Coronavirus live updates: Schools defy Republican governors on masks. Democrats, Biden dial up pressure on vaccines.

In Texas, a faculty system has made masks a part of its dress code for the tutorial 12 months, hoping to use a potential loophole in a statewide ban by Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who currently has covid-19, on face coverings. And in Florida, the place Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has ordered faculties to not require masks, Miami-Dade County’s faculty board defied the governor on Wednesday by voting to enact a masks mandate when courses resume subsequent week.