CALIFORNIA: California’s state university system, the largest in the United States, cancelled classes on Tuesday for the fall semester because of the coronavirus, while Los Angeles County said its stay-at-home order was likely to be extended by three months.
The announcements on the West Coast came after the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, told Congress that lifting The sweeping lockdowns could touch off new outbreaks of the illness, which has killed nearly 81,000 Americans and devastated the economy.
The chancellor of California State University said classes at its 23 campuses would be cancelled for the semester that begins in September, with instruction moved online.
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