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| California closes bars and indoor dining across state as Covid-19 cases surge – live | |
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| ‘We bent the curve in the state of California once. We will bend the curve again,’ the state’s governor said – follow the latest news live | |
| Hi there, it’s Maanvi Singh, writing from the West Coast. | |
| Michigan’s governor Gretchen Whitmer has asked bars to cease serving customers indoors in parts of the state, including in the college town where about 140 infections were traced back to a single pub. | |
| Witmer signed a bill that would allow bars and restaurants to sell cocktails to-go, in order to help businesses stay afloat through the pandemic. Pubs in parts of the state with low coronavirus case counts have been allowed to remain fully open, and throughout the state, bars can continue seating customers in outdoor patios. | |
| “Following recent outbreaks tied to bars, I am taking this action today to slow the spread of the virus and keep people safe,” said Whitmer. “If we want to be in a strong position to reopen schools for in-person classroom instruction this fall, then we need to take aggressive action right now to ensure we don’t wipe out all the progress we have made.” | |
| It’s been an eventful day, let’s check in with what we’ve covered thus far: | |
| Donald Trump called Black Lives Matter a symbol of hate in response it being painted next to Trump Tower | |
| A former FDA leader is warning the US isn’t testing enough. | |
| The president then did an about-face on masks | |
| The mayor of Richmond, Virginia ordered all Confederate monuments removed. | |
| California is dialing back its reopening plans | |
| The New York tri-state doesn’t want visitors from these 16 states | |
| Keep it right here on the Politics Live Blog for more. | |
| New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are cracking down on domestic travelers heading to their states from parts of the country that are experiencing a spike in coronavirus cases. | |
| At his press conference, New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, announced he was adding eight additional states to New York’s travel advisory, bringing the total to 16. Any residents who travel to New York from them are required to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. | |
| The enhanced travel advisory comes as the former Food and Drug Administration chief Dr Scott Gottlieb estimated roughly 25% of New York City residents have likely been infected with the virus. | |
| The tri-state travel restriction now applies to the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. | |
| New York Times introduces readers to former Trump supporters | New York Times introduces readers to former Trump supporters |
| The New York Times presented an eye-opening look at former supports of Donald Trump. Featuring men and women who voted for the president in 2016, but who now says there’s no chance they will vote for him this year. | The New York Times presented an eye-opening look at former supports of Donald Trump. Featuring men and women who voted for the president in 2016, but who now says there’s no chance they will vote for him this year. |
| From one supporter: | From one supporter: |
| According to New York Times/Siena College polling,they represent just 2% of all registered voters in the 6 states most likely to decide the presidency. Read more over at the Times. | According to New York Times/Siena College polling,they represent just 2% of all registered voters in the 6 states most likely to decide the presidency. Read more over at the Times. |
| Effective immediately, California is instructing entertainment venues and restaurants to close their indoor operations. The dialed back reopening comes amid a drastic surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the state. | Effective immediately, California is instructing entertainment venues and restaurants to close their indoor operations. The dialed back reopening comes amid a drastic surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the state. |
| From KABC: | From KABC: |
| The order applies to all counties that have been on the state’s watch list for three consecutive days. Those 19 counties represent over 70% of the population of California, according to the governor, Gavin Newsom. | |
| Levar Stoney, the mayor of Richmond, Virginia, where protests against statues honoring Confederate leaders have resulted in clashes with far-right agitators, has ordered the immediate removal of all Confederate statues in the city. | |
| “It is time to put an end to the lost cause, Replace the racist symbols of oppression and inequality,” he said.” During a Richmond City Council meeting earlier that day, the mayor introduced legislation to immediately remove the remaining Confederate statues along the city’s infamous Monument Avenue. | “It is time to put an end to the lost cause, Replace the racist symbols of oppression and inequality,” he said.” During a Richmond City Council meeting earlier that day, the mayor introduced legislation to immediately remove the remaining Confederate statues along the city’s infamous Monument Avenue. |
| Stoney contended his emergency powers allow him to speed up the healing process for the former capital of the Confederacy amid weeks of protests over police brutality and racial injustice. | Stoney contended his emergency powers allow him to speed up the healing process for the former capital of the Confederacy amid weeks of protests over police brutality and racial injustice. |
| This week the Guardian spoke with Black Virginians at the statue of former Confederate leader Robert E Lee on Monument Avenue as they shared their experiences with Black hair discrimination. | |
| The president told Fox Business just now that “I think we’re gonna be very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point that’s going to sort of just disappear, I hope.” | The president told Fox Business just now that “I think we’re gonna be very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point that’s going to sort of just disappear, I hope.” |
| New infections are at record levels in the US, an all-time high, as everyone has been reporting for days and public health experts have been warning for weeks. | New infections are at record levels in the US, an all-time high, as everyone has been reporting for days and public health experts have been warning for weeks. |
| And, again, this: | And, again, this: |
| Donald Trump, who has avoided being seen in public wearing a face covering, said today that he would wear a mask - if he were in close quarters with other people, in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. | Donald Trump, who has avoided being seen in public wearing a face covering, said today that he would wear a mask - if he were in close quarters with other people, in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. |
| “I’m all for masks,” Trump told Fox Business Network, Reuters reported. “If I were in a tight situation with people I would absolutely” wear a mask, he added. | “I’m all for masks,” Trump told Fox Business Network, Reuters reported. “If I were in a tight situation with people I would absolutely” wear a mask, he added. |
| But he doesn’t believe in mandating the wearing of masks nationwide, “because you have many places in the country where people stay very long distance.” | But he doesn’t believe in mandating the wearing of masks nationwide, “because you have many places in the country where people stay very long distance.” |
| Trump has only been photographed wearing a mask around others once, behind the scenes on a factory tour in May. | Trump has only been photographed wearing a mask around others once, behind the scenes on a factory tour in May. |
| Since the new surges of new coronavirus cases across southern and western states, after hasty reopening, that has brought the US to a new all-time high of daily infections, a change of outlook is slowly happening in GOP circles. | Since the new surges of new coronavirus cases across southern and western states, after hasty reopening, that has brought the US to a new all-time high of daily infections, a change of outlook is slowly happening in GOP circles. |
| Top congressional Republicans hauling themselves belatedly onto the mask wagon this week include Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and House minority leader Kevin McCarthy. And Mike Pence, who has been wearing a mask more of late, but has been wishy-washy on the topic of mandating, saying it’s up to local authorities. | Top congressional Republicans hauling themselves belatedly onto the mask wagon this week include Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and House minority leader Kevin McCarthy. And Mike Pence, who has been wearing a mask more of late, but has been wishy-washy on the topic of mandating, saying it’s up to local authorities. |
| And senior Republican senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee joined a plea to Trump to wear a mask, as he chaired a hearing in Congress yesterday where public health expert Anthony Fauci gave dire warning about the virus being out of control. | And senior Republican senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee joined a plea to Trump to wear a mask, as he chaired a hearing in Congress yesterday where public health expert Anthony Fauci gave dire warning about the virus being out of control. |
| Alexander pleaded with Americans to take politics out of it and stop associating be For Trump with not wearing a mask and being Against Trump with wearing one. | Alexander pleaded with Americans to take politics out of it and stop associating be For Trump with not wearing a mask and being Against Trump with wearing one. |
| And McConnell said yesterday “we must have no stigma” about wearing masks. | And McConnell said yesterday “we must have no stigma” about wearing masks. |
| Here are some things the president has previously said about face masks, having early on dismissed any idea that he would or should wear one. | Here are some things the president has previously said about face masks, having early on dismissed any idea that he would or should wear one. |
| 7 May: Trump tells aides that wearing one would “send the wrong message”. | 7 May: Trump tells aides that wearing one would “send the wrong message”. |
| 21 May: Says he wouldn’t wear a mask in public because he “didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it”. | 21 May: Says he wouldn’t wear a mask in public because he “didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it”. |
| 26 May: “Oh, OK, you want to be politically correct,” to reporter who declines to remove mask during White House press conference. | 26 May: “Oh, OK, you want to be politically correct,” to reporter who declines to remove mask during White House press conference. |
| 20 June: “There was a time when people thought it was worse wearing a mask. I let people make their own decision … if people want to wear masks I think that’s great. I won’t be. Not as a protest but I don’t feel that I’m in danger.” | 20 June: “There was a time when people thought it was worse wearing a mask. I let people make their own decision … if people want to wear masks I think that’s great. I won’t be. Not as a protest but I don’t feel that I’m in danger.” |
| Fauci has urged mask-wearing repeatedly. In late May he said: “I want to protect myself and protect others, and also because I want to make it be a symbol for people to see that that’s the kind of thing you should be doing.” | Fauci has urged mask-wearing repeatedly. In late May he said: “I want to protect myself and protect others, and also because I want to make it be a symbol for people to see that that’s the kind of thing you should be doing.” |
| Read more here about how Trump and his public health experts diverge on science and health re Covid: | Read more here about how Trump and his public health experts diverge on science and health re Covid: |
| Arizona recorded more coronavirus deaths, infections, hospitalizations and emergency-room visits in a single day than ever before in a crisis, in a day across the Sunbelt that sent a shudder through other parts of the country and led distant states to put their own reopening plans on hold. | Arizona recorded more coronavirus deaths, infections, hospitalizations and emergency-room visits in a single day than ever before in a crisis, in a day across the Sunbelt that sent a shudder through other parts of the country and led distant states to put their own reopening plans on hold. |
| In Florida, hospitals braced for an influx of patients, with the biggest medical center in Florida’s hardest-hit county, Miami’s Jackson Health System, scaling back elective surgeries and other procedures to make room for victims of the resurgence underway across the South and West, The Associated Press reports. | In Florida, hospitals braced for an influx of patients, with the biggest medical center in Florida’s hardest-hit county, Miami’s Jackson Health System, scaling back elective surgeries and other procedures to make room for victims of the resurgence underway across the South and West, The Associated Press reports. |
| Vice President Mike Pence, head of the White House coronavirus task force, planned to visit Arizona today, where cases have spiked since stay-at-home orders expired in mid-May. | Vice President Mike Pence, head of the White House coronavirus task force, planned to visit Arizona today, where cases have spiked since stay-at-home orders expired in mid-May. |
| Arizona reported record single-day highs of almost 4,900 new Covid-19 cases, 88 new deaths, close to 1,300 ER visits and a running total of nearly 2,900 people in the hospital. | Arizona reported record single-day highs of almost 4,900 new Covid-19 cases, 88 new deaths, close to 1,300 ER visits and a running total of nearly 2,900 people in the hospital. |
| Florida recorded more than 6,500 new cases down from around 9,000 on some days last week, but still alarming and a running total of over 3,500 deaths. | Florida recorded more than 6,500 new cases down from around 9,000 on some days last week, but still alarming and a running total of over 3,500 deaths. |
| Ahead of the Fourth of July, counties in South Florida are closing beaches to fend off large crowds that could spread the virus. | Ahead of the Fourth of July, counties in South Florida are closing beaches to fend off large crowds that could spread the virus. |
| The run-up in cases has been blamed in part on what New Jersey’s governor called “knucklehead behavior” by Americans not wearing masks or obeying other social-distancing rules. | The run-up in cases has been blamed in part on what New Jersey’s governor called “knucklehead behavior” by Americans not wearing masks or obeying other social-distancing rules. |
| “Too many people were crowding into restaurants late at night, turning these establishments into breeding grounds for this deadly virus,” Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said in forbidding restaurants with seating for more than eight people from serving customers inside from midnight to 6am. | “Too many people were crowding into restaurants late at night, turning these establishments into breeding grounds for this deadly virus,” Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said in forbidding restaurants with seating for more than eight people from serving customers inside from midnight to 6am. |
| Health experts say the virus in Florida and other Southern states risks becoming uncontrollable, with case numbers too large to trace. | Health experts say the virus in Florida and other Southern states risks becoming uncontrollable, with case numbers too large to trace. |
| Marilyn Rauth, a senior citizen in Punta Gorda, said Florida’s reopening was “too much too soon.”“The sad thing is the Covid-19 spread will probably go on for some time though we could have flattened the curve with responsible leadership,” she said. | Marilyn Rauth, a senior citizen in Punta Gorda, said Florida’s reopening was “too much too soon.”“The sad thing is the Covid-19 spread will probably go on for some time though we could have flattened the curve with responsible leadership,” she said. |
| “Experience now has shown most people won’t social distance at beaches, bars, etc. The governor evidently has no concern for the health of the state’s citizens.” | “Experience now has shown most people won’t social distance at beaches, bars, etc. The governor evidently has no concern for the health of the state’s citizens.” |
| Some distant states and cities that seemed to have tamed their outbreaks, including Colorado, Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey, hit pause or backtracked on some of their reopening plans for bars and restaurants. | Some distant states and cities that seemed to have tamed their outbreaks, including Colorado, Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey, hit pause or backtracked on some of their reopening plans for bars and restaurants. |
| And New York and New Jersey are asking visitors from 16 states from the Carolinas to California to quarantine themselves for two weeks. | And New York and New Jersey are asking visitors from 16 states from the Carolinas to California to quarantine themselves for two weeks. |
| New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city is delaying its resumption of indoor dining at restaurants, and not because of any rise in cases there. | New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city is delaying its resumption of indoor dining at restaurants, and not because of any rise in cases there. |
| The number of confirmed cases in the US per day has roughly doubled over the past month, hitting 44,800 on Tuesday, according to a count kept by Johns Hopkins University. | The number of confirmed cases in the US per day has roughly doubled over the past month, hitting 44,800 on Tuesday, according to a count kept by Johns Hopkins University. |
| That is higher even than what the nation witnessed during the deadliest stretch of the crisis in mid-April through early May. | That is higher even than what the nation witnessed during the deadliest stretch of the crisis in mid-April through early May. |
| Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner for the US Food and Drug Administration told CNBC on Monday that the US still isn’t testing enough people for the coronavirus, especially as outbreaks accelerate in states across the country. | Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner for the US Food and Drug Administration told CNBC on Monday that the US still isn’t testing enough people for the coronavirus, especially as outbreaks accelerate in states across the country. |
| From CNBC’s Squawk Box: | From CNBC’s Squawk Box: |
| The former FDA leader’s comments come as White House health advisor Dr Anthony Fauci warned Tuesday that if the country’s outbreak continues on its current trajectory, the country could hit more than 100,000 new cases per day. Gottlieb contended the US is already there but aren’t testing enough to detect all the new patients. | The former FDA leader’s comments come as White House health advisor Dr Anthony Fauci warned Tuesday that if the country’s outbreak continues on its current trajectory, the country could hit more than 100,000 new cases per day. Gottlieb contended the US is already there but aren’t testing enough to detect all the new patients. |