Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

For newspapers, the good sign is that readership is up in the COVID-19 era. But the balance

sheet bad news is that no one is buying ad space. We examine an industry that was already

struggling and that now may be permanently scarred by the crisis.

And before Catherine Hamlin came to Ethiopia, childbirth was too often leaving mothers

with debilitating injuries. We look back on the life of the obstetric surgeon who operated

on them and cured them until she was 92.

And first, across America, around 2,000 people are dying every day of COVID-19. And while

some big coastal cities have begun to get a grip on the virus, new hotspots are breaking

out, with midwestern towns being hit particularly hard. Yesterday, the house approved its next

coronavirus relief package to the tune of $484 billion. But as jobless figures soar,

several states are going against public health advice in a rush to get things back to normal.

In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott has been gradually reopening his state over the course of April.

We have demonstrated that we can corral the coronavirus.

And Georgia's governor, Brian Kemp, is starting to lift lockdowns today.

We will allow gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, cosmetologists,

hair designers, nail care artists, S-decisions, their respective schools, and massage therapists

to reopen their doors this Friday, April the 24th.

The current thinking about opening up in America is happening on a state-by-state basis.

John Fasman is the economist Washington correspondent.

So the most recent news is that this week, South Carolina opened up its public beaches

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