Oklahoma City – Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt returned within two weeks of testing positive for coronavirus.
Stitt’s Twitter page said he was “happy to be back in the saddle” and encouraged others to raise their hands regularly, stay socially away and wear a mask if distance is not possible.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 1,089 new cases and thirteen more deaths on Tuesday. This brings the total number of deaths to 509.
The actual number of cases in Oklahoma is high due to the small number of other people examined and those who do not know that they would possibly have the virus because they have no symptoms.
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HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS OUTBREAK:
– U.S. teachers’ union supports strike action if return to school is safe
– Florida reports more than 9,000 new viruses
– Greece has announced that it will allow cruises on 1 August.
– President Donald Trump is like arguing unproven claims that an antimalarial drug is an effective remedy for coronavirus. It also launches new attacks on the credibility of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease specialist.
– Britain’s effective ban on a rise in coronavirus cases in the north-east of the country has indicated a preference for a comprehensive european-wide technique for the elimination of the virus.
– Dr. Anthony Fauci says the Miami Marlins coronavirus outbreak could simply end the major league season, but he doesn’t think the games will end now.
Track the AP pandemic in http://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak
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HERE’S MORE HAPPENING:
COLUMBIA, South Carolina – South Carolina’s largest school district says nearly a third of students are making plans to attend school in users this fall.
More than 23,000 of the 77,000 fellows in the Greenville County School District have selected their virtual program, which requires a one-year commitment to stay outdoors in a school building.
Many districts in the state have already experimented with virtual schools, but the coronavirus pandemic is making them flourish as an alternative.
Only Arizona, Texas, California and Florida have a higher moving average COVID-19 deaths in South Carolina. The average has consistently hovered around 30 deaths since July 13, according to the State Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Outside of The Orangeburg Regional Medical Center, special tents will serve as an “alternative care site.” The tents will have space for 12 beds for recovering patients and the hospital says they will be in a position in two or three weeks.
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MONTPELIER, Vermont – Gov. Phil Scott and Vermont’s most sensible education and fitness officials say the level of coronavirus in the state is low enough for schools to resume in-person training.
Scott says he will include an order to open on September 8, a week later than usual, to give local school districts more time to prepare.
Many Vermont school districts were making plans to reopen with hybrid in-person and remote education. Some are returning to full-time education, according to the governor.
Don Tinney, President of the Vermont Bankruptcy of the National Education Association and its 13,000-member teachers’ union, said postponing the school’s opening is a smart first step.
The Vermont Department of Health has reported 3 new cases of the virus, bringing the state’s total to more than 1,400. The state has had a death shown for more than a month, with a total of 56.
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ATHENS – Greece has announced that it will allow cruises to pass on 1 August.
The Ministry of Tourism has announced that cruise ships from six ports – Piraeus, Volos and Katakolo on the mainland and the islands of Rhodes, Iraklio in Crete and Corfu – will begin on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Civil Protection Authority said the face mask will be mandatory Wednesday for consumers at all closed outlets, adding hair and beauty salons.
The Ministry of Health reported on new infections on Tuesday, bringing the total shown to 4,279. With a new death, the death toll is 203.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon – The Lebanese government ordered the partial closure of the country amid a build-up of coronavirus cases.
Lebanon recorded 141 new cases of coronavirus and 3 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday. The new figures raise the total number of cases in Lebanon to 4,023 and 54 deaths.
In recent days, three-digit cases have been reported after the country reopened the only foreign airport and many others returned to general life.
The government said a five-day partial lockdown will begin on Thursday, followed by two days off before the five-day partial blockade. During closing, indoor pools, pubs, shopping malls, banks, nightclubs and markets will remain closed.
Lebanon had contained the virus after the first case reported at the end of February. The blockade has been lifted in an attempt to alleviate the severe economic crisis.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Florida reported more than 9,000 cases of coronavirus and a new record of 191 deaths on Tuesday.
This raises the total number of infections to nearly 442,000 and more than 6,100 showed deaths, according to the state Ministry of Fitness. The previous record for daily coronavirus deaths at Florida 173 last week.
The number of patients treated in state coronavirus hospitals has been strong in the last 24 hours in more than 9,000, compared to approximately 9,500 a week ago.
Gov. Ron DeSantis says he plans to open retirement homes and service apartments for visitors. The Republican says immediate coronavirus tests can prevent visitors from being infected.
In Florida, there were 2,760 deaths of citizens and workers in long-term care facilities.
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RIO GREAT CITY, Texas – Some of the spaces affected by Hurricane Hanna in South Texas over the weekend remain among the worst hot spots in the country for coronavirus.
Starr County, in the Rio Grande Valley, recorded more than 1,800 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The county hospital, with fewer than 50 beds and without an extensive care unit, has been running for weeks.
Hanna’s strong winds and rain grounded medical dispatch helicopters for days, which prevented doctors from airing the most critical patients to remedy them elsewhere.
Gov. Greg Abbott said he was involved in the typhoon forcing others to meet in internal teams to leave, which could lead to further spread of the virus.
Local officials begged Abbott for weeks to allow the closure of masks and businesses.
Texas fitness officials monday reviewed their collection of knowledge about coronavirus deaths, adding nearly 700 more than reported in the past. The death toll now stands at 5,713.
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CHICAGO – People traveling from Missouri, Wisconsin, Nebraska and North Dakota to Chicago must be quarantined for two weeks upon arrival or fines on Friday.
The most recent Announced Tuesday raises the total number of affected states to 22.
Chicago officials issued the quarantine order in early July. Initially, it was implemented for travelers from 15 states, but was updated weekly due to the increasing number of cases shown with coronavirus.
Three of the five states bordering Illinois are included in the order; Iowa indexed in a previous update. Chicago officials said the inclusion of Wisconsin may be more complicated.
Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, says city citizens who paint in Wisconsin or vice versa can continue if necessary, but deserve to restrict their activities.
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BATON RED, Louisiana – Louisiana takes strong action against violators of Governor John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus restrictions.
The state’s Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco Control has revoked the licenses of four bars discovered in violation of the Democratic governor’s ordinance restricting takeaway and delivery bars.
The firm announced Monday that it had suspended bar licenses at Grand Isle, Lake Charles, Gonzales and Harvey after state inspectors discovered that corporations were selling beverages to consumers who remained in place.
Companies should not serve alcohol before hearings to file their case on August 5 and 6. They may face license suspensions of up to 30 days.
Tighter enforcement occurs as coronavirus instances continue to skyrocket in Louisiana. The state, which in the past reduced spread, has one of the highest rates of per capita infection in the country.
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ALBANY, N.Y. – The governor of New York is “dismayed” through videos showing crowds close to each other at a Hamptons concert with electronic music duo The Chainsmokers this weekend.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote in a tweet Monday that the State Department of Health will investigate “serious violations of social estrangement.”
Cuomo shared a video on social media, which has been viewed more than 6 million times, crowding other people and swinging near the stage. The video shows participants who appear to be dressed in masks, but many others stood within 6 feet or 2 meters.
The governor, whose status was once the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, told citizens to be vigilant and help keep the rates of coronavirus infection in New York solid.
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HARTFORD, Conn. Federal inmates in Connecticut agreed to decide an elegant action by accusing criminal officials of coronavirus-damaging situations.
An agreement for inmates at Danbury Federal Correctional Center was filed with Hartford Federal Court on Monday and will have to be approved by a judge. Inmates’ lawyers say regulations require the Bureau of Prisons to temporarily identify medically vulnerable inmates and release them.
Since the start of the pandemic, 89 prisoners and 61 from Danbury have recovered from the virus and one prisoner has died. The criminal is home to about 1,000 people.
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One of the country’s largest teachers’ unions, its members will strike if their schools plan to reopen without sufficient security measures amid the global pandemic.
The American Federation of Teachers, which represents 1.7 million school employees, issued a solution Tuesday saying that any premises make the decision to strike due to plans to reopen. The organization says school buildings deserve to be opened only in spaces where coronavirus infections are low enough and if schools take safe protective measures.
The union’s president has criticized President Donald Trump for ordering the reopening of schools even as the virus continues to rise. Randi Weingarten called Trump’s reaction “chaotic and catastrophic,” saying he left teachers and frightened them.
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MOSCOW – The president of Belarus says the coronavirus has been tested and is asymptomatic.
President Alexander Lukashenko made the announcement tuesday in an assembly with security officials, the official belta news firm reported. In the past, he had dismissed considerations of coronavirus as a “psychosis.”
“Today you meet a user who controlled the coronavirus on his feet. Doctors drew that conclusion yesterday: asymptomatic,” he said.
Belarus has taken any comprehensive action against coronavirus, such as blocking or ordering social estrangement.
There are approximately 67,000 shown infection and 543 deaths reported in the country.
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ATLANTA – The governor of Georgia has said he is fleeing an emergency hearing request as part of a lawsuit to prevent the state’s largest city from ordering others to wear a mask in public.
Governor Brian Kemp this month sued Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the City Council for enforcing a mask ordinance for the city. The Republican governor argues that local leaders impose more or less restrictive measures than those on his executive orders.
The two sides met on Monday for court-ordered mediation. Kemp spokesman Cody Hall announced Monday night that the governor sought to “continue productive and intelligent religious negotiations” and had to withdraw the request for a hearing scheduled for Tuesday.
However, this eliminates the underlying test.
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LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said it is the government’s “duty” to protect the UK from a momentary peak in coronavirus while defending the resolution to oppose any unusual in Spain.
He says the government will have to “take swift and decisive action” when it believes that the dangers are “starting to arise again.”
He added: “Let’s be perfectly transparent about what’s in Europe, among some of our European friends, I’m worried that they’re starting to see in some puts the symptoms of a wave of momentary pandemic.”
The resolve to toughen the recommendation for Spain caused widespread consternation among some Britons. Spain is historically the most popular summer holiday destination.
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