California extends its lockdown as coronavirus cases increase | Bangor Daily News - Associated Press:
July 13, 2020 - "California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday extended the closure of bars and indoor dining statewide and ordered gyms, churches and hair salons closed in most places as coronavirus cases keep rising in the nation’s most populated state.
"On July 1, Newsom ordered 19 counties ... to close bars and indoor operations at restaurants, wineries, zoos and family entertainment centers like bowling alleys and miniature golf. The Democratic governor extended that order statewide Monday. He also imposed additional restrictions on the 30 counties now with rising numbers, including the most populated of Los Angeles and San Diego, by ordering worship services to stop and gyms, hair salons, indoor malls and offices for noncritical industries to shut down....
"In March, California was the first state to issue a mandatory, statewide stay-at-home order.... The order appeared to work as cases stabilized in the ensuing weeks.... But the order devastated the world’s fifth-largest economy.... Newsom ... let most businesses reopen in May. Like other states that took similar steps, a subsequent rise in cases and hospitalizations led him to impose new restrictions....
"Newsom has compared his strategy of opening and closing businesses as a 'dimmer switch,' highlighting the flexibility needed as public health officials monitor the virus’s progress."
Read more: https://bangordailynews.com/2020/07/13/news/california-extends-its-lockdown-as-coronavirus-cases-increase/
California's new lockdown dims outlook for U.S. growth in pandemic | Reuters:
July 13, 2020 - "In March, after becoming the first U.S. state to impose a stay-at-home order in response to the coronavirus pandemic, California also became the nation’s job-loss leader. Some 2.6 million jobs disappeared in March and April, about equal to the combined job losses in Texas and Florida. The idea, of course, was to stop infections from getting out of control, trading a steep economic decline to create the conditions both for better public health and for a faster economic recovery. So far, it hasn’t worked out that way.
"Many states began to reopen in May. California allowed businesses to resume activity at a slower pace than many states did. That shows in the most recent state-by-state jobs data: during ... May, California added just 141,600 jobs, versus 182,000 in Florida and 237,000 in Texas.
"Since then, the virus has resurged in ... Florida, Texas, Arizona and California, forcing governors in all of those states to reimpose some restrictions. But none has gone as far as Newsom did on Monday.... Newsom is shutting bars and banning indoor restaurant dining statewide, and closing gyms, hair salons and non-essential workplaces in counties where the vast majority of its population lives. And with those new restrictions, the state’s relatively meager job gains so far could stall or even reverse."
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-economy/californias-new-lockdown-dims-outlook-for-u-s-growth-in-pandemic-idUSKCN24E31R
July 13, 2020 - "California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday extended the closure of bars and indoor dining statewide and ordered gyms, churches and hair salons closed in most places as coronavirus cases keep rising in the nation’s most populated state.
"On July 1, Newsom ordered 19 counties ... to close bars and indoor operations at restaurants, wineries, zoos and family entertainment centers like bowling alleys and miniature golf. The Democratic governor extended that order statewide Monday. He also imposed additional restrictions on the 30 counties now with rising numbers, including the most populated of Los Angeles and San Diego, by ordering worship services to stop and gyms, hair salons, indoor malls and offices for noncritical industries to shut down....
"In March, California was the first state to issue a mandatory, statewide stay-at-home order.... The order appeared to work as cases stabilized in the ensuing weeks.... But the order devastated the world’s fifth-largest economy.... Newsom ... let most businesses reopen in May. Like other states that took similar steps, a subsequent rise in cases and hospitalizations led him to impose new restrictions....
"Newsom has compared his strategy of opening and closing businesses as a 'dimmer switch,' highlighting the flexibility needed as public health officials monitor the virus’s progress."
Read more: https://bangordailynews.com/2020/07/13/news/california-extends-its-lockdown-as-coronavirus-cases-increase/
California's new lockdown dims outlook for U.S. growth in pandemic | Reuters:
July 13, 2020 - "In March, after becoming the first U.S. state to impose a stay-at-home order in response to the coronavirus pandemic, California also became the nation’s job-loss leader. Some 2.6 million jobs disappeared in March and April, about equal to the combined job losses in Texas and Florida. The idea, of course, was to stop infections from getting out of control, trading a steep economic decline to create the conditions both for better public health and for a faster economic recovery. So far, it hasn’t worked out that way.
"Many states began to reopen in May. California allowed businesses to resume activity at a slower pace than many states did. That shows in the most recent state-by-state jobs data: during ... May, California added just 141,600 jobs, versus 182,000 in Florida and 237,000 in Texas.
"Since then, the virus has resurged in ... Florida, Texas, Arizona and California, forcing governors in all of those states to reimpose some restrictions. But none has gone as far as Newsom did on Monday.... Newsom is shutting bars and banning indoor restaurant dining statewide, and closing gyms, hair salons and non-essential workplaces in counties where the vast majority of its population lives. And with those new restrictions, the state’s relatively meager job gains so far could stall or even reverse."
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-economy/californias-new-lockdown-dims-outlook-for-u-s-growth-in-pandemic-idUSKCN24E31R
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