Governors nationwide facing growing legal challenges over coronavirus lockdown orders Various legal challenges to governors' coronavirus shutdown orders are piling up nationwide, putting state leaders on the defensive as citizens and businesses are itching to get back to work and a semblance of normalcy.
Amid the court challenges, President Trump told governors on a conference call Monday that feds "will step in" if necessary with state reopening plans, as he largely expressed satisfaction with how the governors are moving to lift coronavirus restrictions in their individual states, according to a report.
Meanwhile, Trump on Tuesday announced a $19 billion coronavirus food assistance program to support farmers and ranchers and “maintain the health of the food supply chain” in the United States amid the coronavirus crisis.
The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday announced it has signed a $354 million four-year contract with the Virginia-based Phlow Corporation to expand pharmaceutical manufacturing in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Georgia Department of Public Health has apologized for its most recent coronavirus data gaffe, explaining a “processing error” over the weekend had incorrectly shown a downward trend in the number of daily new infections.
The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday to review spending under the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, after a report was released detailing money meant to help businesses as well as state and local governments hurting financially as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell are testifying.
Patients who test positive for COVID-19 after having previously recovered are not capable of transmitting the infection, new data from the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appear to suggest.
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And there were several other developments: A person who recovered from SARS 17 years ago has an antibody that inhibits COVID-19, a new study has revealed. A group of researchers in England found a group of blood compounds that may predispose some children to more severe cases of Kawasaki-like inflammatory disease, reports say. Doctors think the rare inflammatory condition is linked to coronavirus. A renowned epidemiologist says a video he posted on YouTube questioning the effectiveness of widespread lockdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic was removed for violating “community standards.” A New York church with 40 members held a drive-in service Sunday after being warned by police that it was a violation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's stay-at-home order. A New York City teenager has created a program that pairs teens with kindergarteners at a charter school in Harlem for a virtual reading experience while they are stuck at home. |
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