The explosion of coronavirus cases isn't stopping President Donald Trump from hosting a Fourth of July at the White House, despite objections from public health officials.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, who canceled the traditional Fourth of July parade in the nation's capital, said her office informed Trump's Interior Department that the event it is planning violates the health guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“We are giving D.C. residents the same message about any of their outings for the holiday weekend," Bowser told reporters."Ask yourself, 'Do you need to be there?'" As of Thursday, the United States had set new COVID-19 daily case records in six of the past nine days, including at least 52,000 cases on Thursday itself. More than 2.8 million Americans have contracted the virus nationwide, and more than 131,000 have died.Trump, who last year gave a prepared, is scheduled to make remarks during Saturday's event in the early evening at the White House.
The event will also feature music, military demonstrations, and aircraft flyovers, as well as the annual fireworks extravaganza over the National Mall, the White House said.."It's going to be very exciting, it's going to be beautiful," Trump said in previewing his Fourth of July weekend.
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