After more than a week of widespread protests in Georgia, the state's public health department announced plans to set up test sites for demonstrators to screen for cases of the COVID-19.
Mayor de Blasio told reporters on Wednesday that businesses should have enough time to prepare their facilities during daytime hours, leading up to 5 a.m. Monday.
In a letter posted on the University of Southern California's website Tuesday, USC president Carol L. Folt said administrators are"planning for an in-person fall semester for students beginning on August 17, 2020, a week earlier than originally scheduled." Folt added that the plans"remain contingent on several factors, including the continued spread of COVID-19, and the health orders from state and local authorities."The Iowa Health Department announced three additional coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 564 fatalities. The department did not record any additional cases, though, so the statewide count stands at 20,015.
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