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In an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Illinois schools are closed and Governor J.B. Pritzker has issued a stay-at-home order. That's a familiar scenario for two University of Illinois students from Wuhan, China. They went home for Christmas break in December 2019 and haven’t been able to return to classes in Champaign-Urbana.
Advocates and correctional officials are calling on Illinois and other states across the country to release youth from juvenile detention facilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted earlier this month to increase health insurance premiums by more than 30 percent for students at its Urbana-Champaign campus.
Pendant que les cas de la maladie à coronavirus se propagent à travers le Midwest, nous savons qu’il y a beaucoup de questions par rapport à ce sujet- y inclut comment éviter l’infection. Nous savons aussi qu’il y a beaucoup de fausse information sur ce nouveau virus, donc nous voulons vous aider à séparer la vérité de la fiction.
In his Tuesday afternoon briefing with the coronavirus task force, President Trump couched earlier comments about the need to reopen the U.S. economy within weeks, emphasizing that the decision would ultimately be data driven and made in consultation with public health experts
