According to data tracked by The Washington Post, thousands of new cases in Arizona and Florida pushed the country’s total number of confirmed cases past 3 million on Wednesday. At his daily coronavirus briefing Wednesday, Justice said he would delay until Sept. 8 the opening of public schools because of “an avalanche” of confirmed coronavirus cases in recent days. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) told reporters Wednesday that Trump has no authority over when schools open because that is “a state decision, period.”“The president does not have any authority to open schools,” he said. “We will open the schools if it is safe to open the schools. “I am not sending kids and our education workforce into our schools unless it’s safe,” she said.

Source: Washington Post July 09, 2020 04:12 UTC