In one of the first indications the pandemic will continue to have a significant impact into autumn, the chancellor of California State University said classes at its 23 campuses would be cancelled for the semester that begins in September, with instruction moved online. Offices in parts of California can also open with some limitations, Newsom told a daily news briefing. "I think we're going in the right direction, but the right direction does not mean we have by any means total control of this outbreak," Fauci said during the 3-1/2-hour hearing. Republican Governor Doug Ducey said stay-at-home orders in place since March 31 will be allowed to expire on Friday. In New York, the epicentre of the US outbreak, Governor Andrew Cuomo said his state needs $61 billion in federal stimulus to help reopen its economy.

Source: bd News24 May 13, 2020 03:11 UTC