Study says 24 states may still have uncontrolled spread
Researchers at Imperial College London found that the coronavirus may still be spreading at epidemic rates in parts of the United States, particularly the South and Midwest, highlighting the risk of a second wave of infections in places that reopen without sufficient precautions.
The Illinois State Capitol building stands among empty streets in Springfield, Ill., last month. (Daniel Acker for The Post)
Illinois, the state with the third-highest case count, stays mostly closed. But residents are flooding across state lines.
The lack of coordination among states has officials worried about a surge in cases and deaths this summer.
Trump tells states to open places of worship, sparking cultural and political fight
The president’s assertion of authority is the latest salvo in his vacillating approach to the outbreak.
Truck drivers line up in Namanga, a town that straddles the Kenya-Tanzania border.
Dozens of trucks wait to cross the border in Namanga. Truckers are permitted to drive across the otherwise-closed border between Kenya and Tanzania.
Kenyan health-care workers take samples from truck drivers for coronavirus tests. In Namanga, drivers have blended into the town as they wait for their results.
A Kenyan worker disinfects a truck in at the Namanga border post. More than 150 drivers have tested positive for the coronavirus and been turned back from here.
At a busy East African border, testing truckers created perfect conditions for virus to spread
The truckers’ growing web of interactions in Namanga, Kenya, points to a problem at international borders: how to let essential trade through without the virus slipping in with it.
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