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Your Coronavirus Today – Oct. 3, 2020
Photo: America’s Got Talent pivoted to ZOOM – depending on how sick the President gets, a debate or press event may next be viewed by all of us on a familiar virtual format such as ZOOM.
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
Shell Corp to cut 9,000 jobs
American Airlines & United Airlines will furlough a total of 32,000 workers
Delta Airlines is holding off on furloughs.
AirBnb is blocking some rentals thought to be Halloween party possibilities.
NYC police shut down a wedding this weekend of nearly 300 with fines in place.
An Indian study shows that 8% of people with COVID-19 accounted for 60% of the new infections observed among the contacts. Meanwhile, 7 out of 10 COVID-19 patients were not linked to any new cases. Their study confirms the power of “super-spreader” events to impact large swaths of people, and that children can, and do, spread the virus.
Medicaid and CHIP enrollment grew from almost 71 million people in February to nearly 75 million in June, according to a CMS report.
Moderna chief says its vaccine won’t be ready before the U.S. election.
Boston Sports Clubs, after announcing no clubs would close has announced the gym is closing its Bradford, Canton and West Newton locations in Massachusetts.
Half of all the NYC restaurants and bars may close, with many employing thousands of immigrants who will be ineligible for unemployment.
Brigham and Women’s has 45 confirmed cases – 33 employees and 12 employees are positive – more testing is expected to identify more positives.
Titleist in MA is hiring hundreds to help in golf ball production
Hope Hicks, who traveled with President Trump on Air Force One to and from the presidential debate on Tuesday, and to his Minnesota rally yesterday, has tested positive for coronavirus.
The President & First Lady test positive; VP Pence & wife, Karen test negative. Sect. of State tests negative. Joe Biden and Jill Biden test negative.
660,000 jobs added last month in US. – 7.9% unemployment rate now, down from 15%
A study has shown that mosquitos cannot transmit coronavirus.
About 1,000 people who rely on food from the Meals on Wheels program in Connecticut won’t get new deliveries for two weeks because of precautions being taken after a warehouse worker was exposed to the coronavirus.
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in New Hampshire has a practice of using a single, shared chalice and spoon, against COVID19 regulations, with at least 6 members infected.
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY
Yesterday’s Data: Oct. 2, 2020:
Data: October 1, 2020:
A “handful” of patients and “a number” of staff in two units of Rhode Island Hospital recently tested positive for the new coronavirus.
7 Providence Police officers test positive
63 Massachusetts students and 34 teachers/staff have tested positive since school started.
Dr. Ashish Jha, the new dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health and seen on national media, took to Twitter to blame the White House for failing to protect the president.
Dr. Megan Ranney, a local physician noted for her activity on national news says the president’s infection was “unnecessary and preventable.”
Boston and nine other communities are now considered to be at “high risk” for the coronavirus.
Workers at Bannister Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing began a three-day strike Friday morning after contract talks broke down over wages and staffing issues.
Sacred Heart School in Middletown reports 22 cases.
Natick, MA Public Schools to give $300 fines to parents who lie on coronavirus health forms
H&M will close 25 stores – and move to online selling.
Jet Blue will discount flights sold between 11/19 and 1/5 – $50 off and deeper
A Colchester, CT nursing home has an outbreak of over 50% of their population, with 56 new cases among residents and staff.
Providence has extended free parking downtown through January 1st.
Warwick kindergarteners were supposed to go back to school Tuesday – that has been delayed due to a delay in shipments of air purifiers.
Woonsocket High School moves to all distance learning due not to the coronavirus outbreak, but due to an extreme shortage of teachers. They may come back in January if they can find teachers. 38 teachers are out. 1 in 3 not able to come in person.
Mall Walkers are welcomed back to the Warwick Mall – 9:30am, enter from Food Court doors only. Social distancing.
Wrentham has dropped from the “red” into the “yellow” category, meaning positives have fallen.
Gamm Theatre won’t resume live, in-person shows until next fall.
Bravo Restaurant is “temporarily closed”.
The state of RI clarified figures Providence Teachers gave out – saying the true number is 28 cases among Providence Public School students, teachers, and staff doing in-person learning. These cases have been spread out among 19 different schools.
Johnson & Wales has an outbreak of over 30 students testing positive. The outbreak is among students who live off-campus. Students on campus said they feel that students and staff are taking it more seriously, according to an NBC10 report. 100 students are in quarantine. Positive students are said to have mild symptoms.
The Cranston Greek Festival will offer order to go with appointments for pick up of food on Friday, Oct. 2 through Sunday, Oct. 4. Go to: greekfestexpress.com.
Between September 21 and September 27, more than 200 Rhode Island businesses received perfect scores on their compliance inspections. These inspections are intended to measure compliance with industry specific COVID-19 requirements. A list of these businesses is available online.
Businesses that have received immediate compliance, partial compliance, and compliance orders:
· Milano’s Pizza, Providence – Immediate compliance order
· Centro de Nutricion Familiar, Providence – Compliance order
· Zona Lounge, Cranston – Compliance order
· La Casa Restaurant, Cranston – Compliance order
· Kennedy Fried Chicken, Providence – Compliance order
· Copperfield’s Burger and Beer, Smithfield– Partial immediate compliance order
· Jalapeno’s Kitchen, Providence – Compliance order
· Davo’s Calzones and Wraps, South Kingstown – Compliance order
· 3 Flags Bakery, Central Falls – Compliance Order
· Honey Dew Donuts, Providence – Compliance order
Businesses that have since received notices of compliance:
· Countryside Liquors, Pawtucket – Compliance order (now in compliance)
· Knights of Columbus, Lincoln – Combination compliance order, Immediate compliance order (now in compliance)
· EP Weiners, East Providence – Immediate compliance order (now in compliance)
· Tres Letras Hookah Lounge, Providence – Combination compliance order, Immediate compliance order (now in compliance)
· Ichigo Ichie Restaurant, East Providence – Combination compliance order, Immediate compliance order (now in compliance)
· La Tijera De Oro Barber Shop, Providence – Compliance order (now in compliance)