The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday said it is assessing the potential for the spread of COVID-19 at ongoing demonstrations nationwide sparked by the police-involved killing of Geroge Floyd. CDC representative Kristen Nordlund said the agency and federal partners are "closely monitoring" the demonstrations taking place throughout the country adding that protests and other large gatherings make it difficult to follow social distancing guidelines and "may put others at risk."
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With more than 1.9M cases, CDC 'closely monitoring' protests for potential of COVID-19 spread