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Your Coronavirus Update – Today, June 6, 2020
Photo: Brett Smiley’s Twitter photo of he and Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott at last night’s Black Lives Matter demonstration at the RI State House
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
AMC Theaters, the world’s largest theater chain, may not survive the pandemic, they say.
Globally, there are 100,000 new cases of coronavirus every day.
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY
Friday night, 10,000 protestors walked close together, most wearing masks during the Black Lives Matter demonstration. Governor Raimondo, her husband and others gathered tightly together to address the crowd when tensions rose. Earlier yesterday it was estimated that we would see the effect of crowds together for this and other protests in about two weeks as far as the coronavirus infectino goes.
Cranston’s Budlong Pool – will remain closed all summer
RI Governor’s address
RI Data
Deaths: 16 – 3 in 60s, 3 in 70s, 6 in 80s, 3 in 90s, 1 over 100
Next week press events only on Mon, Wed, and Fri.
Yesterday was a testing record – test positive rate of just below 3%. In a stable place, feels confident about reopening in Phase 2.
Executive Orders that have been renewed:
Face cloth coverings – 30 days (if you can maintain 6 ft. continuous space around you, you don’t need to wear a mask
State of Emergency – 30 days (July 5th) – access to federal resources
Telemedicine – 30 days – directs health insurers to cover telemedicine at rates of an office visit
Quarantine – 30 days – if diagnosed you need to isolate until symptom free; if you have been in close contact, you must quarantine for 14 days
United Way – #BeKindRI statewide challenge – do something kind for somebody this weekend and share it on social media
Protests – if you plan to engage in protests, be safe. Wear mask, bring hand sanitizer. Look for RIDOH table for masks, and info on coronavirus. Peaceful protests are Friday in Providence and Saturday at Colt State Park and in Newport.
Nursing Homes – each nursing home will be developing their own plan for visitation.
Questions:
How long to see an outbreak from demonstrations, if they happen? Two weeks.
When will state of emergency be lifted? Don’t know. It’s because of reliance on federal government.
Is Providence open tonight? Curfew begins at 9pm – Gov. says city is safe to come down for families until the curfew.
Public Service Emergency announcement on phones – notice was done by city Providence
Will you go to protest? Gov. said staff will go, she will not. 4pm Equity Council meeting – fully, fully supportive of the cause.
APRA lifting for press – Expires in 2 weeks – will deal with it at that time.