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Check out the newest updates on the coronavirus pandemic listed below.
Nearly One-Third Of Florida Children Tested For COVID-19 Test Favorable– 7/17/2020, 5: 50 a.m. ET
Of the 54,022 people under the age of 18 who have actually been evaluated for COVID-19 in Florida, 16,797 of them, or roughly 31%, have actually evaluated positive, according to information from the state’s Department of Health. This compares to approximately 11%of everyone evaluated in the state who revealed a favorable result.
Cases in Florida have actually been rising at worrying rates the past couple of weeks, as Gov. Ron DeSantis pushes for schools to entirely reopen in the fall. The Republican governor informed mayors in south Florida– the state’s hardest-hit area– that resuming schools is low-risk.
— Nina Golgowski
Colorado Issues Statewide Mask Mandate– 7/17/2020, 7: 30 a.m. ET
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) released an executive order Thursday that requires everybody 11 and older to wear a mask in indoor public spaces for a minimum of the next 30 days, the Denver Post reported
” Look, in Colorado, there’s no shirt, no shoes, no mask, no service,” Polis said. “Very easy.”
Previous to the guv’s order, almost 40 cities and counties had currently provided mask orders. Constable’s offices in two conservative counties said their deputies would not be imposing the order.
COVID-19 cases have actually been increasing in Colorado for four straight weeks. State epidemiologist Rachel Herlihy said if the current trends continue, the state would lack ICU beds in September.
— Liza Hearon
Boris Johnson Scraps UK’s ‘Work From Home’ Guidance– 7/17/20, 6: 20 a.m. ET
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will scrap the government’s recommendations to “work from house if you can” starting Aug. 1– in spite of obvious misgivings from official scientists.
Johnson dropped the guidance that states “individuals who can work from house ought to continue to do so,” which was created to restrict the spread of coronavirus. The choice on whether personnel need to work from home will instead be in the hands of companies.
The prime minister made the move in action to increasing concern about the economic impact of people working from house and not investing cash in stores, coffee shops and pubs in town hall.
But the government’s chief clinical advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance, said Thursday that working from house stayed a “perfectly great option” and there was “definitely no reason” to alter the recommendations.
— Arj Singh
‘ Crucial Moment’ As European Leaders Gather For Essential Top– 7/17/20, 4: 30 a.m. ET
The 27 heads of the European Union will fulfill for very first in person talks considering that lockdowns this weekend as they look for to whip out a financial healing plan.
” It is a moment of truth and aspiration for Europe,” French President Emmanuel Macron said as he showed up for the meeting in Brussels after weeks of tension over the scale and scope of the rescue fund.
At problem is the EU’s 2021-27 spending plan, envisaged at a little above 1 trillion euros ($ 1.1 trillion), and a connected brand-new healing fund worth 750 billion euros indicated to help restore the southern economies aff