Coronavirus: Iowa governor criticises top health expert over calls for stay-at-home orders in her state
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Iowa governor criticises top health expert over calls for stay-at-home orders in her state

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has criticised Dr Anthony Fauci after the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases called for a nationwide shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus. "I want Iowans to understand that we have taken significant and incremental steps to mitigate the spread of the virus since we identified our first case in Iowa on March 8. Dr Fauci was speaking to CNN when he said he didn't "understand why that's not happening" when it came to all state governors ordering their residents to stay at home. "You know, the tension between federally mandated versus states' rights to do what they want is something I don't want to get into," he said.

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These eight states haven’t issued stay-at-home orders to fight the coronavirus outbreak
4 years, 8 months ago

These eight states haven’t issued stay-at-home orders to fight the coronavirus outbreak

LA Times  

Kristi Noem, left, holds a news conference March 18. And the people of Arkansas have embraced that.” The state of 3 million people has more than 2,270 confirmed coronavirus cases and 43 COVID-19 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. In the northeast region of the state, which includes Cedar Rapids and Dubuque, she’s issued stricter rules that …

Heartland hotspots: A sudden rise in coronavirus cases is hitting rural states without stay-at-home orders
4 years, 8 months ago

Heartland hotspots: A sudden rise in coronavirus cases is hitting rural states without stay-at-home orders

CNN  

Washington CNN — The test results came back on Easter Sunday. Her message to him was simple: “Shut this mess down.” Just as cases are starting to plateau in some big cities and along the coasts, the coronavirus is catching fire in rural states across the American heartland, where there has been a small but significant spike this week in …

Southern governors’ bizarre response to Covid-19 (opinion)
4 years, 9 months ago

Southern governors’ bizarre response to Covid-19 (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Issac Bailey is a longtime journalist based in South Carolina and the Batten Professor for Communication Studies at Davidson College. McMaster, only days after describing the state as a “unique” place where a stay-at-home order wasn’t needed, issued an order requiring South Carolinians to stay home – unless they’re at work, visiting family, exercising or shopping for necessary …

Coronavirus is America’s common enemy, but the states aren’t fighting as a team
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus is America’s common enemy, but the states aren’t fighting as a team

LA Times  

Andrew Cuomo has won plaudits for his daily briefings about the coronavirus pandemic. The virus killed about 675,000 people in the U.S. “1918, there was no national strategy,” said John M. Barry, author of “The Great Influenza.” He added grimly of today’s coronavirus response: “What we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” The federal government has …

Why these 8 Republican governors are holding out on statewide stay-at-home orders
4 years, 9 months ago

Why these 8 Republican governors are holding out on statewide stay-at-home orders

CNN  

CNN — Just eight US governors have decided against issuing statewide directives urging their residents to stay at home as the outbreak of the coronavirus escalates and spreads across the country, the last holdouts in the nation. In doing so, they’ve collectively ignored the stay-at-home pleas of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, who said in a …

Coronavirus | U.S. President Donald Trump resists national shutdown, leaving it up to States
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | U.S. President Donald Trump resists national shutdown, leaving it up to States

The Hindu  

U.S. President Donald Trump is resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus despite his administration’s projections that tens of thousands of Americans are likely to be killed by the disease. Trump said on Wednesday he wants to give governors’ “flexibility” on whether a stay-at-home policy is the best option for their …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Donald Trump refuses to order nationwide shutdown, says states should have 'flexibility' to implement lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Donald Trump refuses to order nationwide shutdown, says states should have 'flexibility' to implement lockdown

Firstpost  

President Donald Trump is resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order to stem the spread of the new coronavirus despite his administration’s projections that tens of thousands of Americans are likely to be killed by the disease. Washington: President Donald Trump is resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order to stem the spread of the new coronavirus despite …

US coronavirus: Nearly all Americans are under stay at home orders but Fauci says the US needs more restrictions
4 years, 9 months ago

US coronavirus: Nearly all Americans are under stay at home orders but Fauci says the US needs more restrictions

CNN  

CNN — The novel coronavirus has a strong grip in the United States and the nation’s top infectious disease expert says the whole country should already be under orders to stay at home. “I don’t understand why that’s not happening,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Thursday on CNN’s Global Town Hall, …

Indiana governor orders residents to stay home due to virus
4 years, 9 months ago

Indiana governor orders residents to stay home due to virus

Associated Press  

Eric Holcomb on Monday ordered Indiana residents to remain at home for two weeks starting Wednesday, except for workers in essential industries or needed trips for groceries and medicine, to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Holcomb’s order, which mirrors orders in adjacent states, begins at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday and ends on April 6 at 11:59 p.m. but he said …

US coronavirus: Three more states join California in telling nonessential workers to stay home
4 years, 9 months ago

US coronavirus: Three more states join California in telling nonessential workers to stay home

CNN  

CNN — Connecticut, Illinois and New York joined California on Friday in ordering nonessential workers to remain at home to slow the spread of coronavirus, which means more than 1 in 5 Americans live in a state under general stay-at-home orders. Why California issued a general stay-at-home order Spurring California’s general stay-at-home order, Newsom said, were models showing that the …

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