(CNN) — Another week of self-isolating — or, for many Americans, mandatory lockdowns — are raising tough questions for President Donald Trump on how long the coronavirus mitigation measures he recommended will last and whether they are worth the economic pain. Trump has suggested he believes they may not be. “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM […]
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(CNN) — Most people who contract the novel coronavirus experience mild symptoms, according to data from China, where the worst of the epidemic now appears to be over. Last month, scientists from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention published a research paper analyzing the data for the first 72,314 people diagnosed with Covid-19. Epidemiologists say it will take […]
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(CNN) — The golden sands along Florida’s coasts have long been one of the state’s greatest resources, helping Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis oversee a tourism mecca that brings in more than $40 billion a year. But as the coronavirus pandemic halts American life, those same sun-scorched beaches, and the crowds they draw, are currently at the heart of some […]
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In response to the novel coronavirus “COVID-19” pandemic and the Riverside County Health Officer recommendations, the City Council passed a resolution declaring a local emergency in La Quinta. This proclamation allows the City to promptly take actions necessary to protect public health, safety and welfare within the City, as well as future reimbursement by the county, state, […]
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(CNN) — The coronavirus driving the current pandemic can live on plastic and stainless steel surfaces for up to three days, researchers say in a study published as a letter to the editor in the New England Journal of Medicine. And it can linger in aerosols — the suspension of tiny particles or droplets in […]
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(CNN) — A 100-page federal plan on how to tackle the coronavirus pandemic obtained by CNN shows the Trump administration is making contingency plans for a pandemic that could stretch up to “18 months or longer” and could include “multiple waves of illness.” Government agencies have also noted that it will be difficult to “forecast” how Covid-19 […]
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The basics of a “shelter-in-place” order during the coronavirus pandemic are fairly clear: Stay at home. But as cities, states and the federal government take increasingly aggressive moves to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, the precise details of a “shelter-in-place” order and its many exceptions for “essential activities” may soon become familiar to […]
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The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tuesday declared a state of emergency, and announced it would be closing its two Coachella Valley casinos Tuesday evening due to the coronavirus pandemic. The tribe’s decision — a reversal of its previous stance — came after the Palm Springs City Council earlier Tuesday directed staff to draw […]
