As the wait for the effects of the elections continues and new cases of coronavirus continue to set records, states are beginning to immerse themselves in a domain that has proven effective, though difficult to put into effect, in the spring: curfews.
Massachusetts began Friday night, asking all citizens to stay in their homes between 10 p. m. M. And 5 a. m. Unless they’re going to paint or go to school. Criminals in this state can be arrested. Denver will do the same, with a “Home for 10” order beginning Sunday and extending until December 7.
Meanwhile, William Hanage, epidemiologist at Harvard’s THChan School of Public Health, said he doubted that curfew would do much to fight infections. “Reducing dinner night by an hour or two doesn’t have a very significant impact,” Hanage said. I can’t think of a bachelor position where no additional stock will be needed. “
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Florida Republican Matt Gaetz told USA TODAY Saturday morning that he had “positive antibodies,” indicating that he had had the virus at some point.
He said he didn’t have the goal of quinding and that he knew where he had collected the antibodies. “No symptoms. I feel good. Palette today,” he told USA TODAY in a text message.
In March, Gaetz accused Gaetz of not being nice to the coronavirus outbreak when he was dressed in a fuel mask in Congress after one of his constituents died of COVID-19 disease.
“A light fact?!?! I was pretty serious,” the Florida Republican tweeted in reaction to a Washington Post headline who claimed he had done just that. . “
– Ledyard King
For the third day in a row, the United States set records for reported cases in one day, and the 3 days recorded more than 100,000 new infections. As of Friday, according to the knowledge of Johns Hopkins, the United States has reported 126,480 cases consistent with the day. corresponds to about 88 Americans who tested positive, on average, every minute.
Every day since October 25, the United States has set a record for reports in one week. We are now at 689,538.
Most U. S. states have been able to do so. But it’s not the first time They have established case records: A USA TODAY investigation into Johns Hopkins’ knowledge through Friday night shows that 26 states set records for new cases in one week, while five states recorded a record number of deaths in a week.
New ones have been established in Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode. Island, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Several deaths have been reported in Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wisconsin.
Mike Stucka
More than a quarter of a million Danes were locked up Friday in a region in the north of the country where a mutated variant of the coronavirus inflamed the mink bred by its fur, which led to an order to kill millions of animals. Meanwhile, Britain said Friday that other people in Denmark self-isolate for 14 days, adding the country to a list of countries it considered risky.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the move intended to involve the virus and arrived two days after the government ordered the slaughter of the 15 million mink raised on Denmark’s 1,139 mink farms. The coronavirus is constantly evolving and, to date, there is no evidence. that any of the mutations poses a greater danger to people, but the Danish government does not take any chances.
Last month, Denmark began sacrificing millions of mink in the north of the country after COVID-19 infections were reported in the inventory there. Across the country, at least 216 of Denmark’s 1,139 fur farms have already been infected.
– Associated Press
Former Vice President Joe Biden has expressed support for a physically powerful aid package that includes some other federal bonus to weekly unemployment benefits, more assistance for small businesses and financially challenged states, and some other set of stimulus controls for maximum households.
The big question: who has the majority in the Senate?Last month, the Democratic House approved a $2. 2 trillion package, while the Republican Senate favored a $500 billion plan.
If Republicans retain control, lawmakers would likely approve a $1. 5 trillion stimulus, most likely until the end of this year, according to Moody’s Analytics and Oxford Economics. unemployment aid provided to unemployed Americans before this year of a reduced amount.
But economist Nancy Vanden Houten of Oxford Economics believes even a Democratic Senate would opt for a $1. 5 trillion measure to maintain other spending initiatives. Learn more here.
– Paul Davidson
The popularity of mail voting in this election can put pressure on state legislators to make many COVID-19 adjustments permanent.
“Election officials, legislators and the electorate have replaced the way they think about voting in many parts of the country,” said Sean Morales-Doyle, deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, a New York University election law organization. Law School.
“There was a lot of electorate who had never had the opportunity (before this year) to send ballots and cheered me on. It will replace people’s perspectives and the demands of lawmakers. “
Voters from both parties, Morales-Doyle said, have had more roles in voting. Imagine the ranks in polling stations, he said, if the top electorate this year voted on Election Day respecting the rules of social estating. would have been incredibly long. “
But some local election officials have expressed frustration at what they say is a lack of clarity in electoral law that enlarges the counting process. Last week, the U. S. Supreme Court refused to overturn a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision to enlarge the order by mail. deadline for voting. However, the U. S. Supreme Court can still act on the case. Learn more here.
– Matt Vasilogambros and Lindsey Van Ness, Stateline
States with more coronavirus in the week that ended Friday than last week: AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT OF FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NM NM NY ND NC ND OH OK O PA SC SD TX TX VA WA WA WV WI WY Lowercase: TNS Source: @USATODAY @JohnsHopkins
President Donald Trump’s staff leader, Mark Meadows, has coronavirus, according to reports released Friday. It’s unclear when he tested positive, but resources told Bloomberg News that Meadows had informed an organization of advisers of his diagnosis after Election Day.
ABC News and CNN also showed that Meadows was carrying the virus. Campaign manager Nick Trainer also tested positive for the virus, according to the Wall Street Journal and NBC News.
His positive comes a month after Trump’s fight against the virus, which hospitalized him at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in early October. Following Trump’s diagnosis, several White House aides tested positive for the virus, adding press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and former producer Kellyanne Conway, Melania and Barron Trump were also positive.
At least five assistants to Vice President Mike Pence, in addition to their Marc Short leader, also tested positive last month, according to reports.
– Jeanine Santucci
Five members of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and a member of the family circle tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Series that tested positive for COVID-19.
It is not known whether Turner or other players are among the five, according to a user familiar with the situation, most of the people who tested positive were outdoors in the so-called World Series bubble in Arlington, Texas. due to confidentiality issues.
“The Dodgers organization continues to work with us during this ongoing investigation into the outbreak,” the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said Friday in a statement to USA TODAY Sports.
The news came just hours after the major leagues accepted some of the blame for Turner’s moves at the World Series birthday party when he returned to the box after his positive COVID-19 test, claiming there was poor communication and we decided he would not. be punished.
He shows up at the box hugging his teammates, kissing his wife, holding the World Series trophy and posing for photos of the team with his mask, sitting next to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, a cancer survivor.
– Bob Nightengale and Josh Peter
State criminal officials have ordered the closure of an average security facility in northern Nevada after 93 inmates and seven tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Nevada Department of Corrections said Friday that more remediation measures had been implemented and that all food was delivered in the confinement of individual sets at the Warm Springs Correctional Facility in Carson City.
The department’s director, Charles Daniels, said the rest of the facility’s 525 infringers would all be re-examined on Friday and Saturday.
It did not reveal when the positive effects were confirmed. Employees are evaluated every two weeks and offenders every three weeks.
Starting Friday night, Massachusetts citizens will break the law if they leave between 10 p. m. M. Y. 5 a. m. , unless they’re on their way to paint or go to school. But over the next week, you’ve noticed that the number of instances daily exceeds 1200 and is likely to get worse.
The resolution is addressed to final restaurants and bars before night, before other people lose their inhibitions and distrust the guarantees of COVID-19, but it remains to be noted whether criminalizing activities such as a night walk is an intelligent concept or will have an effect. effect on the number of cases of viruses.
In one effort, Denver announced Friday that it would initiate an evening “Start at 10”, forcing citizens to stay in the house from 10 p. m. until 5 a. m. La order takes effect on Sunday and continues until December 7. Thanksgiving.
Infection rates and hospitalizations are rising, with the moving average of seven days for the new Denver to 419 on Thursday, up from 290 on October 29.
– Karen Weintraub
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