Some reporters need to learn the basic terminology before jumping to write. It is a self-administered sample collection NOT self testing. The test is still run at a high complexity lab!
WHO raises possibility of ‘sustained’ human-to-human transmission of new virus in China
By HELEN BRANSWELL @HelenBranswellJANUARY 21, 2020
CHINA VIRUS
The World Health Organization on Tuesday raised the possibility that the new virus spreading in parts of China may be transmitting in an ongoing, sustained manner between people — which, if confirmed, would make it significantly more difficult to stop.
The agency’s Western Pacific Regional office, which covers China and neighboring countries, said on Twitter that new information “suggests there may now be sustained human-to-human transmission.”
“But more information and analysis,” it added, “are needed on this new virus to understand the full extent of human-to-human transmission and other important details.”
The WHO’s defines sustained human-to-human transmission as transmitting easily from one person to the next and then further onward — in the way that flu or other established human viruses work. That’s in contrast to limited person-to-person transmission, in which a virus dies out after infecting a person or a few people in clusters of people who are in close contact with each other, such as in a family or a work setting.
[Here you go, @privatebanker. Please notice the date of the article - more than 2 months ago. ]
The advice from the WHO is useful in that it can perhaps convince those still on the fence to do something. Scrolling to the bottom of this link shows a practically perfect exponential curve that the US has from mostly doing nothing (considering even places that tried to do something had several flaunting and encouraging otherwise as with some here on cc):
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
Can we turn back time one or two months? Of course not. Can we still change today? Maybe - and it’s worth a try.
These GOP senators say they won’t fast track passage of the bill unless a drafting error is fixed
From CNN’s Ted Barrett and Manu Raju
Three GOP senators say "a massive drafting error in the current version of the coronavirus relief legislation could have devastating consequences: Unless this bill is fixed, there is a strong incentive for employees to be laid off instead of going to work.”
“We must sadly oppose the fast-tracking of this bill until this text is addressed, or the Department of Labor issues regulatory guidance that no American would earn more by not working than by working," Sens. Tim Scott, Ben Sasse and Lindsey Graham said in a written statement.
What this means: CNN is reaching out to their offices for details of what the error is. But this could mean the bill can’t pass the Senate today because they would block unanimous consent for a quick vote.
New York medical supply shortages spread to some Long Island hospitals
From CNN’s Laura Dolan
Catholic Health Services, which is comprised of six acute care hospitals on Long Island, New York, tells CNN they are now in need of isolation gowns, procedural masks with and without face shields, and N95 respirators of all sizes.
Just last week when asked about the personal protective equipment supply, CHS’ chief medical officer told CNN: “We are backed up and supply is stocked.”
On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said New York state has “enough PPE” for all hospitals statewide for about the next two weeks, but some hospitals are now experiencing shortages.
The state has not secured supply for hospitals to utilize three weeks from now and beyond, “but we’re still shopping,” he said.
Does the bill include anything about student loans?
Your questions, answered
CNN’s Phil Mattingly is answering your questions on the Senate stimulus package.
Here’s what the bill says about student loans, according to Mattingly:
Federal student loan borrowers would get a reprieve from payments until October and any interest that would have accrued during that period would be waived.
There are more things in the student loan section of the bill, but admittedly, we’re still plugging through its nearly 900 pages, so we don’t have more detail on that front. But the primary feature will be the six month break from payments and interest.
Yes. That is 100 percent true.
For those who have been critical of WHO for not lambasting China, the same applies to the US. They send their messages cloaked in diplomacy and don’t mention specific countries and praise where they can. WHO has no power over sovereign nations. All they can do is softly cajole and guide where they see missteps and action not being taken in accordance with their suggested course of action and then praise for those who are following a better course or who have modified their ways to get on board with suggestions. They have no sticks to use and direct criticism would be counter productive.
Price gouging law being enforced at the state level: https://www.channel3000.com/datcp-addressing-price-gouging-against-wisconsin-businesses/
Greece: reports 78 new cases
Helena Smith, Guardian
Greek health authorities have reported a rise in the death toll from Covid-19 saying 22 people – the vast majority men – have now succumbed to the virus, writes Helena Smith in Athens.
Giving his daily briefing this evening, the health ministry spokesman and infectious diseases expert, professor Sotiris Tsiodras announced that another 78 people had tested positive for the novel virus overnight bringing the new total number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 821. Although 36 patients had recovered, 134 people were being treated in hospital with 54 in intensive care.
Tsiodras said going into the briefing he had learned that one of the latest fatalities was a 42-year-old visiting German academic teaching on Crete.
Meanwhile, in Cyprus, where three people have died as a result of contracting coronavirus, eight new cases were confirmed today, bringing the total of coronavirus patients to 132, including three in the country’s sovereign British base areas. The Mediterranean island, like Greece, has adopted draconian measures to curb the spread of the disease, enforcing a curfew that went into effect last night.
The director of public health at the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in south Wales has warned the area is seeing “the same pattern as was seen in Italy”, writes my colleague Steven Morris.
“In Gwent, we are seeing a rapidly rising increase in the number of cases of coronavirus in all our communities and a daily increase in the number of people being admitted to hospital and the number of people dying from the virus,” Dr Sarah Aitken said.
“The pattern we are seeing in Gwent is the same pattern as was seen in Italy, where their healthcare system is now overwhelmed.
“Without a huge effort by all of us, we are heading for the moment in Gwent where our NHS will be overwhelmed too.
“We won’t have enough hospital beds for everyone who needs life-saving ventilators and intensive care.”
She urged people to stay at home to give the health board “essential time” to bring more doctors and nurses into the workforce, as well as extra ventilators and additional intensive care beds. (Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/brazil-rio-gangs-coronavirus
Brazil gangs impose strict curfews to slow coronavirus spread
Drug traffickers in Rio favelas order residents to stay home
Fears grow over impact of virus on poorest Brazilians
Caio Barretto Briso and Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Drug traffickers in one of Rio de Janeiro’s best-known favelas have imposed a coronavirus curfew, amid growing fears over the impact the virus could have on some of Brazil’s poorest citizens.
In recent days, as Brazil’s coronavirus death toll has climbed to 46, gang members have been circulating in the Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela in western Rio ordering residents to remain indoors after 8pm.
Last weekend the low-income community – made famous by Fernando Meirelles’ 2002 blockbuster of the same name – became the first such area to record a case of coronavirus.
And in an apparent attempt to prevent further infections the Red Command gang leaders who control the favela have ordered residents to stay at home.
A video apparently recorded in the City of God circulated on social media this week showing a loudspeaker broadcasting the alert: “Anyone found messing or walking around outside will be punished.”
“The traffickers are doing this because the government is absent. The authorities are blind to us,” one resident told the Guardian.
A report in the Rio newspaper Extra said gang members with loudhailers were moving around City of God telling its 40,000 residents: “We are imposing a curfew because nobody is taking [coronavirus] seriously. It’s best to stay at home and chill. The message has been given.”
City of God’s gangsters are not the only outlaws attacking coronavirus in Rio’s densely populated favelas, which are home to about 2 of the city’s 7 million residents.
In the Morro dos Prazeres, gang members have told residents only circulate in groups of two while in Rocinha, one of Latin America’s biggest favelas, traffickers have also decreed a curfew.
“The gangsters have said that after 8.30pm everybody must stay indoors and if they don’t there will be reprisals,” said a street hawker who lives there. “I’m staying at home – filled with fear and smothered in hand sanitizer,” the man joked.
In Santa Marta, a favela that sits in the shadow of Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue, traffickers have been handing out soap and have placed signs near a public water fountain at the community’s entrance that say: “Please wash your hands before entering the favela.”
“I think they wrote this for the addicts who come here to buy drugs, so they don’t bring the virus in,” one local said. “But it won’t work. People who live right up at the top of the [hilltop] favela sometimes go two weeks without running water. If people aren’t even able to feed themselves, how are they supposed to stay clean?”
Meanwhile, in some sections of the Complexo da Maré, a sprawling favela near Rio’s international airport, traffickers have told shops and churches to reduce their operating hours.
“Only the bakery stays open until later – until 11pm,” said one mother who lives in Parque União, one of 16 communities that make up the Complexo. “Nobody wants to go outside – first of all for fear of coronavirus and now because of this order.”
In another of the Complexo’s communities, Nova Holanda, evangelical prayer sessions are now taking place outside the church.
“We sing our songs of praise to God from the windows of our homes, at pre-arranged times,” one resident said.
Other favelas in which curfews have been imposed include Pavão-Pavãozinho in Copacabana, Cantagalo in Ipanema, and Vidigal, further along the beach past the upper-class neighbourhood of Leblon.
Edmund Ruge, a Rio-based editor for the RioOnWatch news site which covers the favelas, said the imposition of curfews in some areas spoke to the Brazilian state’s longstanding neglect of such areas, which often lack even basic sanitation.
“[But] it isn’t the majority of favelas and it’s not coordinated. It is sporadic things around the city. It’s the exception to the rule – the rule being that civil society is really stepping up right now because they know that the state is not going to do it for them.
“Favela activists have been scrambling very effectively” to respond to the impending coronavirus crisis with donation and awareness campaigns across Brazil, Ruge said, pointing to projects such as #COVID19NasFavelas.
“It has been really impressive. The question is whether or not it is going to be enough.”
Ireland’s health minister, Simon Harris, said two people deliberately coughed at him in what appeared to be part of a social media “game”, writes the Guardian’s Rory Carroll in Dublin.
Harris, who has led Ireland’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, told a press conference on Wednesday that the couple approached him on Tuesday as he walked from Government Buildings to his office in the Department of Health in central Dublin.
“A man and woman on a street thought it was hilariously funny to come up and cough at me out loud and then run off laughing … there seems to be some sort of social media game going on but it’s not a game, it’s disgusting.”
Harris said those who were doing it tended to target older people. He urged them to reflect on the mass deaths unfolding in Italy, Spain and elsewhere. “Just think if it was your own granny, grandad, mother, father, your own friend with an underlying health condition like cystic fibrosis.” Such behaviour should be dealt with by the full rigours of the law, he said.
Irish police have received several reports of young people coughing at older people but say such cases appear to be rare. This could under the Public Order Act or Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act.
[ I read a report of a similar instance in New Zealand where a young adult male was charged for this exact thing. ]
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, spoke from eastern France on Wednesday evening after visiting an emergency military hospital set up at Mulhouse in Alsace, where there has been a large coronavirus crisis.
He praised health workers, all those continuing to work to keep the country going and honoured those who have died. He also issued a passionate call for national unity.
I said we are engaged in a war against an invisible enemy, the Covid-19 virus. When you are engaged in a war, you are mobilised, united. I see in our country elements of division, doubt, those who want to split the country when we should have one objective and that is to be united to fight the virus.
Macron insisted the government was working and communicating “transparently” about the availability of masks, ventilators and tests.
We should not give in to any kind of split or false information. We have just one priority and that is to fight the virus.
The president thanked France’s neighbours – Germany; Switzerland and Luxembourg – for taking 30 sick patients with coronavirus for treatment, saying:
This solidarity is the real Europe.
Guardian
‘My Heart Is Just Broken’: Culinary World Reacts to Death of Floyd Cardoz
Chefs, restaurateurs, and food writers share what the trailblazing chef meant to them, showing how much he impacted the industry
by Sonia Chopra and Tanay Warerkar, Eater
The culinary world mourned the sudden death of groundbreaking chef Floyd Cardoz, who reportedly died from complications relating to COVID-19. Cardoz had checked himself into a hospital in New York City shortly after his return from India on March 8 with fever-like symptoms. His family confirmed the news of his death to Indian publication Scroll.in.
Chefs, restaurateurs, and food writers praised his kindness and generosity, and many others wrote about his pioneering efforts to expand the understanding of Indian cuisine in the U.S. The chef and his New York City restaurant Tabla, which opened in the late ’90s, also had influence far beyond the city and Indian cuisine — many say he paved the way for other South Asians in the food industry.
Jackson Browne is the latest celebrity to report he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Minnesota governor orders residents to shelter in place
From CNN’s Melissa Alonso
Minnesota’s 5.6 million residents will shelter in place starting at midnight on Saturday, Gov. Tim Walz said at a news conference today.
He asked residents to stay at home for two weeks and limit their movement outside to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Residents can still leave their homes for groceries and exercise, Walz said.
The order lasts until April 10.
During that period, the state plans to convert stadiums and arenas into hospitals, and stock up on supplies, the governor said. State officials also hope to alleviate capacity on its intensive care unit.
Walz said he hopes to “strike a proper balance” and make sure “our economy can function” while protecting the most vulnerable and slowing the rate of infection.
“We can get ahead of it,” Walz said.
The first homeless New Yorker has died from coronavirus
From CNN’s Anna Sturla
The first homeless New Yorker has died because of Covid-19, Isaac McGinn, spokesman for NYC’s Department of Social Services, tells CNN
“Our hearts go out to the individual’s friends and family,” McGinn said.
Here’s the full statement:
"What we’re seeing continues to track the trends across our city, state, and country – with more testing taking place, we’re effectively identifying more positives, which gives us the ability to immediately connect each individual to the care they need, whether in hospital or in isolation. Tragically, one New Yorker experiencing homelessness succumbed to this virus after several days in the hospital – our hearts go out to this individual’s friends and family. Another individual completed their isolation and got back on their feet healthy. We remain focused on coordinating with Agency partners, health experts, and providers to keep our clients informed and prepared as we respond together to these realities.”
Stimulus bill includes additional funding for judicial branch
From CNN’s Michael Warren
The judicial branch would receive some additional funding in the economic stimulus bill.
The Supreme Court of the United States, for example, is provided an additional $500,000 for salaries and expenses “to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally.”
There is also a similar provision, of $6 million, for salaries and expenses to be used by federal courts of appeals, district courts and other judicial services.
The bill also provides that emergency conditions apply to allow for the use of videoconferencing and telephone conferencing for certain federal criminal proceedings, including felony pleas and sentencing.
There is discretion left to the chief judge or other senior judges about whether to use such remote conferencing “cannot be conducted in person without seriously jeopardizing public health and safety.”
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Confirmed Cases in Ohio *
75
Number of ICU admissions
182
Number of Hospitalizations in Ohio
10
Number of Deaths **
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Age Range
51
Median Age
53%
Sex - Males
47%
Sex - Females
Last Updated: 03/25/20 (Updated daily at 2 p.m.)
- Number of counties with cases: 55 – Ashland (1), Ashtabula (3), Belmont (3), Butler (18), Carroll (3), Champaign (1), Clark (2), Clermont (5), Clinton (2), Columbiana (4), Coshocton (4), Crawford (1), Cuyahoga (206), Darke (1), Defiance (2), Delaware (12), Erie (2), Fairfield (5), Fayette (1), Franklin (88), Gallia (1), Geauga (4), Greene (3), Hamilton (48), Hancock (1), Highland (1), Huron (2), Knox (2), Lake (14), Lawrence (1), Licking (3), Logan (2), Lorain (37), Lucas (23), Madison (2), Mahoning (42), Marion (4), Medina (22), Mercer (1), Miami (19), Montgomery (14), Pickaway (1), Portage (4), Richland (4), Sandusky (1), Seneca (1), Stark (12), Summit (43), Trumbull (9), Tuscarawas (3), Union (3), Warren (8), Washington (1), Wayne (1), Wood (3)
** Number of deaths: 10 – Cuyahoga (2), Erie (1), Franklin (2), Gallia (1), Lucas (1), Miami (1), Stark (2)
Department of Veterans Affairs reports significant jump in positive cases for second day in a row
From CNN’s Zack Cohen
The Department of Veterans Affairs reported another significant jump in positive cases for the second day in a row Wednesday. The VA is now tracking 365 positive cases nationwide, up from 294 on Tuesday, marking one of the largest 24-hour increases in veteran cases to date.
The VA facility in New Orleans maintains the largest number of positive cases by far, reporting more than 100 as of Wednesday. No other VA facility is tracking more than 20 cases.
VA officials in Louisiana told CNN they still do not know why the New Orleans facility is seeing so many more positive cases than any other medical center in the country but noted that the trend aligns with what has been observed at hospitals statewide.
“At the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, we have seen a higher number of positive cases than other VA facilities, just as Louisiana has a higher per capita rate of diagnosed cases than most other states. We cannot speculate as to why at this point,” spokesperson Phillip Walls told CNN when asked about the disparity.
VA says it has administered more than 3,378 Covid-19 tests nationwide.
UK medical official says general public testing is not imminent
From CNN’s Mick Krever
England’s chief medical officer said a generally available Covid-19 test is not imminent.
“I do not think, and I want to be clear, that this something you will suddenly be ordering on the internet next week,” Chris Whitty said at a Downing Street press conference, standing alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
This contradicts testimony from another British official earlier today. The director of the National Infection Service for Public Health England told parliament that she “absolutely” believes that a test would be available to order on Amazon in a matter of days.
“We need to go through the evaluation, then the first critical uses, and then spread it out from that point of view,” she said.
WHO officials warn the world is facing a “significant shortage” of medical supplies
From CNN’s Jacqueline Howard
World Health Organization officials warned during a news briefing in Geneva on Wednesday that globally there is a “significant shortage” of medical supplies, including personal protective gear or PPE.
This issue is something that officials said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will be bringing up at the G20 summit on Thursday.
“We need to be clear: The world is facing a significant shortage of PPE for our frontline workers — including masks and gloves and gowns and face shields — and protecting our health care workers must be the top priority for use of this PPE,” Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO infectious disease epidemiologist, said during Wednesday’s briefing.
All elements of the supply chain appear to be under “extreme strain,” Dr. Mike Ryan, WHO executive director of the health emergencies program, said during the briefing.
“There are problems in the supply chain all along that chain. The simple issue is demand,” Ryan said. “There are shortages of PPE, shortages of ventilators and other products for the medical response to Covid. We also have to avoid shortages in other medical supplies, as supply chains come under strain.”
Tennessee reports spike of 117 cases in one day
From CNN’s David Wright
Tennessee has reported 117 new cases today alone, bringing the state total to 784 cases, according to the Department of Health.
The state has reported three deaths.
Israel’s Netanyahu warns of possible “complete lockdown” if situation worsens
From CNN’s Oren Liebermann in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of a potential “complete lockdown” if coronavirus continued to spread throughout the country.
“In two weeks, we are liable to find ourselves with thousands of patients, many of whom will be in danger of death,” Netanyahu said in a statement Wednesday night, shortly after Israel imposed a new set of more stringent restrictions.
“I am already telling you that if we do not see an immediate improvement in the trend, there will be no alternative but to impose a complete lockdown, except for essential needs such as food and medicines,” he added.
Netanyahu said such a decision would be made within a few days and authorities were working on legal and logistical preparations.
As of Wednesday night, there were five confirmed deaths from coronavirus in Israel and 2,369 cases.
Senate stimulus bill includes video conferencing for some court proceedings
From CNN’s David Shortell
A draft spending bill obtained by CNN provides for federal judges to enable video conferencing in place of physical courtroom hearings in a number of cases, allowing for a scaling down of in-person interactions at certain stages of a trial.
The legislation also pours money into federal law enforcement agencies that are continuing their missions despite the growing pandemic. It would provide $55 million to the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, US Marshals Service, and federal prosecutors across the country. This is in part to provide IT and security updates needed for teleworking, according to a summary of the bill.
The federal Bureau of Prisons, which is responsible for more than 175,000 inmates across the country, will get $100 million. That will go toward the purchase of personal protective equipment and other medical equipment, overtime and cleaning, according to the summary.
Also, $850 million will go toward a signature DOJ grant that funnels money to state and local law enforcement agencies.
What the bill doesn’t address: There isn’t anything about a series of controversial proposals floated by the Justice Department last week that would further coordinate how federal judges are able to slow down the timelines that criminal cases proceed on – proposals that had rankled civil liberties advocates when they became public.
Top health official says France will see “many bereaved families” as coronavirus death toll climbs
From Ya Chun Wang and Benjamin Berteau in Paris
France’s Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon, has warned that France will see “many bereaved families” as the country continues to grapple with a climbing coronavirus death toll
At least 1,331 people have died so far.
“We will see many tragedies, many bereaved families. Doctors are admirable, they deserve all our admiration and our daily congratulations,” Salomon said Wednesday.
“We are facing an unprecedented, severe and rapidly spreading epidemic…the wave of serious cases is already here,” he added.
During his news briefing, Salomon confirmed that at least 25,233 people have so far tested positive for the virus — 2,933 more than Tuesday’s total number of cases.
WHO applauds Trump’s commitment to fighting coronavirus
From CNN’s Amanda Watts
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus applauded President Trump for demonstrating commitment to fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
“Fighting this pandemic needs political commitment and commitment at the highest level possible — and the President’s commitment, you have already seen it," Tedros said Wednesday.
“As you know, one of the recommendations from WHO is the whole of government approach involving all sectors. And the principal, the head of state, taking responsibility and leading the whole response and that’s exactly what he is doing,” he added
Tedros continued: “I believe that kind of political commitment and political leadership can bring change or can stop this pandemic."
[ As I mentioned before, the carrot instead of the stick - holds true for Trump as well as Xi. ]
Ocasio-Cortez warns she may force House members to return for stimulus vote, potentially delaying final passage
From CNN’s Manu Raju
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the high-profile freshman from New York, is leaving open the option of forcing House members to return to Washington to cast a vote on the $2 trillion stimulus package barreling through Congress.
Ocasio-Cortez has expressed her frustration with reports of the stimulus deal, suggesting it’s too tilted towards corporations. The deal was reached between senators from both parties – including the senior Democratic senator from her state, Chuck Schumer, and the White House.
And on Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez told CNN she is not ruling out asking for a recorded vote, which would force lawmakers to return to Washington and vote in-person, something that most members of Congress are eager to avoid amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Ocasio-Cortez said she hadn’t seen the final bill text yet, “but I’m open” to asking for a recorded vote “if necessary.”
Asked if she had concerns about forcing lawmakers to return, which would be an unpopular move, she said: “of course.”
But she added: “With the health risks of travel, there is no easy choice here. But essential workers are showing up and putting their health at risk every day, and if the final text of a bill is set up to hurt them, it may be something we have to do.”
The move would upset the plans of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who told Democrats on a Wednesday conference call that she prefers that the Senate measure is adopted by the House by unanimous consent, according to a source on the call. Any member could object to unanimous approval.
Another option: Allowing the House to vote by voice, which would allow the presiding officer to determine which side has the most votes. Yet members can ask for a recorded, roll-call vote, which would force the House members vote in person.
Pelosi told her caucus on a conference call that a House vote would not occur Wednesday, according to a source on the call. And House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said he would give lawmakers 24 hours notice before scheduling a vote.
Pelosi also said she’s in contact with the House physician’s office about what precautions must be taken in case members are forced to return to Washington, a source on the call said.
A recorded vote could delay final passage for days.
[ This would be unfortunate and dumb, IMO, should it happen. ]
US defense secretary orders a 60-day freeze for overseas US troops
From CNN’s Barbara Starr
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has signed an order requiring all military forces currently overseas, or scheduled to deploy overseas from the US, to stay in their current locations for the next 60 days, according to three defense officials.
The freeze-in-place order will affect 90,000 expected scheduled deployments, including both troops scheduled to return home and troops scheduled to be sent overseas.
There will be several exceptions, including for naval vessels scheduled to return to the US.
Chicago will begin issuing citations to people who break shelter-in-place order
From CNN’s Omar Jimenez
Chicago Police will be issuing citations to residents who do not abide by the rules for congregations and staying at home starting Thursday, Interim Chicago Police Superintendent Charlie Beck said.
“The educational phase of this is over,” Beck said Wednesday.
He said failure to follow orders could result in a misdemeanor, or arrest if the violation continues.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she is “concerned with what we have seen in recent days,” and is now threatening to shut down the city lakefront and parks.
Idaho governor issues “stay home” order
Idaho Gov. Brad Little has issued a “stay home” order for the state.
Citing confirmed community transmission in the state, Little said that the order is in effect immediately and initially extends for 21 days.
People in the state can still leave home to obtain essential services, but the governor has closed all non-essential businesses and directed restaurants to only delivery or take out options.
Little has also activated elements of the Idaho National Guard to “assist civil authorities and local jurisdictions” with executing the state’s coronavirus response.
Little did not specify any specific mission or role for the national guard but did say they are preparing to “stand up a joint task force, if requested.” The size and mission could vary.
@BuckeyeMWDSG Have you seen any testing numbers for OH? I wish they would report that out.