US tops 3 million Covid-19 cases as Trump pushes schools to reopenUS President Donald Trump sits with arms crossed during a White House roundtable discussion on the Safe Reopening of America's Schools on July 7, 2020. WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday passed another grim coronavirus milestone with three million confirmed cases, as President Donald Trump downplayed the risks posed by the pandemic and aggressively pushed for schools to fully reopen. "At this point, we have tested more than 39 million Americans," US Vice President Mike Pence told reporters. "Among those, more than three million Americans have tested positive and more than 1.3 million Americans have recovered." "Ultimately it's not a matter of if schools should reopen, it's simply a matter of how," said Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

Source: Bangkok Post July 08, 2020 17:37 UTC