Fauci: We haven't even begun to see the end of Covid-19
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More than 13 million people globally have been infected with Covid-19 and over half a million people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The White House is making a concerted effort to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has becomes increasingly vocal about his concerns over reopening the country.
Infections in Latin America and the Caribbean have surpassed 3 million, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic has ended for the evening.
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Wyoming governor extends public health orders through July 31
From CNN’s Jennifer Henderson
Public health orders in Wyoming will be extended through July 31 due to the increasing number of Covid-19 case, Gov. Mark Gordon announced in a statement today.
The state announced 39 new lab-confirmed cases and three new probable cases today. The state has reported a total of 1,545 lab-confirmed positive cases of Covid-19, 359 probable cases and 21 deaths.
For the past two weeks, Wyoming has had an average of 27 lab-confirmed cases of Covid-19 with 342 new cases that have been confirmed since July 1.
Note: These numbers were released by the Wyoming governor’s office, and may not line up exactly in real time with CNN’s database drawn from Johns Hopkins University and the Covid Tracking Project.
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NFL players set to test new mouth shield prototype
From CNN's David Close
A new face shield for football helmets designed by Oakley.
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In hopes of diminishing the possible spread of Covid-19, the National Football League will offer a new mouth shield prototype for players to start testing as soon as this week.
Depictions of the Oakley-branded shield, sent to CNN by the NFL, show a shield placed within the face mask featuring off-set vents combined with a filter, which is lined up directly in front of the mouth. Combined with a visor, one of the drawings depicts the entire face area being covered.
A source with direct knowledge of the project told CNN that the shields are being sent to a select number of NFL teams with the expectation that players will test and offer feedback. Both the NFL’s chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills and NFL Players Association medical director Dr. Thom Mayer collaborated with Oakley in the design of the shield.
The league and the players union have yet to finalize health and safety protocols for the season.
The NFL announced Oakley as an official on-field partner in October 2019. CNN has reached out to Oakley for comment but has not heard back.
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Florida governor says people should be "diligent" about wearing face coverings
From CNN’s Lindsay Benson
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis puts on his face mask at a news conference at Jackson Memorial Hospital on July 13 in Miami, Florida.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asked Floridians to listen to local officials, including Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez, when it comes to taking precautions to prevent the spread of Covid-19 — including wearing face coverings.
“I know many Floridians are filled with apprehension as they wonder, you know, what does this mean? What do these trends mean for our health, for our families and for our jobs? How long is this going to go on for? What’s going to happen with things like kids being in school?” the governor added. “I hear ya. And I along with our federal partners, our local leaders and our great medical community, we’re working non-stop to be able to respond to this crisis.”
DeSantis said the state has seen record Covid-19 numbers.
“The percentage of people who were testing positive has finally started to decline, we’ll see if that’s a trend, or whether that was, that will be something that is short lived. Certainly we can say that the percentage of people who come in and test positive has stabilized,” he said.
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KFC encourages restaurants in 4 states to stop dine-in services
From CNN’s Andy Rose
KFC restaurant in St. Augustine, Florida.
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KFC is asking its franchisees in four states with a resurgence of coronavirus cases to stop dine-in services.
The major fast food chain sent the guidance Monday to restaurant operators in Florida, Texas, Oklahoma and California. KFC is immediately stopping dine-in service in 40 Florida restaurants that are owned by the company.
“This guidance is part of our continued efforts to prioritize the health of our team members, customers, and the communities where they live and work,” a KFC spokesperson told CNN.
The company said only 5% of its restaurants in the US have allowed dine-in seating since the pandemic began. The new guidance does not affect takeout and delivery options.
CNN’s Jessica Metzger contributed to this report.
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Miami Beach mayor says face masks have become politicized
From CNN's Molly Silverman
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber speaks with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on July 13.
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Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said the pandemic has become “a political thing” in regards to wearing face mask.
Gelber said he doesn’t know why Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t issued a statewide mandate, saying that mask wearing is “how we are going to keep our economy open a little bit and that’s how we are going to get out of this.”
Asked if he agreed with a statement that an infectious disease expert in the Jackson Health System in Miami made saying the city is comparable to what was seen in Wuhan six months ago, Gelber said, “Well, I think clearly from the metrics. I mean, we have over 400 people in intensive care, 215 residents on ventilators. Those are way higher than anything previously.” He then said that it was not an unfair comparison.
Gelber said the numbers are growing, but they have yet to feel the impact of the ICUs, ventilators, and deaths because “that’s usually two to three weeks later.” He went on to say that his county hit 3,000 positive cases today.
Florida has 282,435 cases of Covid-19 and at least 4,277 people have died from the virus in the state.
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Surging coronavirus cases cause delay in test results by as much as 7 days, leading lab says
From CNN’s Shelby Lin Erdman
Surging coronavirus cases across the United States are causing delays in obtaining test results from the nation’s laboratories, according to Quest Diagnostics, a leading provider of diagnostic services.
“Soaring demand” for a Covid-19 molecular test is “slowing the time” the company can provide test results even after rapidly scaling up its capacity, Quest said Monday.
The company is able to perform up to 125,000 molecular diagnostic tests a day, almost double its capacity two months ago, and expects to have the capacity for a 150,000 tests a day by the end of the month.
Despite the increase in testing capacity, Quest said in a statement it’s taking up to a day to process test results for its priority patients: hospital patients, pre-operative patients in acute care settings and symptomatic health care workers. In all other coronavirus test cases, it’s taking on average seven or more days.
Quest said while it’s trying to ramp up Covid-19 testing even more than it already has, it is facing challenges.
“For instance, global supply constraints continue to be an issue. While our suppliers of test platforms and reagents continue to be responsive to our need to add capacity, they are limited amid surging demand in the United States and globally,” the company said.
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In call with governors, Pence makes it clear school decisions will be made at local level
From CNN's Ryan Nobles
Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a press briefing at the U.S. Department of Education July 8 in Washington, DC.
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In a call with state governors obtained by CNN, Vice President Mike Pence once again reiterated the administration’s desire that states move to open their schools in time for the fall semester, but made it clear that those decisions will ultimately be made at the local level.
The vice president went on to say that the administration is going to push for more funding for education in what they hope will be another Covid-relief bill that Congress is expected to discuss when they reconvene later this month.
“You should also anticipate we’re in active discussions with leadership in the Congress about additional education funding support in the upcoming relief bill that we expect to be voted on before the end of January,” Pence said.
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2 NBA players have tested positive for Covid-19 in the league's Disney bubble
From CNN's Kevin Dotson
The National Basketball Association and its players union said in a joint statement Monday that two players have tested positive for Covid-19 at the league’s Orlando campus and a total of 21 NBA players have tested positive for the virus since July 1.
Two players returned positive Covid-19 tests while still under initial quarantine after arriving at the NBA’s campus in Orlando. Those players have left the league’s campus to isolate at home or in isolation housing.
The other 19 players tested positive before traveling to the league’s Orlando campus and are in self-isolation at home until being cleared to travel.
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"Tens of millions of vaccines" will be "put into American arms" by end of year, official says
From CNN's Wes Bruer
A senior Trump administration official said Monday that they are “very confident that by year end we will have tens of millions of vaccines put into American arms.”
Under Operation Warp Speed, vaccine manufacturing will begin by the end of summer, the senior official said during a telephone briefing. “In many cases it’s already underway,” the official said. “We’re acquiring the equipment, we’re setting up the space, we’re acquiring, in some cases, the raw materials to do it. We have project teams that are assigned to go out to each manufacturing site.”
The senior administration official added that Operation Warp Speed is not waiting on the results from the portion of the trial that determines whether the vaccine works: “We will be manufacturing hundreds of millions of doses long before phase three clinical trials are complete,” the official said.
The goal of Operation Warp Speed is to deliver “300 million doses of a safe, effective vaccine for COVID-19 by January 2021,” according to a fact sheet on the US Department of Health and Human Services website.
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Brazil reports more than a quarter million coronavirus cases in the past 7 days alone
From CNN's Rodrigo Pedroso and Chandler Thornton
Volunteers spray disinfectant in an alleyway in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus on July 12 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Brazil has seen more than 260,000 new coronavirus cases in the past week alone, according to daily numbers released from the Brazilian Health Ministry.
In the past seven days, Brazil has recorded 261,683. On Monday, the ministry recorded a daily jump of 20,286, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases to 1,884,967.
The ministry also added 733 new Covid-19 fatalities Monday, bringing the nationwide death toll in Brazil to 72,833.
Among the new cases recorded in the last week was Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who announced he tested positive for the virus on Tuesday.
Bolsonaro will take another Covid-19 test this week, the official doctor for the presidency told CNN affiliate CNN Brazil on Monday.
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Houston mayor proposes a shutdown as city passes 30,000 Covid-19 cases
From CNN's Raja Razek
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks with press at a United Memorial Medical Center coronavirus testing site on June 28 in Houston, Texas.
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said he shared his proposal to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for a two-week shutdown due to a rise in Covid-19 cases.
Asked if he had spoken with Abbott about the request, he said, “I have not talked to the governor personally. I do know that he is aware of the request that I have made.”
Turner said the numbers of Covid-19 cases are getting “larger and larger.”
Turner emphasized the importance of getting control of the virus this month.
“We need to reset, especially in light of the fact that next month, you know, kids, we are talking about returning to school,” he said.
Houston reported 1,544 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 30,965 cases, with 277 deaths in the state.
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UK government to make face masks mandatory in shops in England
From CNN’s Luke McGee
A customer wears a face mask while shopping at Iceland on July 11 in London, England.
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The UK government is set announce on Tuesday that wearing face masks in shops and supermarkets in England will be mandatory starting July 24.
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock is expected confirm the updated government guidelines, according to a Downing Street statement.
“Guidance for other settings will be kept under review,” it added.
“There is growing evidence that wearing a face covering in an enclosed space helps protect individuals and those around them from Coronavirus,” a Downing Street spokesperson said. “The Prime Minister has been clear that people should be wearing face coverings in shops and we will make this mandatory from July 24.”
Scotland, Germany, Spain, Italy and Greece have already made it compulsory to wear face coverings inside shops.
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Junior college football will be moved to spring, NJCAA says
From CNN's Jill Martin
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has announced in a statement that all close-contact fall sports – which includes football – will move to the spring semester.
In addition to football, this move also impacts men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball.
The NJCAA says that all winter sports competition will begin in January with a majority of championship seasons moved from March to April. Spring sports competition remains intact with minor adjustments to dates.
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"Community engagement" will be key to getting vaccine support, Fauci says
From CNN's Amanda Watts
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on June 30 in Washington, DC.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said “community engagement” will be the one thing that helps boost support among Americans to get a coronavirus vaccine, if and when one becomes available.
During a webinar with the Stanford School of Medicine on Monday, Fauci said this is how they did it with HIV.
“We’ve got to engage the community to get out there and be people who are boots on the ground – who look like and are like the people they are trying to convince – the importance of getting vaccinated, particularly in this era of anti-vax and anti-science,” he said.
Right now, there is a “network of community workers” that is training for this exact thing, Fauci said, “to go into the community and try and convince people of why it’s important for them and for their families to get vaccinated.”
“As I often say, you don’t really want a lot of White guys in suits like me, going into the mostly minority community, and convincing them about something that they’re very deeply skeptical of. You’ve got to get people that the community trusts,” he added.
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Global coronavirus cases surpass 13 million
From CNN's Chandler Thornton
Doctors and a respiratory therapist assist a Covid-19 patient at the Juarez de Mexico Hospital, in Mexico City, on July 8.
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More than 13 million globally have been infected with the novel coronavirus and more than half a million people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally.
So far on Monday, Johns Hopkins reported 13,006,764 cases worldwide, with the United States holding the highest number of confirmed cases of the virus. At least 570,776 have died from coronavirus around the world.
The US has 3,341,838 Covid-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins, accounting for more than a quarter of the global total.
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Peru tops 330,000 coronavirus cases and 12,000 deaths
From CNN's Claudia Rebaza
Health personnel care for a child infected with coronavirus at the Intensive Care ward of the Felipe Urriola Hospital on July 8 in Iquitos, Peru.
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Peru surpassed 330,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases Monday, as it remains the country with the second highest number of cases in Latin America, behind Brazil.
The Peruvian health ministry reported 3,797 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s total to 330,123.
The country’s death toll also rose to 12,054 Monday, up 184 from the previous day.
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Oregon governor expands face mask requirements
From CNN’s Konstantin Toropin
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced new requirements for face coverings and limits on social gatherings in a statement.
Starting on July 15, Oregon’s face covering requirement will be expanded to apply to “outdoor public spaces when six feet of distance cannot be maintained,” according to the statement.
In addition, the new restrictions prohibit indoor gatherings of more than 10 people, the statement added.
The move comes in response to “the alarming rise in Covid-19” cases in the state.
“We need to do absolutely everything we can to reduce transmission in ways that do not require us to close down businesses again,” Brown said in the statement. “Either people will adhere to this requirement and be a positive force for stopping Covid-19, or I will be forced to take more restrictive measures.”
Although the state has seen a rise in cases, it has not been as steep or dramatic as states like Florida or Arizona. A CNN analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University has Oregon showing a steady trend of new cases.
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Fauci says there isn't a good answer on who should lead the way during the pandemic
From CNN's Maggie Fox
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said there is no good answer when it comes to who should lead the way during the coronavirus pandemic.
“That’s the $64,000 question that’s being debated right now in our response,” Fauci said, speaking to the Stanford School of Medicine.
The Trump administration has repeatedly said the pandemic response should mostly be led by state and local officials.
“Many of the states say ‘give us the resources, we’ll take care of it.’ Others say ‘tell us what to do, and we’ll do it.’ So we’re a big country. We have 50 states. We have 3,007 counties. So it really is an ongoing argument,” he said.
Fauci added there are pros and cons of each approach.
“And to be honest with you I don’t have a good firm answer for you – except, you’ve got to figure out on a case by case basis, what the best approach would be.”
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Texas reports more than 5,000 new Covid-19 cases
From CNN's Raja Razek
Covid-19 test kits sit on a table at a United Memorial Medical Center testing site on July 8 in Houston, Texas.
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Texas reported 5,655 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 264,313.
A total of 3,235 people have died from the virus in the state.
One thing to note: These numbers were released by the Texas Health and Human Services, and may not line up exactly in real time with CNN’s database drawn from Johns Hopkins University and the Covid Tracking Project.
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West Virginia governor closes bars in county with surge of Covid-19 cases
From CNN's Shawn Nottingham
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice ordered bars in Monongalia County to close for 10 days in response to a spike of coronavirus cases.
“Today I am ordering the bars in [Monongalia] County to close for 10 days, and during that 10-day period I am very hopeful is what’s going to happen is we’re going to see a correction in the numbers,” Justice said at a news conference.
Additionally, Justice said he is limiting crowd sizes to 25 people, effectively canceling fairs and large public gatherings.
“Well if you’ve got a fair that you can socially distance 25 people and everything, we’re fine. We’re fine absolutely. But for the most part our fairs, festivals, and outdoor concerts, we’re done with them in West Virginia for right now,” Justice said.
