Crowds continue to pour onto Florida beaches after reopening

Crowds of locals continue to flood beaches in Jacksonville, Florida after the shores reopened to the public Friday after being shutdown due to the cornavirus pandemic.  Jacksonville beaches opened at 5pm on Friday during limited hours and with restrictions, even as Florida recorded its highest single-day increase in confirmed coronavirus cases. And the crowds came out for … Read more

Coronavirus US: Florida beaches to start reopening this evening

Crowds of beachgoers have charged on to the beaches in Jacksonville, Florida after the shores reopened to the public despite the coronavirus pandemic.  Jacksonville beaches reopened at 5pm on Friday under limited hours and use restrictions, even as Florida recorded its highest single-day increase in confirmed coronavirus cases. Photos and video from the scene show enthusiastic … Read more

US states with tentative re-opening dates

A handful of US states are now looking to ease coronavirus lockdowns as President Donald Trump outlined guidelines for a phased reopening of the devastated economy.    Texas has become the first state to commit to partially reopening from April 20, while Michigan, Wisconsin and Idaho have all expressed plans to reopen in some form by May 1 … Read more

Donald Trump to use 3pm conference call with governors to unveil his plan for reopening before May 1

President Donald Trump will unveil his plan to reopen the country in a phone call with governors Thursday afternoon even as some of the nation’s top CEOs told him there needs to be more coronavirus testing before the economy can get going again. Despite warnings from CEOs and health care professionals alike, President Trump has … Read more

Donald Trump’s ‘brain trust’ on re-opening starts with top CEOs demanding boost in testing

The White House release the names of even more people than Trump himself read out in the Rose Garden, grouped by themes.  AGRICULTURE  American Farm Bureau Federation – Zippy Duvall Sysco Corporation – Kevin Hourican Tyson Foods, Inc. – Dean Banks Perdue Farms, Inc. – Randy Day Cargill, Inc. – David MacLennan Archer-Daniels-Midland Company – … Read more

Trump signals support for creating a SECOND coronavirus taskforce looking at reopening the economy

Donald Trump signals support for creating a SECOND coronavirus taskforce to look into the reopening of the economy President Trump tweeted that it was a ‘good idea!’ to form a second coronavirus taskforce to come up with a plan to reopen the economy   The president was responding to a Friday tweet from Dana Perino, the … Read more