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Pence Blames Younger People for Increase in US Coronavirus Cases

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday mostly blamed
   young people ignoring precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus
   for the sharp increase in recent days of the number of confirmed cases
   in the country.

   Pence, in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation" show, said it is
   "inarguable" that increased testing in the U.S., with 500,000 per a
   day, has led to confirmation of more people with coronavirus
   infections. But he said "younger Americans have been congregating in
   ways that may have disregarded the guidance that we gave on the federal
   level for all the phases of reopening businesses."

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