Deborah Birx warns Covid-19 now ‘extraordinarily widespread’ in US – liveTom Lutzon August 2, 2020 at 1:56 pm

Is US attorney general William Barr a danger to democracy?QAnon is finding a home in the Republican partyThe litigious debt collectors targeting Latinos 2.56pm BST Dr Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, has appeared on CNN’s State of the Union. She said that Covid-19 has taken a hold over large parts of the US, and is no longer restricted to large cities as was the trend in the early stages of the pandemic. “What we are seeing today is different from March and April. It is extraordinarily widespread. It’s into the rural as equal urban areas,” Birx said. 2.21pm BST Good morning. The main news is that Republicans have decided the press will be barred when Donald Trump is formally declared the party’s nominee for president later this month. Related: Media to be banned from Republican convention due to coronavirus restrictions Continue reading…

• Is US attorney general William Barr a danger to democracy?
• QAnon is finding a home in the Republican party
• The litigious debt collectors targeting Latinos

2.56pm BST

Dr Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, has appeared on CNN’s State of the Union. She said that Covid-19 has taken a hold over large parts of the US, and is no longer restricted to large cities as was the trend in the early stages of the pandemic.

“What we are seeing today is different from March and April. It is extraordinarily widespread. It’s into the rural as equal urban areas,” Birx said.

2.21pm BST

Good morning. The main news is that Republicans have decided the press will be barred when Donald Trump is formally declared the party’s nominee for president later this month.

Related: Media to be banned from Republican convention due to coronavirus restrictions

Continue reading…