As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread widely over the U.S., federal, state and local officials have clashed over how to fight it, including over how and when to ease social and economic restrictions aimed at curbing the infection rate
Health workers clean their materials outside the Memorial West Hospital, in Pembroke Pines, Fla., on July 13, 2020.The total number of coronavirus cases reported in the United States passed 4 million on Thursday, reflecting a rapid acceleration of infections detected in the country since the first case was recorded on Jan. 21, a Reuters tally showed.
President Donald Trump, who faces falling poll numbers over his handling of the health crisis ahead of an election in November, has long resisted wearing a mask but this week encouraged Americans to do so. Another partisan point of contention is whether schools should start fully opening in August despite concerns that doing so could cause infections to spike.
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