CORONAVIRUS LATEST: — WHO official warns pandemic is not close to over. — New Jersey backtracks on planned indoor dining reopening. — Utah governor urges Pence to encourage face coverings. — Broadway shows suspended for rest of year.
3:06 p.m.: WHO official warns pandemic is not close to over
Murphy cited"spikes" in cases in other parts of the country where restrictions on indoor dining were lifted.."We’ve always said that we would not hesitate to hit pause if needed to safeguard public health. This is one of those times." "I think mister vice president if you and President Trump could say -- not as necessarily a mandate but as a best practice, 'If you want to stop the spread, if you want to slow down the spread, as a best practice ... we recommend that you wear a mask,'" Herbert said.
"At Planet Fitness, the safety of our team and members is our top priority," company spokeswoman McCall Gosselin told ABC News in a statement Monday."We have been in communication with the Monongalia County Health Department upon being notified that a member in our Morgantown, WV location tested positive for COVID-19.
"In that sense, we encourage all people, at all levels, and in all countries to use language that is appropriate, respectful and is not associated with any connotations that are negative," Ryan said. Cuomo said he is concerned that the rise of coronavirus cases would hurt New York, which was once the epicenter of the pandemic but is now on a decline in the number of cases and deaths. At its peak in the beginning of April, the state saw its three-day average of new COVID-19 deaths around 763, and on Sunday, that three-day average was eight, according to Cuomo.
The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, made the announcement Monday, saying theaters are now offering refunds and exchanges for tickets purchased for all performances through Jan. 3, 2021. The organization said it's working with city and state officials as well as key experts"to formulate the best plan to restart the industry."
"The Broadway experience can be deeply personal but it is also, crucially, communal," Thomas Schumacher, chair of the board of the Broadway League, said in a statement Monday."The alchemy of 1000 strangers bonding into a single audience fueling each performer on stage and behind the scenes will be possible again when Broadway theatres can safely host full houses.
People eat outside of LENA Winebar in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City on June 27, 2020, as restaurants are now permitted to offer al fresco dining as part of the city's phase 2 reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.New York City, once the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the United States, entered phase two of reopening last week, which allowed restaurants to resume outdoor dining services.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London on June 23, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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