's also, for the last 30 years maintained that parents and families need options when it comes to the child's education and that has never been more evident than now," Morabito wrote. "Parents need to have access to safe, in-person options as well as distant or remote learning options if that is what is best for their family. The key word here is safe."
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Coronavirus updates: CDC forecast predicts death toll could reach 200,000 by Labor Day
The United States has at least 167,242 COVID-19 deaths.
ByWilliam Mansell
August 14, 2020, 5:37 AM
4 min read
The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 753,000 people worldwide.
Over 20.9 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some national governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their outbreaks.
The United States is the worst-affected country in the world, with more than 5.2 million diagnosed cases and at least 167,242 deaths.
Here's how the news is developing today. All times Eastern. Please refresh this page for updates.
05:33 a.m.: CDC: Up to 200,000 deaths by Labor Day
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted in its latest forecast that the U.S. coronavirus death toll could reach 200,000 by Labor Day as children across the country head back to school.
Its national ensemble forecast predicts that 4,200 to 10,600 new COVID-19 deaths will be reported for the week ending on Sept. 5 and that 180,000 to 200,000 total COVID-19 deaths will be reported by that date.
Last month, the CDC predicted there would be between 160,000 and 175,000 deaths by August 15th. As of August 13, with more than 1,000 deaths a day every day for more than two weeks, there have been 167,097 deaths.
The U.S. surpassed 100,000 COVID-19 deaths on May 27.
New cases continue to decrease across the country week-over-week, but the rate of new deaths have increased over the same period, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency memo obtained by ABC News.
There were 7,517 deaths recorded from Aug. 5 to 12, which marked a 2.3% increase in new deaths compared with the previous week. The national test-positivity rate remains at 6.5%.
ABC News analyzed state coronavirus trends across all 50 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and found there were increases in cases in two states (Hawaii and Illinois) and Puerto Rico, increases in the daily rate of positivity in 15 states plus D.C., increases in hospitalizations in 19 states, and increases in daily deaths in 23 states, D.C, and Puerto Rico.
ABC News' Brian Hartman, Josh Margolin and Arielle Mitropoulos contributed to this report.
The United States has at least 167,242 COVID-19 deaths.
ByWilliam Mansell
August 14, 2020, 5:37 AM
4 min read
The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 753,000 people worldwide.
Over 20.9 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some national governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their outbreaks.
The United States is the worst-affected country in the world, with more than 5.2 million diagnosed cases and at least 167,242 deaths.
Here's how the news is developing today. All times Eastern. Please refresh this page for updates.
05:33 a.m.: CDC: Up to 200,000 deaths by Labor Day
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted in its latest forecast that the U.S. coronavirus death toll could reach 200,000 by Labor Day as children across the country head back to school.
Its national ensemble forecast predicts that 4,200 to 10,600 new COVID-19 deaths will be reported for the week ending on Sept. 5 and that 180,000 to 200,000 total COVID-19 deaths will be reported by that date.
Last month, the CDC predicted there would be between 160,000 and 175,000 deaths by August 15th. As of August 13, with more than 1,000 deaths a day every day for more than two weeks, there have been 167,097 deaths.
The U.S. surpassed 100,000 COVID-19 deaths on May 27.
New cases continue to decrease across the country week-over-week, but the rate of new deaths have increased over the same period, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency memo obtained by ABC News.
There were 7,517 deaths recorded from Aug. 5 to 12, which marked a 2.3% increase in new deaths compared with the previous week. The national test-positivity rate remains at 6.5%.
ABC News analyzed state coronavirus trends across all 50 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and found there were increases in cases in two states (Hawaii and Illinois) and Puerto Rico, increases in the daily rate of positivity in 15 states plus D.C., increases in hospitalizations in 19 states, and increases in daily deaths in 23 states, D.C, and Puerto Rico.
ABC News' Brian Hartman, Josh Margolin and Arielle Mitropoulos contributed to this report.
The "right to lifers" only care about the unborn. Once you are here, you can go fuck yourself.
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Late to shut down, first to reopen, Georgia reports its highest daily death toll
Grace Hauck
USA TODAY
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...demic-school-highest-daily-deaths/3347071001/
Dr. Harry Heiman, a professor at Georgia State University's School of Public Health, said that with high numbers of hospitalizations and full ICUs in regions across the state, the death rate is likely to continue rising.
"Georgia is very much the poster child for what happens when leadership take a hands-off approach to managing a pandemic," Heiman said. "There are clear policies and practices that we know work to control this pandemic. Candidly, we?re not doing any of those things in our state."
Grace Hauck
USA TODAY
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...demic-school-highest-daily-deaths/3347071001/
Dr. Harry Heiman, a professor at Georgia State University's School of Public Health, said that with high numbers of hospitalizations and full ICUs in regions across the state, the death rate is likely to continue rising.
"Georgia is very much the poster child for what happens when leadership take a hands-off approach to managing a pandemic," Heiman said. "There are clear policies and practices that we know work to control this pandemic. Candidly, we?re not doing any of those things in our state."
Such a random fricking comment. But since he is here and you said it, old school and his crap he brings can go fuck himself. Gary said it.
You can't figure out the link between this conversation and my comment? Let me spell it out for you.....
I've heard these people rail on and on my whole life about the "right to life". However, when I hear people trying to downplay the COVID-19 death toll and who's at risk of dying, the excuse is that the elderly and those with compromised immune systems are the ones making up the vast majority of those numbers, so it isn't that serious. It's like they are expendable. The argument for opening back up is that the only people who will continue to die are X, Y, and Z.
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By MIREYA VILLARREAL CBS NEWS August 18, 2020, 7:42 AM
School reopenings off to a rocky start as students and faculty test positive across the country
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-reopening-covid-positive-tests-faculty-students/
Monday was the first day of school in some parts of the country but an outbreak at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is forcing the school to go entirely remote learning.
It was a busy, hectic weekend for colleges across the country bringing students back on campus. And yet, if this were a test of whether students could adhere to mask and social distancing requirements, it's clear many would fail.
"I mean, there's still parties going on. There's still people not wearing masks," one UNC student told CBS News.
Videos showing UNC students partying without masks and ignoring social distancing led to a blunt editorial in the student newspaper. "We all saw this coming," it said. "We're angry ? and we're scared."
Late on Monday, the university moved all of its undergraduate classes online after 130 students tested positive for the coronavirus in the last week.
And a warning about younger kids who are returning to school: "We've certainly seen that there could be some more severe damage done to the heart and in some of these rare cases," said Dr. Nicholas Rister, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Nationwide, more than 560 school districts are starting the year off in person. New safety protocols inside a high school in Wylie, Texas, include tables inside the cafeteria with markings to remind students to keep their distance.
"I worry that we will see an increase [in cases], especially in those populations cause they're just not going to effectively social distance in many cases," Rister said. "Teenagers and young adults can be tricky because you do feel a bit of invulnerability, the social pressure to fit in and do things."
An Arizona school district that was supposed to open Monday had to cancel classes after nearly 100 teachers called in sick, citing health concerns. Parents also have lingering concerns.
"I don't want my daughter to lose the drive for school," said Amber Bachmeier. "I don't want her to not want to learn anymore, and that is what is happening."
The University of Notre Dame is also reporting a spike in coronavirus cases, with 58 confirmed since the start of school earlier this month. In Fort Worth, the semester just started on the Texas Christian University campus Monday. Face masks are required for everyone, and so far, the school is only reporting 14 confirmed cases involving a student or staff member.
Schools in Georgia were among the first to reopen this summer, and already, at least three districts there are seeing large outbreaks. Some parents blame the crisis on vague policies over the use of wearing protective face masks in school ? which has led some districts to take matters into their own hands.
Jefferson City High School is typical for Georgia: masks are only recommended. Seniors Hope Terhune and Rylee Meadows said maybe half the students wear one.
"Every single day I think there's less and less kids wearing masks," Meadows tells CBS News.
The two students started a petition to mandate masks. Roughly 2,000 people signed it already.
"I just don't understand why everyone wouldn't want to wear one to keep other people safe," said Terhune.
In Georgia's Cherokee County, seniors at Etowah High School were seen flashing perfect smiles. Not one mask in the picture. At North Paulding High, where photos of kids without masks jammed into a hallway went viral, 35 people have tested positive.
But many parents oppose masks, one repeating false information at Paulding County's school board meeting.
Georgia has become a COVID-19 hotspot, averaging more than 3,400 new cases a day. Only 43 of the state's 181 school districts mandate masks for teachers and students.
State Representative Beth Moore launched REPORTMYSCHOOL, a whistleblower email account where students and faculty can send information on unsafe conditions. Moore says the account has received more than 800 emails in 10 days, mostly from faculty.
"And they're being told if they don't like it, they should just quit there job," Moore said.
Meadows and Terhune worry crowded hallways will spread the virus.
"I feel it's inevitable that it's gonna happen to our school," Meadows said.
It did in Cherokee County. Through the first two weeks of school, more than 1,700 students and staff were quarantined. At least 120 people tested positive.
Mark Strassmann contributed reporting.
School reopenings off to a rocky start as students and faculty test positive across the country
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-reopening-covid-positive-tests-faculty-students/
Monday was the first day of school in some parts of the country but an outbreak at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is forcing the school to go entirely remote learning.
It was a busy, hectic weekend for colleges across the country bringing students back on campus. And yet, if this were a test of whether students could adhere to mask and social distancing requirements, it's clear many would fail.
"I mean, there's still parties going on. There's still people not wearing masks," one UNC student told CBS News.
Videos showing UNC students partying without masks and ignoring social distancing led to a blunt editorial in the student newspaper. "We all saw this coming," it said. "We're angry ? and we're scared."
Late on Monday, the university moved all of its undergraduate classes online after 130 students tested positive for the coronavirus in the last week.
And a warning about younger kids who are returning to school: "We've certainly seen that there could be some more severe damage done to the heart and in some of these rare cases," said Dr. Nicholas Rister, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Nationwide, more than 560 school districts are starting the year off in person. New safety protocols inside a high school in Wylie, Texas, include tables inside the cafeteria with markings to remind students to keep their distance.
"I worry that we will see an increase [in cases], especially in those populations cause they're just not going to effectively social distance in many cases," Rister said. "Teenagers and young adults can be tricky because you do feel a bit of invulnerability, the social pressure to fit in and do things."
An Arizona school district that was supposed to open Monday had to cancel classes after nearly 100 teachers called in sick, citing health concerns. Parents also have lingering concerns.
"I don't want my daughter to lose the drive for school," said Amber Bachmeier. "I don't want her to not want to learn anymore, and that is what is happening."
The University of Notre Dame is also reporting a spike in coronavirus cases, with 58 confirmed since the start of school earlier this month. In Fort Worth, the semester just started on the Texas Christian University campus Monday. Face masks are required for everyone, and so far, the school is only reporting 14 confirmed cases involving a student or staff member.
Schools in Georgia were among the first to reopen this summer, and already, at least three districts there are seeing large outbreaks. Some parents blame the crisis on vague policies over the use of wearing protective face masks in school ? which has led some districts to take matters into their own hands.
Jefferson City High School is typical for Georgia: masks are only recommended. Seniors Hope Terhune and Rylee Meadows said maybe half the students wear one.
"Every single day I think there's less and less kids wearing masks," Meadows tells CBS News.
The two students started a petition to mandate masks. Roughly 2,000 people signed it already.
"I just don't understand why everyone wouldn't want to wear one to keep other people safe," said Terhune.
In Georgia's Cherokee County, seniors at Etowah High School were seen flashing perfect smiles. Not one mask in the picture. At North Paulding High, where photos of kids without masks jammed into a hallway went viral, 35 people have tested positive.
But many parents oppose masks, one repeating false information at Paulding County's school board meeting.
Georgia has become a COVID-19 hotspot, averaging more than 3,400 new cases a day. Only 43 of the state's 181 school districts mandate masks for teachers and students.
State Representative Beth Moore launched REPORTMYSCHOOL, a whistleblower email account where students and faculty can send information on unsafe conditions. Moore says the account has received more than 800 emails in 10 days, mostly from faculty.
"And they're being told if they don't like it, they should just quit there job," Moore said.
Meadows and Terhune worry crowded hallways will spread the virus.
"I feel it's inevitable that it's gonna happen to our school," Meadows said.
It did in Cherokee County. Through the first two weeks of school, more than 1,700 students and staff were quarantined. At least 120 people tested positive.
Mark Strassmann contributed reporting.
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Notre Dame moves all classes online amid coronavirus spike on campus
BY KAELAN DEESE - 08/18/20 05:50 PM EDT
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/5...asses-online-amid-coronavirus-spike-on-campus
Notre Dame will shift all classes online for at least two weeks following a rise in COVID-19 cases across the campus community.
University President Rev. John Jenkins announced on Tuesday that since classes resumed on Aug. 10, 147 people have tested positive for the coronavirus from an examination administered to 927 people on Aug. 3, according to a press release.
"With the advice and encouragement of Dr. Mark Fox of the St. Joseph County Health Department, we believe we can take steps short of sending students home for remote instruction, at least for the time being, while still protecting the health and safety of the campus community," Jenkins said during a virtual meeting with students.
The reverend said most cases were found in students and derived from off-campus gatherings where social distancing and mask-wearing were not observed.
He added that disciplinary action would be taken against those who repeatedly and outright ignore campus pandemic health and safety measures.
"Serious or persistent failure to comply with health protocols will be handled as a disciplinary matter for students," Jenkins said, adding that "depending on the nature of the incident, violations of our standards could jeopardize your presence in our campus community."
He asked students to report any behavior that is "flagrantly violating" safety protocols.
"If these steps are not successful, we will have to send students home as we did last spring," Jenkins added.
Notre Dame will also impose new measures, restricting student gatherings on- or off-campus to 10 people or fewer, and advising on-campus students to avoid leaving campus.
Off-campus students are also advised to avoid campus at this time. Graduate students, faculty and staff may still access laboratories, libraries and core facilities.
The move follows the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announcing Monday the suspension of in-person undergraduate classes due to COVID-19 concerns.
BY KAELAN DEESE - 08/18/20 05:50 PM EDT
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/5...asses-online-amid-coronavirus-spike-on-campus
Notre Dame will shift all classes online for at least two weeks following a rise in COVID-19 cases across the campus community.
University President Rev. John Jenkins announced on Tuesday that since classes resumed on Aug. 10, 147 people have tested positive for the coronavirus from an examination administered to 927 people on Aug. 3, according to a press release.
"With the advice and encouragement of Dr. Mark Fox of the St. Joseph County Health Department, we believe we can take steps short of sending students home for remote instruction, at least for the time being, while still protecting the health and safety of the campus community," Jenkins said during a virtual meeting with students.
The reverend said most cases were found in students and derived from off-campus gatherings where social distancing and mask-wearing were not observed.
He added that disciplinary action would be taken against those who repeatedly and outright ignore campus pandemic health and safety measures.
"Serious or persistent failure to comply with health protocols will be handled as a disciplinary matter for students," Jenkins said, adding that "depending on the nature of the incident, violations of our standards could jeopardize your presence in our campus community."
He asked students to report any behavior that is "flagrantly violating" safety protocols.
"If these steps are not successful, we will have to send students home as we did last spring," Jenkins added.
Notre Dame will also impose new measures, restricting student gatherings on- or off-campus to 10 people or fewer, and advising on-campus students to avoid leaving campus.
Off-campus students are also advised to avoid campus at this time. Graduate students, faculty and staff may still access laboratories, libraries and core facilities.
The move follows the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announcing Monday the suspension of in-person undergraduate classes due to COVID-19 concerns.
