Hong Kong closed its entire school system over less than 100 new COVID-19 cases. Trump is pushing to send 57 million kids back to school in the middle of the world's worst outbreak.

• Hong Kong announced the closure of its entire school system after students and parents were found among a cluster of new coronavirus cases.
• 66 new cases were found between Thursday and Friday, prompting the Education Bureau to shut some 900 schools from Monday.
• It is a stark contrast to the US, which on Thursday recorded its highest-ever number of cases across the country, more than 65,000.
• Even adjusting for their respective populations, US infections are rampant in comparison to Hong Kong.
• Nonetheless, President Donald Trump is pushing for schools to reopen quickly, threatening to cut funding to those which do not.
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Hong Kong announced the closure of its entire school system after a cluster of new cases — a stark contrast to the situation in the US, where President Donald Trump is pushing for 57 million children to return to school even as the outbreak there grows faster than ever.

In Hong Kong, the closure announcement came after students and parents appeared amongst 66 new infections identified on Thursday and Friday, the Education Bureau said on Friday, according to Reuters.

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