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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/21/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/
As Europe experiences a resurgence of coronavirus cases that appears to be driven primarily by young people, health authorities worry that crowded house parties could become super-spreader events for thousands of returning college students. On Thursday, Purdue University suspended 36 people who attended an off-campus party, officials at Syracuse University warned that a massive gathering “may have done damage enough to shut down campus,” and North Carolina State University switched to online learning amid an eruption of infections.
Here are some significant developments:
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is testifying before a Senate committee on Friday morning. He insisted that the post office will be able to handle millions of absentee ballots for November’s election, despite a funding crisis, ongoing delivery delays and President Trump’s open hostility toward voting by mail.
There is little evidence to suggest secondhand cigarette smoke could be carrying the coronavirus, but researchers and physicians say that merely being able to smell it is a warning sign you’re breathing air that was just in someone else’s lungs.
The Trump administration blocked the Food and Drug Administration from regulating a broad swath of laboratory tests, including those used to detect the coronavirus.
At least seven cases of the novel coronavirus linked to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have been found in Nebraska, health officials said Thursday, according to the Scottsbluff Star-Herald.
Health officials in Collin County, Tex., announced that they have “no confidence” in the state’s coronavirus-tracking data after coding issues led to a backlog that made it look like cases were surging.
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I knew that the Sturgis rally would be a super spreader event, just like the college parties that are effectively closing down the schools.
At least 41 schools in Berlin have reported coronavirus cases among students or staff, less than two weeks after classes there fully resumed Aug. 10, officials confirmed to the Berliner Zeitung newspaper on Thursday.
As Europe experiences a resurgence of coronavirus cases that appears to be driven primarily by young people, health authorities worry that crowded house parties could become super-spreader events for thousands of returning college students. On Thursday, Purdue University suspended 36 people who attended an off-campus party, officials at Syracuse University warned that a massive gathering “may have done damage enough to shut down campus,” and North Carolina State University switched to online learning amid an eruption of infections.
Here are some significant developments:
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is testifying before a Senate committee on Friday morning. He insisted that the post office will be able to handle millions of absentee ballots for November’s election, despite a funding crisis, ongoing delivery delays and President Trump’s open hostility toward voting by mail.
There is little evidence to suggest secondhand cigarette smoke could be carrying the coronavirus, but researchers and physicians say that merely being able to smell it is a warning sign you’re breathing air that was just in someone else’s lungs.
The Trump administration blocked the Food and Drug Administration from regulating a broad swath of laboratory tests, including those used to detect the coronavirus.
At least seven cases of the novel coronavirus linked to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have been found in Nebraska, health officials said Thursday, according to the Scottsbluff Star-Herald.
Health officials in Collin County, Tex., announced that they have “no confidence” in the state’s coronavirus-tracking data after coding issues led to a backlog that made it look like cases were surging.
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I knew that the Sturgis rally would be a super spreader event, just like the college parties that are effectively closing down the schools.
At least 41 schools in Berlin have reported coronavirus cases among students or staff, less than two weeks after classes there fully resumed Aug. 10, officials confirmed to the Berliner Zeitung newspaper on Thursday.