'I don't want to be those states': Ont. Premier Doug Ford reiterated his desire to keep the Canada-U.S. border closed to non-essential travel as COVID-19 cases continue to surge across the United States. More here:
Florida and Texas announced Wednesday that they'd recorded more than 5,000 new COVID-19 cases the prior day, a new daily record. CaliforniaIn Texas, if the current case trajectory continues, Houston could be the hardest-hit city in the US with numbers rivaling those in Brazil. Infection numbers are also rising in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine.
Hotez is also a professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology, and is working on a potential COVID-19 vaccine.Florida, Texas and California account for 27.4% of the 328 million people living in the U.S., according to the latestAnd while some politicians say the higher number of infections is due to increased testing, that is not the case, said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy at the University of Minnesota.
"Be careful about Mom and Dad, and careful about your mother-in-law, your father-in-law, your grandparents," he said.is playing a key role as the state reopens. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said he'll ask the city commission to implement a civil fine of up to US$250 for those not wearing a mask in public."Going out in public without a mask is like driving drunk," said Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at George Washington University.
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