美國政府要求學校復課

US pushes to reopen schools

美國政府要求學校復課

White House on Wednesday continued to push states to reopen schools in the fall as the country's COVID-19 cases passed 3 million with over 132,000 deaths.

儘管美國新冠肺炎確診病例已超300萬人，死亡人數逾13.2萬人，白宮7月8日繼續施壓，敦促各州學校於秋季開學復課。

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened in his tweets to "cut off federal funding" for schools if they do not resume in-person learning this fall and criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for "their very tough and expensive guidelines" for opening schools.

美國總統特朗普7月8日在推文中威脅稱，若學校秋季不恢復面對面授課將停止向這些學校提供聯邦資金，他還批評美國疾病預防控制中心給出的復課指導意見“又嚴格又費錢”。

During a press briefing a few hours later at the Education Department, Vice-President Mike Pence said the CDC would issue new guidance on reopening schools next week.

幾小時後在教育部舉行的新聞發佈會上，副總統彭斯表示，疾病預防控制中心下週將發佈新版開學復課指導意見。

"We don't want the guidance from CDC to be a reason why schools don't open," Pence said. "I think that every American, every American knows that we can safely reopen our schools."

彭斯稱：“我們不希望疾病預防控制中心發佈的指導意見成爲學校無法開學的理由。我認爲每個美國人都知道我們可以安全復課。”