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News Brief: GOP COVID-19 Relief Plan, Myanmar Coup, Russian Protests

Ten GOP Senators offer a counter proposal to Biden's COVID-19 relief bill. Myanmar's military takes control of the country in a coup. Russian protesters demand release of jailed opposition leader.

Debbie Sorensen, an infectious disease nurse with Salt Lake County Public Health Department in Salt Lake City, talks by phone with a woman who recently tested positive for the coronavirus. Sorensen is one of the county's 130 contact tracers aiming to slow the spread of COVID-19.

When You Can't Quarantine At Home: COVID-19 Contact Tracers Aim To Help

Public health experts say tracing the close contacts of people infected with the coronavirus and getting them all into quarantine is crucial to stopping the pandemic. That's easier said than done.

New coronavirus cases in Ohio shot up Thursday with more than 7,200 cases. Health officials had hoped a downward trend earlier this week would continue, but new cases are now back to the three week average. Gov. Mike DeWine has extended Ohio’s overnight curfew that was set to expire Saturday.

Morning Headlines: DeWine Extends Statewide COVID-19 Curfew; State to Spend $50 Million on Home Coro

New coronavirus cases in Ohio shot up Thursday with more than 7,200 cases; Gov. Mike DeWine says the state will spend $50 million in federal pandemic aid dollars to buy 2 million coronavirus tests for at-home testing; the number of Ohioans filing initial unemployment claims jumped again last week; and more stories.