NEW: White House press sec. Kayleigh McEnany says Pres. Trump 'is confident' COVID-19 'will disappear.' The comment comes as positive cases continue to rise in multiple states across the U.S. McEnany describes the resurgence of cases as 'embers.'
4:55 p.m.: TSA closes main Atlanta checkpoint after screener tests positive
Overall, the TSA has had 866 federal employees test positive for COVID-19. Twenty-nine of them work at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.As California sees a significant increase in its positivity rate, the state is immediately requiring these businesses to close indoor operations: restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, zoos, museums, family entertainment centers and card rooms.
Beachgoers take to the water on a warm summer day at the San Clemente Pier in San Clemente, Calif., June 30, 2020.In counties that close local beaches, the state will join and close state beaches, he said. Schnabel said some people contacted by health investigators are denying being at the party and are refusing to speak to the investigators."Many do not answer their cell phones and do not call back," she said."'Sometimes parents answer for their adult children and promise that they have been home consistently -- when they have not been."
People line up to enter Ranch Records for the going out of business sale in Salem, Ore., June 23, 2020. The record store is closing after nearly 40 years in business.Oregon has had one of the lowest COVID-19 mortality rates in the country, Brown said, and she warned,"an uncontrolled spike in cases will threaten our hospital capacity."
A woman refreshes himself at the Barcaccia fountain in Piazza di Spagna square during hot weather in Rome, Italy, July 1, 2020."We will never get tired of saying that the best way out of this pandemic is to take a comprehensive approach," Tedros said. People stand in queue to enter a restaurant on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida, on June 26, 2020.
A woman uses a personal protective equipment vending machine that was recently deployed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the 42nd Street Port Authority Bus Terminal subway stop on June 30, 2020, in New York.Cuomo called testing the key, and said on Wednesday New York state will reach 4 million total tests completed since March.
People protest against mandatory mask wearing outside a Brevard County Commission meeting in Viera, Fla., June 30, 2020. Catherimarty Burgos, a member of Miami-Dade County "surge teams" distributes bags with masks, sanitizers, and gloves to educate people on how to stay safe from COVID-19, in a neighborhood of Miami, on June 30, 2020.With the number of coronavirus patients steadily increasing, Jackson Health System in Miami said it will limit surgeries to emergency and urgent cases only, beginning on Monday.
Of those tested for the coronavirus citywide, just 2% are now testing positive, de Blasio said Wednesday. An alert message from the U.K. National Health Service is seen on a street in Leicester, England, on July 1, 2020, after the British government imposed a local lockdown on the city due to rising coronavirus infections.
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