CORONAVIRUS LATEST: — U.S. records over 58,000 new cases, bringing total past 3 million. — ICU ward at the heart of Italy's outbreak is now coronavirus-free. — CDC chief says reopening schools is 'critical public health initiative.'
due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding the scope of their nations' outbreaks.in December, the United States has become the worst-affected country, with more than 3 million diagnosed cases and at least 132,309 deaths.CDC chief says reopening schools is 'a critical public health initiative'Here is how the news is developing today. All times Eastern.
Speaking to ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos on"Good Morning America" on Thursday, Dr. Robert Redfield said the CDC's guidance for protecting against the novel coronavirus remains the same but that the agency will be providing"additional reference documents" to aid communities wanting to reopen their K-12 schools this fall.
"It's not a revision of the guidelines; it's just to provide additional information to help the schools be able to use the guidance we put forward," Redfield said on"GMA." When pressed on which of those guidelines were too tough or impractical and would be relaxed next week, Redfield said the CDC would continue working with communities to decide which preventative strategies work best for them.
The university previously revealed Wednesday that a total of 125 student-athletes have been tested for COVID-19 as part of proactive screening prior to the start of voluntary summer workouts on campus. At least eight of those test results were positive, according toThe Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State or OSU, located in Columbus, Ohio.It's unknown how many others have tested positive since then.
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