November 17, 2020 at 12:20 AM EST
California is reducing the ‘emergency brake’ as states compete to stop the spread of Govt
Issued by Griff Witte, Meryl Cornfield and Hannah Denham
Governors and mayors moved quickly Monday, slowing the spread of Govt-19, renewing controls on businesses and individuals, and urgently needed re-emergence amid a nationwide virus outbreak, public health experts say.
The new activities will be felt from beach to beach. In a mirror of the country’s spring shutdown, California took the most dramatic action, announcing that the government was pulling the state’s “emergency brake” to deal with the spread of the Gavin Newsom (D) disease, “without a precedent in California’s epidemic history”. ”
New Jersey and Philadelphia also announced new restrictions following the implementation of drastic new measures in recent days in states including Washington, Michigan and Iowa.
The data explains why: The country is 1 million new Corona virus Cases in a single week, at least 100,000 cases are added every day for almost two weeks. With the death toll surpassing 246,000, the deadly quarter-million Americans are likely to reach a severe milestone by the weekend.
