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3.06pm BST
CNN has reported from Seagoville prison and camp in Texas. Covid-19 has spread rapidly through America’s prison system, and Seagoville, a federal correctional facility, is the hardest hit of them all. More than 1,300 of the 1,750 inmates at the prison, many with underlying conditions, have tested positive for Covid-19 and three have died.
“It came through here so fast that it’s out of control,” one inmate, Bobby Williams, told CNN. “We’re packed like sardines.”
2.52pm BST
My colleague Ed Pilkington has had a wide-ranging look at the failure to contain Covid-19 in the US. Here’s an extract:
A letter landed on the desk of the governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, this week that given the public health catastrophe swirling all around him might give him pause. His state is one of 21 across the US that have been placed by the White House coronavirus taskforce in the “red zone”, indicating the disease is now so prevalent that immediate restrictions must be imposed to avoid dire consequences.
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2.34pm BST
Good morning. With Congress still apparently no closer to agreeing to a package to help those Americans whose finances have been hit by the economic impact of Covid-19, Donald Trump says he intends to step in. Here’s more from my colleague David Smith in Washington DC:
Donald Trump has promised unilateral action to provide economic relief for millions of Americans hit by the coronavirus pandemic, but he offered few specific details and admitted the move is likely to face legal challenges.
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