Pockets of the United States have sought to restart their economies following a month of government-ordered lockdowns.
Many Americans flocked to beaches on Saturday as one Florida county expanded access and California experienced a heat wave, even as new coronavirus cases hit a record high in the United States the day before and deaths topped 200,000 worldwide.
A White House spokesman told the newspaper that there was no plan to replace Azar and called talk of replacing him "speculation and a distraction."Politico reported a short list of names to replace Azar, including Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus co-ordinator; Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services chief Seema Verma and deputy HHS Secretary Eric Hargan.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo repeated his warning that reopening businesses too soon was risky, while Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo pushed back against a protest at the State House in Providence as short-sighted, arguing it could force her to delay her restart date of May 8 at the earliest.
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