California to gradually reopen once testing, tracing improves: officials
Some California workplaces, schools and childcare facilities can gradually reopen once the state improves coronavirus testing and contact tracing, the state’s health officer said on Tuesday.
Suspension of tourist visits to U.S. Capitol extended until May 16
Tourists and other visitors to the U.S. Capitol and adjacent congressional offices will continue to be suspended until May 16, Senate and House of Representatives officials said on Tuesday.
Trump administration should ensure meat plants provide equipment, test workers for virus: union
The largest U.S. meatpacking union said on Tuesday the Trump administration should immediately compel meat companies to provide “the highest level of protective equipment” to slaughterhouse workers and ensure daily coronavirus testing.
U.S. passes 1 million coronavirus cases as Florida’s governor meets Trump
The number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases topped 1 million on Tuesday while Florida’s governor met with President Donald Trump to discuss joining other states that have moved to ease restrictions in the face of an economy battered by the pandemic….
Trump: U.S. considering coronavirus testing on some international flights
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States was considering having passengers on international flights from coronavirus hot spots be tested for the virus.
Illinois posts state’s largest single-day COVID-19 death toll
Illinois health officials on Tuesday reported that 142 people had died due to COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, the state’s largest single-day death toll since the outbreak began.
U.S. House will not return next week after all, due to coronavirus risk
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives will not return to Washington next week as planned, due to the continuing risk of coronavirus infection, Democratic leaders said on Tuesday, in a reversal of plans outlined only a day earlier.
Ohio votes largely by mail in primary delayed by COVID-19
Ohio was holding nominating contests largely by mail on Tuesday after voting originally scheduled for March 17 was delayed and in-person balloting curtailed, as the coronavirus pandemic further disrupted the U.S. election season.
New York coronavirus hospitalizations drop to month low, governor says
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that new hospitalizations for the novel coronavirus dropped to a one-month low and laid out a plan to employ thousands of case investigators under criteria for reopening his state.
COVID-19 testing for anyone draws a crowd in hard-hit Detroit
Detroit residents waited for hours on Tuesday to get free COVID-19 tests at a new facility that for the first time offered testing to people who did not already have symptoms of the disease and a doctor’s authorization for the test.
