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 The moves came as The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention on Tuesday issued a sweeping order temporarily halting
landlords across the nation from evicting millions of tenants in
what it said was an effort to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
The order covers all 43 million U.S. residential renters as long as
they meet income eligibility requirements, although an
administration official said the government does not expect an
"overwhelming" use of the program.
The daily number of infections has been in decline across most of
the United States in recent weeks, with 36,263 reported on Monday,
less than half of the mid-July peak, according to a Reuters tally.
Exceptions include Midwest states such as South Dakota, where
hundreds of thousands of motorcycle riders gathered for a rally in
August, and Iowa.
A total of more than 183,000 people have died so far from
complications of COVID-19, including 32,647 in New York and nearly
16,000 in New Jersey, the U.S. states with the highest death tolls.
In announcing that the "overwhelming majority" of 150 rapid antigen
tests purchased from Abbot Laboratories <ABT.N> would be sent to
state governors, U.S. Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary
Admiral Brett Giror said top priorities included day care centers
and first responders.
The portable tests can deliver results within 15 minutes and will
sell for $5. They require no additional equipment, and can use a
less invasive nasal swab than traditional lab tests.
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President Donald Trump has pushed for schools across the country to
reopen classrooms, but many districts have ordered students to stay
home and learn online.
Among them are Los Angeles and San Diego Counties, the second and
third-largest school districts in the nation respectively.
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said an agreement had been
reached with reluctant teachers union leaders to reopen school
buildings to students on September 21 as part of his plan for a mix
of in-class and remote learning.
"What we’ve agreed to is to make sure that the health measures are
in place, to make sure there is time for the appropriate preparation
for our educators," de Blasio said at a news briefing.
Earlier this week New Jersey and California eased some restrictions
imposed in the face of the pandemic, allowing restaurants to begin
limited indoor dining.
New York City's mayor has ruled out allowing restaurants to serve
diners indoors anytime soon.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb, Vishwadha Chander, Carl O'Donnell, Peter
Szekely, Maria Caspani and David Shepardson; Editing by Bill Tarrant
and Michael Perry)
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