Golf courses in Virginia remained open under Governor Ralph Northam's stay-at-home orders.
WASHINGTON -- In what is perhaps the latest sign that the White House is eager to project a sense of normalcy during the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump returned to the golf course Saturday.
As much of the nation reamined indoors under stay-at-home orders, Trump stayed in the White House for most of April. Trump left the White House at the end of the month to travel to the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, and has traveled to several states to tour coronavirus response efforts. He last visited his Virginia golf course in October of 2019, though he also visited his course in Florida in March.
Trump's trip came a day after Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus coordinator, said that the Washington, D.C., metro area has the highest positive COVID rate of any city in the country. Birx suggested that Americans could"potentially" play golf if they are"very careful and you don't touch the flags, and all of those issues.
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