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Talking of fall reopenings, vice president Mike Pence is due in Baton Rouge, Louisiana today, and one of the items on his agenda is a visit to Louisiana State University’s Tiger Stadium to discuss colleges reopening, and how to get college sport up and running again.
His visit comes as the state becomes one of the nation’s coronavirus hotspots. It has seen an 18% increase in reported new daily cases over the last week, and has had nearly 80,000 confirmed cases since its first positive coronavirus test in March. Public health experts, though, say the actual infection rate is likely much higher.
12.03pm BST
There’s some new figures from Ipsos/Mori this morning having surveyed the American public about their attitude to coronavirus.
One the headline numbers is that a large majority of parents – 71% – say sending their child to school in the fall is a large or moderate risk. The Trump administration has been pushing hard for school to reopen, but it doesn’t seem like they are carrying the public with them on the issue. Only 8% reported thinking there was ‘no risk’.
Continue reading…California dramatically rolls back reopening processHow racial bias dogs US coronavirus response at every levelAlabama, Maine and Texas to vote in primaries todaySign up to our First Thing newsletter 12.12pm BSTTalking of fall reopenings, vice president Mike Pence is due in Baton Rouge, Louisiana today, and one of the items on his agenda is a visit to Louisiana State University’s Tiger Stadium to discuss colleges reopening, and how to get college sport up and running again.His visit comes as the state becomes one of the nation’s coronavirus hotspots. It has seen an 18% increase in reported new daily cases over the last week, and has had nearly 80,000 confirmed cases since its first positive coronavirus test in March. Public health experts, though, say the actual infection rate is likely much higher. 12.03pm BSTThere’s some new figures from Ipsos/Mori this morning having surveyed the American public about their attitude to coronavirus. One the headline numbers is that a large majority of parents – 71% – say sending their child to school in the fall is a large or moderate risk. The Trump administration has been pushing hard for school to reopen, but it doesn’t seem like they are carrying the public with them on the issue. Only 8% reported thinking there was ‘no risk’. Continue reading…