Schools reopened safely. There is pressure coming from the white house. That he wants schools reopened and he wants kids back in the classrooms as early as next month. The American Academy of pediatrics has recommended this, trying to get schools reopen with many safety restrictions in place because we want to make sure kids dont fall too much farther behind. The Trump Administration making that point. They also have another motivation that basically its difficult to get parents back to work and get the economy really move again when kids are not able to be in school. So that is a focal point for the administration. At that event yesterday they did not lay out any specific policies that they want to see happen or offer to provide any additional funding to help schools reopen safely and restructure. If theyre going to have to be providing masks to students in the classroom, if theyre going to have to be potentially adding more buses so that children can be spaced apart further. Those ar
Away, can americans keep up this social distancing . That as state and federal leaders continue to debate when and how to reopen their states heres what you need to know at this hour. To start off your week Top Health Officials say the number of new cases has reached a plateau. There are now more than 972,000 americans infected and close to be 55,000 people have died. The white house says social distancing will be the norm for be the next few months. Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator dr. Deborah birx said that the current ways of testing will work through the spring and summer but the u. S. Needs a, quote, breakthrough on testing to reopen. Faced with a growing backlog the irs is bringing back thousands of employees the initial wave includes 10,000 employees at locations, ten nationwide employees were told to bring their own face masks or face coverings. Uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson is back on downing street after being hospitalized in the icu by the virus a few weeks ago, he will
Look, any way you take it, employment in april was a disaster. We are looking at an Unemployment Rate that is likely approaching 20 . We get those numbers, the unemployment numbers for the whole country, next friday. However, got to tell you the backtowork movement is really gathering steam. States across the nation are modifying their stayathome rules. Businesses are reopening. Oklahoma reopens some businesses tomorrow. California will allow some elective surgery. This, however, is receiving mixed messages. President trump says georgia is reopening too soon. He says he strongly disagrees with georgias decision. However, he will still leave it up to the states. Heres a positive. The Field Hospital built specially for virus patients in houston, texas, may be dismantled, not needed, underused. Lets get to the markets. First im dealing with oil. Look at this. Moving back up again in price. 16. 71 is the production price right now, but production is being scaled back very very sharply. Sup
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