States split on when to revive economy as deaths pass 50,000, with fears that patchwork restrictions could lead to resurgence of infection
The US states of Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska have begun loosening lockdown orders on their pandemic-wounded businesses, even as the confirmed US death toll from the coronavirus has soared past 50,000 and despite warnings from health experts that such steps may be coming too early.
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