More U.S. states make plans to reopen; California holds firm


  • World
  • Wednesday, 22 Apr 2020

FILE PHOTO U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington U.S. April 21 2020. REUTERSJonathan Ernst

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

(Reuters) - More states in the U.S. South and Midwest signaled readiness on Wednesday to reopen their economies in hopes the worst of the coronavirus pandemic had passed, but California's governor held firm to sweeping stay-at-home orders and business closures.

The patchwork of still-evolving orders across the 50 states meant some Americans were still confined indefinitely to their homes, unable to work, while others began to venture out for the first time in weeks.

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