Kansas has become the first state to shut down its public schools for the remainder of the school year, citing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump administration asks for tens of billions in emergency funds
"The aim of this request is to maintain that capacity and ensure that resource needs created by the pandemic response are met," Russ Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, said in a letter to Vice President Pence "It is not intended as a broad-based solution to the major economic dislocation wrought by the virus, nor is it the primary means by which the Federal Government plans to address the hardships of families, individuals, and communities who have been touched by the disease."
Vázquez said the requested ban would exempt emergency services. Puerto Rico has already imposed some of thein the U.S., including a curfew and the two-week closure of most businesses across the island.
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