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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRaging virus triggers new shutdown orders and economy braces for fresh wave of pain
The uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak is prompting government officials across the nation to impose new restrictions on consumers and businesses, sapping the economys momentum and delaying the recovery of millions of jobs lost during the recession.
Washingtons failure to provide additional financial support is compounding the economic distress. Though Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell this week repeated his call for a fresh round of pump-priming, the economy for now is left to navigate a winter of disease and loss unaided.
On Friday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) tightened limits on restaurants and indoor gatherings, effective at 12:01 a.m. Monday, while the governors of California, Oregon and Washington state issued a joint statement discouraging travel and advising visitors to quarantine upon arrival for 14 days. The mayor of New York City, meanwhile, warned parents that public schools could close as soon as Monday.
Similar measures are taking effect or under consideration elsewhere, including Chicago, where the mayor on Thursday issued a stay-at-home advisory just hours before Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) threatened a mandatory statewide order. The renewed clampdown is reminiscent of the worst days of the pandemic in early March, when sports leagues, movie theaters and restaurants abruptly went into hibernation in hopes of curbing the contagion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/14/coronavirus-shutdown-orders-economy/
Squinch
(50,935 posts)that they are pretty much virus free. Sports events have reopened and they are living without restrictions.
How nice it must be to be led by sane people. I can't wait.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Do they go into automatic quarantine like in New Zealand?
LisaL
(44,973 posts)"Australias borders are closed. The only people who can travel to Australia are:
Australian citizens
residents
immediate family members
travellers who have been in New Zealand for the previous 14 days."
https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/coronavirus-covid-19-restrictions/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-international-travellers
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)help countries avoid keeping their borders closed to almost everyone.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)but still tests negative.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)a chemical signal that takes place, even during incubation. If there was a way that a test could zero in on that sequence, then it should be theoretically possible to accurately pinpoint a person that has been infected for just a couple hours (most national and international flights last that long minimum). The precision would be high enough that the few misses would not trigger a measurable contagion.