More US states set to ease coronavirus lockdown measures
As the unemployment rate keeps surging, some states push to resume economic activities despite health experts' advice Citizens in Mississippi are asking the governor to fully reopen the state Another wave of states is preparing to lift coronavirus restrictions in the United States this week - against the warnings of many public health experts as the White House sees this month's jobless rate hitting 16 percent or higher. Health experts say increased human interaction could spark a new wave of cases of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the highly contagious virus that has already killed more than 54,300 Americans. Colorado, Mississippi, Minnesota, Montana and Tennessee will join other states beginning an experiment to reopen economies without the testing and contact-tracing infrastructure health experts say is needed to prevent a resurgence of infections, with lives in the balance. Georgia, Oklahoma, Alaska and South