A employee sporting a protecting masks cleans a desk in entrance of a pizza restaurant in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, June 15, 2020
A employee sporting a protecting masks cleans a desk in entrance of a pizza restaurant in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, June 15, 2020.
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed mentioned in a tweet Friday that town will briefly delay its deliberate reopening for Monday, which included nail salons, barbershops and outside bars, because the variety of Covid-19 circumstances rise throughout California.
“Yesterday we noticed 103 circumstances. On June 15, after we first reopened outside eating and in-store retail, we had 20,” Breed wrote on Twitter. “At our present fee, the quantity might double quickly. If that continues & we do not intervene, we’ll be at such a excessive quantity that our solely possibility can be to close down.”
Town initially despatched a request to the state on June 22 to maneuver into its subsequent section of reopening on June 29, reasonably than mid-July as was beforehand scheduled. Breed mentioned the following section would permit zoos, outside swimming swimming pools, outside bars, hair salons, barbershops, tattoo parlors, nail salons and museums to reopen subsequent week.
Nevertheless, Covid-19 circumstances have since proven indicators of accelerating in California. It is certainly one of 35 states the place circumstances have been rising by 5% or extra as of Thursday, based mostly on the change in common new circumstances in contrast with final week, in accordance with a CNBC evaluation of Johns Hopkins College knowledge.
The state reported a close to 44% improve in its weekly common of coronavirus circumstances, averaging 4,861 every day new circumstances.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has left it to municipalities throughout the state to resolve whether or not they’re ready to reopen sure elements of their economic system after extra rural counties reported little Covid-19 circumstances. To date, San Francisco has reopened outside eating, indoor retail and different small public actions with well being modifications and restricted capability, in accordance with town’s reopening pointers.
Newsom mentioned at a press briefing on Friday that San Francisco’s choice to pause its deliberate reopening based mostly on rising case numbers was “precisely the way it’s purported to work” and mentioned he was “happy” with the management within the metropolis.
When requested concerning the state’s plan for reopening, Newsom mentioned it is already been at a pause for “properly over per week in the past.” That features Disney’s latest choice to not reopen in early July.
Different states within the U.S. have needed to pause or roll again a few of their reopening plans. Earlier on Friday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state’s bars to shut and decreased the capability for indoor eating at eating places, amongst different modifications.
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis mentioned that the state has no additional plans of reopening at this time limit. He added that the state “by no means anticipated” persevering with to maneuver ahead at this level. In Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey mentioned if the state’s reopening have been a site visitors mild, it will be within the “yellow” or “yield” place.