Americans told not to travel anywhere overseas Restaurants will be limited to takeout and delivery, with all bars, wineries, breweries, card halls and gyms closing. Whenever they do go outside, they must remain at least 6 feet from any other person. Residents of Sacramento County have been told to stay home apart from essential activities as of 11:59 p.m. Sacramento, the capital of California, is joining the San Francisco Bay Area on lockdown. The order goes into effect at midnight Thursday and is tentatively set to last until March 31. Los Angeles officials on Thursday announced the implementation of a "safer at home" public lockdown order, requiring more than 10 million people to stay at home and most businesses to close. Their research came from analyzing data from just over 200 patients across three hospitals in the Hubei province between Jan. The researchers from the Wuhan Medical Treatment Expert Group for COVID-19 said patients presenting with digestive symptoms should be tested without waiting for respiratory issues to come up. COVID-19 could cause digestive issuesĭigestive issues and diarrhea are the main complaints in half of coronavirus patients studied, Chinese researchers said, according to a report by CNET sister site CBS News. "Due to the products we carry that enable and enhance our customers' experience in working from home, we believe GameStop is classified as essential retail and therefore is able to remain open during this time," the memo says.Įarlier Thursday, GameStop said it would cancel launch events and stagger its releases of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Doom Eternal to separate crowds in its stores. GameStop has told employees around the US that it will keep its stores open, claiming they are "essential retail." According to CNET sister site GameSpot, stores were also given a flyer to hand out to law enforcement detailing how GameStop is an essential service that should remain open despite any lockdowns or government requests to close. The US states with the least tests conducted are Delaware, at 66 tests - with almost half of those positive - and Alabama at 96 tests, with 68 of those positive. Only three tests have been conducted in the US Virgin Islands, despite all three coming back positive. The tracking project pulls in data from public health websites, press releases and government announcements across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five US territories. The state that's done the most tests is New York, at around 22,200, followed by Washington with 17,100 and California with 9,700. The COVID Tracking Project reports only 103,945 total tests have been conducted so far in the US, with around 11,000 positive and 89,000 negative. Data shows 100,000 people have been tested in the US "It's time for all of us to recognize, as individuals and as a community, we need to do more," Newsom said. More than 900 people have been infected in the state.
Newsom said more than half the state's population could be infected if strong measures aren't implemented. The order requires nonessential businesses to close and prohibits gatherings. The order, which takes effect at midnight and covers around 40 million residents, will allow Californians to leave their homes for essential activities, such as grocery shopping. Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered all Californians to stay home. It will donate similar amounts to organizations in Europe, Latin America and Asia, Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said in a blog post. Netflix will also donate $1 million each to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation COVID-19 Disaster Fund, the Motion Picture and Television Fund and the Actors Fund Emergency Assistance in the US, and $1 million between the AFC and Fondation des Artistes.
But $15 million will be provided to "third parties and nonprofits providing emergency relief to out-of-work crew and cast in the countries where we have a large production base." Most will go to supporting the "hardest hit workers" on Netflix's own productions globally, in addition to the two weeks' pay it's providing to cast and crew. Netflix is creating a $100 million fund to help with employment hardship caused by the coronavirus in the creative industry. Netflix pledges $100 million to creatives
"Right now, everyone should be focused on staying safe and healthy, not worrying about their student loan balance growing," Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said in a statement. The period of suspension, which started March 13, will run for at least 60 days. The US Education Department said that people with federal student loans can suspend payments for two months without having to worry about accruing interest.
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