Tuesday, 14 Jul 2020 10:52 PM MYTWASHNGTON, July 14 — With coronavirus infections and deaths rising in many parts of the country, US educators from California to Wisconsin are opting for online learning rather than a return to classrooms when the school year begins in a few weeks.
Trump’s campaign views the reopening of classrooms, enabling parents to get back to work, as a key to economic recovery and a boost to his re-election chances on Nov. 3. With more than 3.3 million Covid-19 cases, the United States ranks first in the world in cases per capita, according to a Reuters analysis, and with 135,000 deaths, ranks seventh in deaths per capita among the 20 countries with the most cases.Testing in several states has been plagued by long lines and waits of more than a week to learn the results, according to numerous posts on social media and videos at test locations.
Florida, the epicenter of the current outbreak, still plans for its schools to resume in-person learning in August.