WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House Coronavirus Task Force held a briefing Thursday. The briefing comes as the nation’s top public health agency is pleading with Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving, or to spend the holiday with people with whom they are not currently living. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the recommendations Thursday, one week before the traditional family gathering celebration — and at a time when diagnosed coronavirus infections, hospitalizations, and deaths are skyrocketing across the country. If families do decide to include returning college students, military service members, or others in a gathering, the CDC is recommending that hosting families take added precautions. Gatherings should be outdoors, if possible, with people keeping 6 feet apart, wearing masks, and having just one person serve the food.

Health officials had asked workers in central Auckland to stay home on Friday while they investigated the case but say they can now return to work. — Surge of coronavirus cases appears to be slowing in Germany and France, but still straining hospitals. Alaska has had over 20,000 cases, including 477 new cases reported Thursday. She is scheduled Friday to address the situation and is expected to announce new public health restrictions aimed to curbing spread. That’s the impassioned message that dozens of parents and school administrators are sending to public health officials in Pennsylvania’s third-most populous county.

ROANOKE, Va – As coronavirus cases continue to rise across the nation, numbers in Southwest and Central Virginia are reflecting that trend. Each week the White House Coronavirus Task Force sends out a report laying out guidance for the states. Compared to other states across the country, Virginia ranks 34th in highest amount of Coronavirus numbers in the country. According to a report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force obtained by 10 News, several localities in our viewing area are some of the worst in the state in terms of new coronavirus cases. Below is the full weekly report for Virginia:

RICHMOND, Va. – Dr. Deborah Birx, a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, suggests Virginia should enforce tougher restrictions on bars, introduce more outdoor dining options and limit the size of social gatherings. Ralph Northam and his team on Tuesday, Virginia was the latest stop on her nationwide tour of hotspots. While states like Texas and Arizona have taken extreme efforts to curb their outbreaks and are seeing stabilization, Birx said testing efforts need to improve nationwide. WSLS 10 News has previously reported some localities in Southwest Virginia have contemplated dialing back reopening efforts. Birx said, ultimately, it would be up to each state’s governor and local leaders to enact tougher guidelines.

(Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)President Trump led a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing on Tuesday evening starting at 5 p.m.Trump announced Monday he would revive the briefings, with Tuesday’s being the first since April.

At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s likely not many in the United States knew who Dr. Anthony Fauci was. In his younger years, Fauci reportedly would run for seven miles a day. When he was in midst of the fight against HIV/AIDS, Dr. Fauci was known to run 7 miles daily. Recently, a video from a 1988 presidential candidate debate between then-Vice President Bush and Michael Dukakis emerged. Bush: "Fauci ...top doctor at NIH, working hard doing something about research on this disease of AIDS" @HowardMortmanpic.twitter.com/tyDPRNuFcJ — David I. Ramadan (@DavidIRamadan) March 21, 20203.)