Trump urges coronavirus vigilance for Labor Day weekend
President Donald Trump gestures for Larry Kudlow, White House chief economic adviser, to speak during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Washington.[AP Photo/Evan Vucci]
President Donald Trump is urging Americans to “remain vigilant” about the coronavirus over the Labor Day weekend.
Trump said at a White House briefing Friday that “we need everybody to be careful” and to “apply common sense” in their interactions with one another.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said this week that several Midwestern states that have seen jumps in coronavirus caseloads should be especially vigilant during the holiday weekend. They are North Dakota, South Dakota, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri.
Past increases in cases of COVID-19 have followed the Memorial Day and Fourth of July holidays.
Trump is eager to put the pandemic in the past, but told Americans “let’s just try to get through this one weekend.”
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