U.S. Supreme Court to stop public access in April as COVID cases rise
(Reuters) – America Supreme Court docket mentioned on Monday it would cease permitting the general public to attend courtroom periods in particular person in the course of the month of April as coronavirus instances rise within the District of Columbia.
Regardless of infections remaining comparatively flat nationwide, a lot of high-profile political figures in Washington D.C. have examined optimistic for COVID-19 just lately, together with members of President Joe Biden’s Cupboard and Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The extremely transmissible BA.2 Omicron variant accounts for almost all of instances in the US and has contributed to the reintroduction of restrictions and warnings about an infection charges in another nations.
“Courtroom entry will probably be restricted to the Justices, important Court docket personnel, counsel within the scheduled instances, and journalists with full-time press credentials issued by the Supreme Court docket,” the nation’s highest federal courtroom mentioned in an announcement.
A reside audio feed of oral arguments will probably be supplied.
Philadelphia on Monday turned the primary main U.S. metropolis to re-impose a masks mandate, making it compulsory to put on face masks in indoor public settings akin to eating places, faculties and companies from subsequent week.
(Reporting by Costas Pitas in Los Angeles; Enhancing by Chris Reese)
