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Your Coronavirus Update – Today, May 18, 2020
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
The New York Stock Exchange opens with some staff back on the floor, distancing guidelines put into place.
New York City has said if they have to put up fences to keep people off their beaches on Memorial Day they will.
Number of coronavirus deaths in U.S. surpasses 90,000
Las Vegas airport installs PPE vending machines
Sri Lanka reimposes weekend curfew
New York City hits goal of 20,000 tests per day
Wyoming strip clubs opened with dancers wearing masks and availabiilty of hand sanitizer
South Korea sees decrease in new cases relating to nightclub outbreak
More than 60 nations back Australia’s call for an independent inquiry into the virus origins
More than 60 vaccines are under investigation for potential use in fighting the coronavirus.
A vaccine for the novel coronavirus is possible by the end of the year “if everything goes in the right direction, ” the director of the Center for Health Security of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health said Sunday.
Vermont Dairy Farmers Give Away 4,000 Gallons of Milk
Many retail outlets, such as Anthropologie are running full lines of face masks – the accessory that seems to be with us to stay, especially as the weather warms – https://bit.ly/36dmVzx
Nevada estimated to be losing $2Million a day with casinos closed.
France had a nearly depleted stockpile of PPE and other items as the pandemic started, having outsourced the on-demand ordering – they are now committing to in-country production and rebuilding stockpiles.
Many scientists believe the pandemic likely will dissipate over the summer only to return later this year in a second, more serious wave.
A national ZOOM outage cut off many church services – and graduations – with demand at an all time high.
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY
Providence College graduating class parents organized a parade which got out of hand, with students taking over neighborhood roads and hosting a block party which got “out of hand”, with no observation of social distancing, etc. PC has issued a statement of apology to the local community.
The RIDLT fraud investigation continues while accounts begin to be unfrozen – a widespread international operation, based in Nigeria, was originally referred to as “bad actors doing bad things” by the RI Governor
Newport’s Easton Beach has suspended reserved parking and parking at the bathhouse for the 2020 season.
Governor Baker will announce his plans to begin opening the state today.
Throughout the weekend, many virtual graduations were held, with guest speakers such as Gov. Raimondo – URI had technical problems so students couldn’t view it all at once. Some schools, such as Salve Regina, will have their graduations next year.
Outdoor dining begins in RI, with restrictions, tomorrow. Not every restaurant will open, some will wait for later.
Rhode Island listed as #2 for worst rates of deaths in nursing homes in New York Post article: https://nypost.com/2020/05/16/blame-governors-for-coronavirus-deaths-in-nursing-homes-goodwin/?fbclid=IwAR0ft9IJhRsoIVUfBnMhg9nST8TNsE-8_kqSVvECzO-fvbtvJ1-tFp9sZT4
AP Story on nursing home deaths and liability protection filed by some states, including Rhode Island : https://apnews.com/8948150b9dec5b468dde0563ad28689f?fbclid=IwAR0i5rUVQZVDz97DPbPAemXw9acyPpq-O9zPZnRa5wntxwIq5Jx1dYA1dhw
Some courts begin to open next week – June 1st will be the first time landlords can file eviction notices.
Rhode Island businesses have their reopening plan deadline today.
RI is one of seven states with unemployment fraud; several accounts were frozen to investigate and RIDLT is working its way through unfreezing them.
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The Governor’s address begins today at 1pm