MONTGOMERY, Alabama. – As coronavirus instances continue to increase in the country, two of the other southern Arkansas states are re-establishing mask guarantees to combat it, while damaging their economies.
On Thursday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said she extended a public fitness ordinance that requires masks in public, but raises occupancy limits in retail stores and elsewhere.
In Louisiana, even when his restrictions on coronaviruses are being challenged in court, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Thursday that he will extend the mask’s term across the state, industry restrictions, and other regulations he had passed to fight covid-19 for another 4 weeks.
The United States recorded more than 100,000 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday on a single day for the first time since the onset of the pandemic, and the wave of infections shows no signs of recoil.
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Ivey said at a news convention on Capitol Hill on Thursday that the mask mandate and the new order will last until December 11 to mitigate some of the monetary damage to shops and restaurants.
He stated that the extension of the order of the mask was mandatory to ensure the protection of others and to allow certain facets of life to be positioned more normally.
“I sense that other people are absolutely tired of the mask. I’ve had enough too, but asking for the court order for the mask is just a minimal request for our protection so that our company can stay open and the other people painting there,” Ivey said.
Louisiana’s coronavirus restrictions were due to expire today, but Edwards said he would renew them until December 4.
“We think we have the right balance,” Edwards said, “Science is very, very clear, and our delight in Louisiana is now incredibly clear. These measures work. “
Louisiana sees the most recent covid-19 peaks across the country, however, the state reports that many new cases are shown daily.
“The moment we lose surveillance, we will see, unfortunately, where there are several states lately,” said Dr. Joe Kanter, the governor’s leading public fitness advisor.
Republican lawmakers say state regulations are too strict 8 months after Louisiana saw its first outbreak of covid-19 disease through the coronavirus.
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The death toll in Alabama as a result of the coronavirus pandemic exceeded 3,000 this week, as covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to increase. Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 200,000 Alabama residents tested positive.
Health officials have attributed the mask order to a drop in the number of cases since their first announcement, but they have also expressed fear that state numbers are beginning to increase.
“More than 3,000 Alabamans have died from this deadly virus. While it is clear that other people are more vulnerable to covid-19 due to age and pre-existing conditions, no one is immune, as we are all able to contract this virus,” Ivey said.
As before, anyone over the age of 6 should wear a mask in indoor and outdoor public spaces when they need to stay away from each other, but occupancy limits for stores are coming to an end as the grocery shopping season approaches for parties. locals and gyms.
“In undeniable terms, this is good news as we prepare for the upcoming holiday season,” Ivey said of the uplifted occupancy limits. “From the beginning of this pandemic, I said you can’t live without a way of life,” Ivey said. Said.
Dr. Don Williamson, president of the Alabama Hospital Association, who is a former Alabama public fitness official, welcomed the resolve to increase the order for masks.
“We are entering a very, very harmful component of the pandemic,” Williamson said. “Hospitalizations are expanding and cases are expanding. “
Although the virus only causes mild to moderate symptoms for most people, it is especially harmful to older people and others with other serious fitness problems.
D. C. REVIEWS THE RULES
Meanwhile, as the number of viruses increases locally and nationally and the holiday season approaches, the country’s capital is reorganizing its covid-19 restrictions.
Starting next week, visitors to Washington, D. C. , from a state classified as high risk, will need to pass covid-19 checks and get negative effects within 72 hours of travel. if you plan to stay in Washington for more than 3 days.
The new formula repositions the one that had been in place since July, which required visitors to hotspot states to remain quarantined for 14 days upon arrival. many visitors.
“We continue to ask others to restrict their homes and stay home,” Bowser said. “We also know that other people will come here, and they probably won’t be quarantined for 14 days if they do. “
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It’s also unrealistic for travelers to comply with quarantine rules, especially since Washington’s hot spots list expanded to include 42 states.
Under the new restrictions, personal establishments such as hotels, universities, employers, and places of worship may require evidence of negative covid-19 evidence before allowing others to enter, but Bowser said the government would not worry about such an application.
“No one will ask you at the airport, on the bridges, on the roads or at the exercise station to show your papers,” Bowser said.
Visitors to neighbors Maryland and Virginia are exempt, as are those who stay less than 24 hours in Washington DC and those for a must-see business.
Washington, Maryland and Virginia have noticed an increase in infection rates in recent weeks, and Maryland and Virginia experienced peaks.
NO SIGN OF REDUCTION
The total number of new infections in the United States on at least 107,000 on Wednesday, according to a New York Times database.
Twenty-three states recorded more cases in the following week than in any seven-day period.
Five states — Colorado, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, and Nebraska — set case records in a single day on Wednesday. Cases were also spreading in the west of the mountain and even in the northeast, where summer seemed to control the virus.
North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin have been at the forefront of the country for weeks in the number of new cases in relation to their populations, but states have noticed recent sharp increases over the past 14 days.
Coronavirus-related deaths, which are delayed in case reports, have increased to 21% across the country in the past two weeks.
Hospitals in some regions are under pressure from increased cases. More than 50,000 others have recently been hospitalized with covid-19s across the country, according to the Covid Tracking Project, an accumulation of about 64% since early October.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease specialist, predicted in June, when new instances averaged around 42,000 per day, the rate would eventually reach 100,000 per day if the pandemic was not controlled.
Fauci said the country “couldn’t be worse positioned” as winter approaches and declining temperatures lead others to gather inside.
When planning a vacation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends taking into account the condition of the virus in a specific area, adding spaces from which visitors can and the duration of the event.
CHOICE CONNECTION
Meanwhile, the U. S. electorate went to the polls divided over how they see President Donald Trump’s reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, but in places where the virus turns out to be more prevalent now, Trump had massive support.
An analysis through The Associated Press found that in 376 counties with a number of new cases consistent with the capita, the overwhelming majority (93% of counties) voted for Trump, an upward rate compared to other less affected areas.
Noticing the contrast, public fitness officials avoid introspection for a moment. While they are involved in the growing number of hospitalizations and deaths, they hope to reshape their messages and point to a restoration of public sentiment now that the election is over.
“Public fitness officials want to step back, pay attention and perceive others who do not take the same position” in terms of dressing in masks and other measures,” said Dr. Marcus Plescia of the Association of State and Territory Health Officials.
“I think there is a possibility that things will become less burdened and less conflicting,” he said, adding that there is a possibility that a public message of reorganized physical fitness could unify Americans around reducing the number of instances so that hospitals do not suffer from winter. Months.
Trump’s electorate interviewed through AP reporters said he valued individual freedom and believed the president was doing as well as anyone in reaction to the coronavirus.
Michaela Lane, a 25-year-old Republican, voted for Trump last week at an electoral center at an outdoor mall in Phoenix.
“I think the ultimate challenge facing the country as a total is freedom as a total,” Lane said. “Violation of other people’s freedom, government repeal, government abuse, chaos in many of the ongoing challenges lately and simply giving others the rights. “
As the electoral temperament dissipates, the accumulation of hospitalizations as the colder climate approaches creates “a turning point” in the pandemic, said Sema Sgaier, executive director of the Surgo Foundation, a nonprofit based in Washington, D. C. who has worked with Associate Ariadne. Laboratories of Harvard University to expand a tool to estimate vaccine desires in the states.
“We want to get back together. When I say “we, ” I mean collectively, ” said Sgaier. Finding a non-unusual floor can become less difficult if one or more of the candidate vaccines are safe and effective and get government approval, he said.
“The vaccine provides the reset button,” Sgaier said.
Information for this article provided through Kim Chandler, Melinda Deslatte, Ashraf Khalil, Carla K. Johnson, Hannah Fingerhut, Todd Richmond, Terry Tang and Pia Deshpande of the Associated Press; and through Kate Taylor of the New York Times.