Dr. Anthony Fauci urges caution amid COVID-19 pandemic: 'A risk for you is not just isolated to you, because if you get infected you are part—innocently or inadvertently—of propagating the dynamic process of a pandemic.'
2:50 p.m.: Philadelphia issues mandatory mask order as cases jump, including in teens
Those who travel to a high-coronavirus areas are being asked to self-quarantine for two weeks when they get back to Philadelphia, the mayor said.The White House coronavirus task force held its first briefing on Friday since April 27. Vice President Mike Pence participates in a White House Coronavirus Task Force news briefing as National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, right, looks on, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, June 26, 2020. Coronavirus COVID-19 cases have surged across states in the US."We have made a truly remarkable progress in moving our nation forward. We've all seen the encouraging news as we open up America again," Pence said.
Vice President Mike Pence participates in a White House Coronavirus Task Force news briefing at the US Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., June 26, 2020. A patient is wheeled into Houston Methodist Hospital at the Texas Medical Center, amid the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease , in Houston, June 22, 2020.
Aubrey Burgess reacts to getting swabbed for a coronavirus disease test at a testing site set up at an event to mark Juneteenth in Denver, June 20, 2020. “What happened in China affected us. What happened in Europe affected us. What's happening here, is affecting others. We can't get away from that,” Fauci said.
"President Trump and I believe that taking proper steps as we created screening at recent events, and giving people the very best counsel that we have. We still want to give people the freedom to participate in the political process," Pence said. Tubers prepare to float the Comal River in New Braunfels, Texas despite the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the state, June 25, 2020.
"It is clear that the rise in cases is largely driven by certain types of activities, including Texans congregating in bars," he said."The actions in this executive order are essential to our mission to swiftly contain this virus and protect publicHandlebar bouncer, Mando Cuadros, sprays down a guest's hands with hand sanitizer on the first night that bars reopen after they were shut down to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease in Austin, Texas, May 22, 2020.
A general view as people are seen dining at local restaurants in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., June 24, 2020.Florida bars can no longer sell alcohol for on-premises drinking, the state's Department of Business and Professional Regulation announced Friday.The NBA has tested 302 players for the coronavirus and 16 players have tested positive, the NBA said Friday.
The department said it traced recent cases back to parties, barbecues and other social events where people gathered without masks. Waiters at a restaurant adjust social distancing screens outside for outdoor seating seating that follows current health guidelines to slow the spread of Coronavirus at a restaurant in New York City, June 25, 2020.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Thursday that New Mexico needs another week before deciding on more reopenings and if the mass gathering limit can be raised."The last thing anyone wants to do is revert back to more closures in an emergency to protect public health," the governor said in a statement."New Mexico's priority remains testing widely and isolating positive cases ... rising cases levels will threaten reopenings, including for public schools in the fall.
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