I’d like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas, but please give the poor, downtrodden Colonists a passing thought on this day as they do their best to mark the festivities with a glass of ripe slug sherry, and a meagre slice of pack rat, drizzled with grub juice. John Bel Edwards’ order requires most people to wear face coverings, limits bars to takeout and delivery and bans gatherings of more than 50 people indoors.Landry wrote that’s “likely unconstitutional and unenforceable.”“Although the mask mandate and the 50-person limit may be good recommendations for personal safety, they may not be enforced with financial or criminal penalties,” Landry wrote.The opinion comes a day after Vice President Mike Pence complimented Edwards’ virus response and suggested residents should comply with the regulations.Edwards defended his coronavirus order as well within the scope of his legal authority.COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. His legal assessment doesn’t carry the force of law.Democratic Gov. But Tony Thurmond says the same rules need not apply in counties with low rates of infection. Blocking a user will prevent that user from commenting on your posts and messaging you. The order also requires businesses to have their employees work from home to the extent possible.The new restrictions come more than two months after Pennsylvania began reopening its pandemic-battered economy and they risk major backlash in large swaths of the state where COVID-19 has largely been kept at bay.But Wolf warns that a “new surge is in the offing” that could eclipse what happened in the spring, when the virus killed thousands and sickened tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians. Already shortages of medical oxygen and hospital beds are being reported. The positivity rate over the past two weeks has now topped 7%, while in hard-hit Los Angeles County with a quarter of California’s population that rate has soared to nearly 10%.Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday that Los Angeles County is in “an alarming and dangerous phase” that could overwhelm intensive care units and prompt sweeping closure orders if not reversed.LAS VEGAS -- Several Las Vegas casinos are limiting smoking to keep patrons from removing the protective face masks they are required to wear.
If a user is being abusive, please also submit an abuse report for our moderation team to review. New South Wales reported only 10 new cases Thursday.Two men in their 80s died in Victoria in the last 24 hours, bringing the national death toll for the pandemic to 113.Victoria's government is reducing the number of non-urgent surgeries allowed in hospitals to increase beds available for COVID-19 patients. Las Vegas Sands Corp. in mid-June updated its policy to ask that table game players and spectators do not smoke or vape in its Venetian and Palazzo resorts. She said she will issue a second order making parts of the state board’s guidelines mandatory.SAN FRANCISCO — California’s education chief has applauded the state’s two largest school districts, Los Angeles and San Diego, for this week’s decision not to reopen classrooms this fall amid rising coronavirus cases. The first-term Republican governor has backed one of the country's most aggressive reopening plans, has resisted any statewide mandate on masks and rarely wears one himself. The center says 12,396 people have been released from hospitals while 925 remain in treatment.Officials say 47 of the new cases involved people arriving from overseas. Both Universal Orlando and SeaWorld Orlando opened their doors last month.All parks require reservations and social distancing. Shop Art.com for the best selection of Kirill_M canvas art online. They join Los Angeles and San Diego, the state’s two largest districts. Reeves says Birx praised the Mississippi order that took effect this week requiring people to wear masks in public in 13 of the state’s 82 counties.