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State Health Officer Dirk Wilke signs order mandating masks
A new order signed by interim State Health Officer Dirk Wilke on Friday night now requires face masks to be worn in indoor businesses, indoor public settings and outdoor public settings where physical distancing isn’t possible. Gov. Doug Burgum said those who violate the mask mandate may be cited for an infraction, though did not …
Trump’s Latest Excuse: COVID-19 Only Counts When It Kills The Perfectly Healthy
Hours before the United States surpassed 6 million coronavirus cases and reached a death toll of 183,000, President Donald Trump and his defenders seized on an amateurish misreading of federal data to claim that the COVID-19 pandemic has killed hardly anyone at all. It started Sunday, when Trump retweeted a QAnon conspiracist who claimed that …
Texas reports two consecutive days of record-breaking coronavirus hospitalizations
Texas has reported two consecutive days of record-breaking Covid-19 hospitalizations as the state continues to open businesses and resume activities that were temporarily shuttered due to the coronavirus. There are currently 2,056 patients sickened with Covid-19 in hospitals across the state as of early Tuesday afternoon, up from a record 1,935 patients Monday, according to …
Jacksonville-area churches using CDC guidance to resume in-person services
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released guidelines on how to help keep communities of faith safe while practicing their beliefs. While gatherings present a risk for increasing the spread of the coronavirus, gathering together for worship is at the heart of what it means to be a community of …
Coronavirus deaths projected to rise, Trump administration report says
Transporter Morgan Dean-McMillan prepares the body of a COVID-19 victim at a morgue in Montgomery county, Maryland on April 17, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The Trump administration projects that the number of coronavirus deaths will increase to about 3,000 each day by early June, The New York Times reported Monday, citing …
Contamination Likely Caused Critical Delay Of CDC Coronavirus Testing: Report
A contamination of the first round of COVID-19 testing kits made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention slowed the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, The Washington Post and CNN confirmed Saturday. The Food and Drug Administration told CNN that the CDC did not manufacture its tests under the agency’s standard protocol. “CDC …
Bay Area Health Officials Advise All to Wear Face Coverings in Public – CBS San Francisco
SAN JOSE (KPIX) — While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still expected to revise guidelines and advise all Americans to wear face coverings when outside their homes, Bay Area public health departments made that decision Thursday and announced the recommendation to local residents. “It is one more way to do what we …
Southern states face spike in coronavirus cases
Last Updated Mar 25, 2020 7:33 PM EDT The coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the South, and hospitals are becoming overwhelmed. Louisiana, Florida and Georgia are facing alarming spikes, with more than 4,700 cases and 125 deaths in those states alone. There are more cases in the New Orleans area than there are in Los …
House passes aid package after Trump declares national emergency
Every aspect of modern life is being hit as sweeping measures are rolled out in an effort to stem the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump declared a national emergency Friday “to unleash the full power of the federal government.” “No resource will be spared, nothing whatsoever,” the president said, as stocks rose sharply to regain some of …
COVID-19 pandemic takes a fast-mounting toll on lives and the economy
A week of dizzying escalation has seen the coronavirus pandemic spread to more than 120 countries, with senior members of governments around the world among those affected. Every aspect of modern life has been impacted as Western countries, including the U.S., increasingly adopt the kind of control measures that appear to have helped China get …
