CORONAVIRUS LATEST: — Texas death toll, hospitalizations hit new highs. — The South sees record COVID-19 deaths. — California sees highest number of daily cases ever. — CDC changes guidance on isolating adults with COVID-19.
due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their nations' outbreaks.has become the worst-affected country, with more than 3.9 million diagnosed cases and at least 142,942 deaths.Ohio makes masks mandatory, issues travel advisoryHere is how the news is developing today. All times Eastern. Check back for updates.
In response to the concern that children could reinfect their grandparents and others at home, Trump said that children"don't transmit very easily," and that"we're studying, Jon, very hard, that particular subject." Hairstylist Travis Vu gives a haircut to Minh Dao at his outdoor hair salon in Fountain Valley, Calif., July 22, 2020.
"Trips to states where there are high positivity rates, such as South Carolina and Florida, are leading to outbreaks here in Ohio," DeWine tweeted. "A limited number of persons with severe illness may produce replication-competent virus beyond 10 days that may warrant extending duration of isolation and precautions for up to 20 days after symptom onset," the CDC said.Arizona's educators, grocery store workers and child care workers are among the essential workers who are now eligible for free COVID-19 antibody testing, the University of Arizona said Wednesday.
"So the idea that we're going to have a vaccine in 2-3 months, and then all of a sudden this virus is going to go away ... I would love to be here saying that to you, but that's just not realistic," he said.MORE: Actual coronavirus infections likely 10 times higher than reported, study reveals Ryan added,"There is so much we can do now, and it will be so much easier to get rid of this virus using a vaccine if we've already suppressed it," he said, citing wearing masks, washing hands and social distancing.
A group of cyclists takes a break on the sidewalk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., July 19, 2020.Bowser also said that she will extend a state of emergency order in the District that was set to expire by the end of July.As COVID-19 surges in Florida, those not wearing face coverings in public spots of Miami Beach will be fined $50 beginning on Thursday, officials said.A man runs past a lifeguard stand in Miami Beach, Fla., July 20, 2020.
People walk and skateboard on the sidewalk past businesses on July 20, 2020, in Newport Beach, Calif.Barbers Nicolas Downs and Bob Castro cut customers hair from the sidewalk in front of Downs' barber shop during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Solana Beach, Calif., July 21, 2020. Alma Odong wears a mask as she cleans a classroom at Wylie High School in Wylie, Texas, July 14, 2020.In South Carolina, the test-positivity rate is above 15% and rising, the memos said.
Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , called masks the"most powerful tool" against the coronavirus. "Some governors have done it, obviously with mandates. Other governors have done it through example. I think our key is just to let the American public know how important this is," he said.
"So it's so important now to work together with school districts to figure out how they can take our guidelines and operationalize them in a practical way and to do it in a way that is safe," he continued.France has 208 currently active coronavirus outbreaks as of Tuesday, according to the General Directorate of Health, which notes that"the circulation of the virus is increasing.
Just four regions in the country -- Ile de France, Grand-Est, Hauts-de-France and Guyana -- account for 70% of patients in intensive care.
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