President Trump
Donald John Trump More than a dozen people injured in shootings near Chicago funeral home Players of the Cleveland Indians meet with team leaders to discuss the possible name change Pelosi calls the coronavirus the ‘Trump virus’ MORE On Wednesday, he said he would feel comfortable sending his school-age son and grandchildren to school in person this fall amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“I’m comfortable with that, and we have a national strategy, but, as you know, ultimately it is up to the state governors,” Trump said Wednesday after being asked if he plans to “make a national strategy to help. reopen schools “and if you would feel comfortable sending your family’s children to school.
“I would like to see schools open 100 percent. And we will do it for sure. We will do it carefully, “Trump told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday.
NEW: Pres. Trump tells @jonkarl that he would be comfortable with his son, his grandchildren, who will return to school this fall.
Trump also claims he has a “national strategy” for reopening schools, but he doesn’t provide any details: “Ultimately, it depends on the governors.” https://t.co/Tg1fUHOQlV pic.twitter.com/JG3Zr2l5kM
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Trump said the administration is “investigating” the investigation into whether children transmit the virus as easily as adults and how easily they become infected with COVID-19 in the first place.
“Now, they don’t catch him easily. They don’t bring him home easily, and if they catch him, they get better quickly. We are seeing that fact. That is a factor, and we are looking vigorously,” Trump told reporters.
Trump’s son Barron is 14 years old. Trump has 10 grandchildren.
White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx told Fox News after the president’s briefing that the issue of how contagious children can be needs further investigation.
“There are still open questions there, and that is why the president concluded with ‘We are studying this very hard,'” he told the outlet.
The most extensive research available on children infected with COVID-19 was conducted in South Korea, and Birx asked that the data “be confirmed here.”
The study in South Korea found that children over the age of 10 were as likely to transmit the virus as adults. However, children under the age of 10 were less likely to spread the coronavirus, according to multiple reports.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Association of Children’s Hospitals released a joint report this week revealing that serious illness among children who get COVID-19 is rare. However, more children have tested positive for coronavirus as cases have increased in states across the country in recent weeks.
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