The country has reported six new deaths and 445 new cases in the past 24 hours. ———BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s public health officials are trying to decide whether they’ll officially adopt new CDC guidelines that no longer recommend coronavirus testing for people who have had close contact with infected people. Idaho Department of Health and Welfare spokeswoman Niki Forbing-Orr says the department became aware of the new guidelines Tuesday and officials are discussing whether to adopt them. ———COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Danish government is advising against travel to France or Croatia due to upticks in coronavirus cases in those countries. The Foreign Ministry says those countries recently passed a threshold of 30 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants — 31.3 for France and 32.6 for Croatia.

Source: Daily Sun August 27, 2020 15:33 UTC