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Mar302021 by adminNo Comments
GOP governors ignore Biden’s latest plea on mask mandates

GOP governors ignore Biden’s latest plea on mask mandates

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President Joe Biden's pleas for states to stick with mask mandates to slow the spread of the coronavirus were being largely ignored Tuesday as several Republican governors stayed on track to drop the requirement in their states.Biden and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a day earlier that this is no time to relax safety measures.In a call with governors on Tuesday, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky buttressed that message by citing "concerning” national trends: The seven-day average of 61,000 new COVID-19 cases per day is up 13%, and the seven-day average of deaths is up 6%.But Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchison announced Tuesday that he is dropping the state’s mask mandate immediately, a day earlier than previously announced. He said on the governors’ call that re...
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Nov72020 by adminNo Comments
CDC: Mask mandates, stay-at-home orders cut COVID-19 cases, deaths in Delaware this spring

CDC: Mask mandates, stay-at-home orders cut COVID-19 cases, deaths in Delaware this spring

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Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Statewide stay-at-home orders and mask mandates issued by officials in Delaware in the spring reduced COVID-19 cases by 82% and hospitalizations associated with the disease by 88%, while dropping deaths from the virus down to zero, according to new data. The figures, published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cover the period from March 11, when the first case of infection was identified in the state, through the end of June, agency researchers said. Advertisement The state implemented stay-at-home orders March 24 and required that face coverings be used in public places statewide after April 28. "Implementation of mitigation measures, including mandated mask use, coupled with public health interventions, was followed by reductions in COVID-19...
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Oct72020 by adminNo Comments
Arizona mask mandates, business closures slowed spread of COVID-19, CDC says

Arizona mask mandates, business closures slowed spread of COVID-19, CDC says

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Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Local mask mandates, restrictions on public events, and closing bars, gyms, movie theaters and restaurants in mid-June slowed a surge in COVID-19 cases in Arizona that began earlier that month, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By Aug. 7, less than two months after the measures were implemented, daily rates of new cases in the state had dropped by 75%, the agency said. Advertisement "The primary goal of implementing widespread enhanced mitigation measures in Arizona was to protect and save lives and maintain capacity in the healthcare system," CDC researchers wrote. "A combination of voluntary and enforceable measures is more effective than any single measure. Between June 1 and 15, the number of daily confirmed case...
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