FILE PHOTO: A Senate staff member wears a protective face mask as he walks through Senate Dirksen Office Building during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on plans to reopen schools and businesses amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington, D.C., the seat of the federal government, extended its stay-at-home order through June 8, the district’s mayor told reporters on Wednesday.
The district’s stay-at-home order, intended to combat the coronavirus outbreak, had last been scheduled to end on May 15. The announcement comes as the White House pushes for states to reopen businesses while public health experts urge caution.
(Reporting by Makini Brice; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
