Birx warns US is `in a new phase` of coronavirus pandemic with more widespread cases
(WorldNews Politics)

Dr. Deborah Birx on Sunday said the US is in a new phase in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, saying that the deadly virus is more widespread than when it first took hold in the US earlier this year. `What we are seeing today is different from March and April. It is extraordinarily widespread. It`s into the rural as equal urban areas,` Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, told CNN`s Dana Bash on `State of the Union.` Birx stressed that Americans need to follow health recommendations, including wearing a mask and practicing social distancing. `To everybody who lives in a rural area, you are not immune or protected...