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TexasTowelie

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Wed Jul 1, 2020, 05:00 AM Jul 2020

Guam Governor signs order extending public health emergency due to coronavirus

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero signed an executive order Monday extending Guam's public health emergency until July 30.

Last week, the governor announced she would be extending the emergency and delaying the opening of tourism on the island.

The order noted that over the last 14 days, the island's positive COVID-19 case count increased by 68, including both military and civilian communities.

The increase "necessitates continued public health, public safety, economic and public welfare efforts to combat the effects of this global pandemic on our island," the order stated.

Read more: https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/local/2020/06/29/governor-signs-order-extending-public-health-emergency-due-coronavirus/3277124001/
(Guam Pacific Daily News)

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