WASHINGTON, June 30 — More US states and businesses yesterday rolled back plans to reopen their economies, citing surges in coronavirus cases and hospitalisations, as the government's top infectious disease specialist blamed the spikes on Americans ignoring public health guidelines. The rises in...
People stand in line at a Duval County restaurant by the beach after it was opened amid Covid-19 restrictions in Jacksonville, Florida April 19, 2020. — Reuters pic
“That's a recipe for disaster,” Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN in an interview broadcast on Monyesterday. California authorities on Sunday ordered bars in Los Angeles and six other counties to close. Texas and Florida ordered the closure of all their bars on Friday.
In June, 22 US states reported record increases in new cases, often multiple times, including Alaska, Arkansas, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon and Utah. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said yesterday that Trump “has no problem with masks and to do whatever your local jurisdiction requests.”
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