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Trump on the plan to get Americans back to work: "Careful, step by step" The specifics of the implementation of the plan will be taken into account from state to state: the regions least affected by the outbreak will be the first to return to normal. President Donald Trump on Thursday outlined the basic principles under which the US economy, severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic, can reopen, returning millions of jobs to the country. Trump unveiled the new plan Thursday night during a daily press briefing by the White House working group on coronavirus. The President noted that the plan will be implemented taking into account the specifics and situation in each individual state. At the same time, the states should take a step-by-step approach to returning Americans to their jobs - if a favorable epidemiological situation develops. Governors will be empowered to amend the implementation of the plan in their states, and will also have the right not to resume e

Novavax gets $ 1.6 billion for COVID-19 vaccine Vaccine production may begin at the end of 2020. Novavax has received $1.6 billion from the U.S. government to conduct trials and produce a potential vaccine for the disease-causing coronavirus COVID-19. It is planned that by January next year, Novavax will be able to produce and deliver 100 million doses of the new vaccine to consumers. Novavax received the largest cash grant from America's Department of Health and Human Services as part of the U.S. government's Operation Super Light Speed initiative, which aims to develop vaccines and therapies to combat COVID-19. As Stanley Erk, Novavax CEO, told Reuters - the US Department of Health has funded the production of 100 million doses of the vaccine, which is expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2020 and can be completed by January-February next year. With funding from the federal government, the company will also be able to complete the third phase of the vaccin

Betsy Devos supported the opening of schools in the fall She also said that school districts and states would have to develop their own plans for opening schools taking into account the local situation. The US Secretary of Education expressed support for the presidential administration's desire to open schools by autumn. "We know that children become infected with the virus much less often than any other part of the population. Nothing in the available data shows that returning children to school is dangerous for them, "said Betsy Devos, speaking in the State of the Country program on CNN. The Minister of Education did not go into detail on what recommendations her ministry would make about opening schools amid an increase in coronavirus cases across the country. She also did not see a great threat of infection through the children of their parents, guardians, grandparents or grandmothers. When asked whether schools should follow the recommendations of the federa