France extended its coronavirus lockdown another four weeks until May 11. President Emmanuel Macron announced the extension in a televised address. France has reported over 140,000 cases and over 17,000 coronavirus deaths. From May 11 onward, he said, quarantine will be “gradually” lifted, starting with nurseries, K-12 schools, and some shops.
Macron’s address was his third since March 17, when the government ordered 67 million French people to stay home, allowing them out just once a day to exercise, buy food or medicine, or seek medical care. In the sobering televised address, Macron was apologetic, admitting he thought they were ready for the crisis but they clearly were not. He acknowledged state failures in rolling out testing and supporting healthcare workers, and admitted that he didn’t have all the answers. Macron said they have faced up to that and have had to make very difficult decisions that required them to adapt constantly as fragmentary information continued to change. “This moment, let’s be honest, has revealed cracks, shortages. Like every country in the world, we have lacked gloves, hand gel, we haven’t been able to give out as many masks as we wanted to our health professionals.”
France has seen progress with slowing the spread but Macron urged that that is no reason to lift the order. “I fully understand the effort I’m asking from you,” Macron told the nation, adding that the current rules were working. “When will we be able to return to a normal life? I would love to be able to answer you. But to be frank, I have to humbly tell you we don’t have definitive answers,” he said.
“Over the next four weeks, the rules must be respected,” he explained. Macron said the four-week extension will give France the ability to test anyone presenting COVID-19 symptoms, which will allow for better containment of the virus. He said that by May 11, France would be able to test every citizen presenting COVID-19 symptoms which is why the orders have to be extended.
He offered a rough timeline for how the country may reopen, starting with schools and shops in May and ending with restaurants, hotels, cafés and cinemas in July. International arrivals from non-European countries will remain prohibited until further notice. “We’ll end up winning,” Macron said. “But we’ll need to live with the virus for a few months.”
After a steady increase in cases until the first week of April, the number of patients in French hospitals’ intensive care units has started to decline, prompting health authorities to call a plateau in the epidemic. French hospitals are just about coping, while nursing homes are still overwhelmed. Some of that pressure has been eased by a massive effort to transfer patients by plane, helicopter or even high-speed train from hospitals in the east and Paris to the west.
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As countries impose lengthy lockdowns to combat the spread of the coronavirus, reported cases of domestic abuse have spiked around the world. In the weeks since populations worldwide have been directed to “stay home” to prevent the virus’s spread, cases of domestic violence have surged — and that’s reported cases. Women who are victimized are now confined to isolated homes with abusive partners whose coercive and physically violent tendencies are enabled and further inflamed by economic stressors. Supportive community ties are severed, while emergency services, shelter systems, and social services are overwhelmed and congenitally underfunded.
Millions of Americans are not safe from violent abuse at home and now the federal, state and local governments are telling everyone to stay home – for their own safety. For some people, going to work may be their only reprieve from emotional abuse and violence. For others, the only place their children are safe from abuse is at school. Now they have been told to stay at home. Few jobs are completely safe from the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis and stressed abusers have their targets at home.
According to statistics released by the U. N., reports of domestic violence in France rose 30% following the country’s lockdown on March 17; during the first two weeks of lockdowns in Spain, the emergency number for domestic violence received 18% more calls; and help lines in Singapore have received 30% more calls. In the US, law enforcement agencies have seen domestic violence cases rise up to 35% in recent weeks. Keeping in mind, that 50% of domestic abuse cases go unreported.
Advocates fear domestic violence survivors may have trouble getting away from their abusers and are calling the rise an epidemic during a pandemic. They are urging communities around the world to make sure resources are readily available for survivors. Even before the pandemic, an average of 20 people in the United States experienced physical domestic violence every minute. Research shows 1 in 4 adult American women and 1 in 7 adult American men have experienced some type of severe violence – including being hit with something hard, being kicked or beaten, or being burned on purpose – at the hands of an intimate partner.
Advocates are already seeing a pattern of increasing domestic violence around the world, correlating with the timing of social distancing lockdowns. In Seattle, one of the first U.S. cities to have a major outbreak, the police saw a 21% increase in domestic violence reports in March. In Texas, during March the Montgomery County District Attorney saw a 35% increase in domestic violence cases. Police around the country are adapting their domestic violence response plans to prepare for the expected increases and to ensure victims can get help even with restrictions on public movement.
Many organizations that serve survivors of domestic violence may also struggle to stay afloat during the pandemic. Many child-protective organizations are experiencing strain with fewer workers available, so they may be unable to conduct home visits in areas with stay-at-home orders. While such operational changes may lead to inaccurate reporting of child abuse and neglect, many advocates are expecting a surge in cases to continue to rise while they’re resources are still limited during the pandemic. The recent US$2 trillion federal CARES Act included assistance for nonprofits that provide support for domestic violence victims, letting them apply for business loans and help meeting payroll.
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While the US has become the global epicenter for the Covid-19 pandemic, New York State is the US’s epicenter, far leading in confirmed cases and deaths. Over 200,000 of the confirmed cases in the US are in New York and over 10,000 people in the state have died. Almost 110,000 of those cases are concentrated in New York City. About 25% of New York State’s COVID19 deaths are residents of nursing homes and adult care facilities. There are about 96,000 residents at 613 licensed nursing homes in New York State. More than 5,500 residents at 338 nursing homes have tested positive for the coronavirus.
For the first time since the coronavirus crisis struck New York, there were fewer admissions to the intensive care unit on Thursday, April 9th than the day before. It’s one of a number of encouraging signs that the worst may have passed. The governor said that he is “cautiously optimistic” that we are slowing the infection rate. He cited a dramatic decline in hospitalizations and even a negative statistic for the first time in the ICU.
Governor Cuomo said that social distancing policies and compliance by the public greatly flattened the curve after the death toll stabilized but he warned the situation is still dire and New Yorkers would need to maintain strict measures to continue the trend. Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “If we are plateauing, we are plateauing at a very high level, and there’s tremendous stress on the healthcare system. And to say to this healthcare system — which is at maximum capacity today, right? This is a hospital system where we have our foot to the floor and the engine is at red line and you can’t go any faster. And by the way, you can’t stay at red line for any period of time, because the system will blow.”
Cuomo said schools and nonessential businesses will now remain closed and he announced fines for violating social distancing rules would increase from a maximum of $500 to $1,000. As of today, New York State has nearly 5,000 recorded deaths from COVID-19, with over 131,000 confirmed cases and over 16,000 hospitalizations. While the total number of statewide cases of Covid 19 hospitalizations is plateauing, confirmed cases are rising in some areas as they fall in others.
Cuomo announced that the state would issue a number of additional guidelines, including requiring that cloth masks be provided, cost-free to essential workers, by businesses, and the expansion of who is eligible to receive an antibody test. Cuomo again said testing would be the key to restarting the economy. It’s been almost a month since stores around the state have been shut, its employees home and out of work, and trying to apply for unemployment benefits. This week 347,000 New Yorkers filed for unemployment, bringing the number of jobless claims since March 14 to over 800,000.
When asked when he thought things would return to normal for the hard hit state, Cuomo said “As far as when things could go back to normal, well, when will we return to normal? I don’t think we return to normal. I don’t think we return to yesterday, where we were. I think if we are smart, we achieve a new normal.”
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Millions of U.S. residents are now under some sort of stay-at-home order in response to the Covid 19 pandemic. There are now over 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. — more than one-quarter of the reported total cases worldwide, though the actual numbers both in the U.S. and around the world are likely much higher due to limited testing. Governors that were originally against stay-at-home orders finally succumbed last week after COVID-19 cases in their states increased rapidly.
There are still a few states that have not issued stay at home orders. Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming have yet to issue any state-wide orders but they have a number of local directives suggesting residents stay indoors or have stay at home orders in place only in their harder hit counties.
For the other 95% of Americans, the states they call home slowly joined the majority to issue stay at home orders for all non-essential activities. Just as governors issued stay-at-home orders on a rolling, piecemeal basis, they have done the same on the backend, with each governor setting his or her own time frame for lifting the order. Consequently, we have end dates spanning two months, from April 15 to June 10. More than half of the states have already extended the end date of their original order and the new end date could be pushed back again as the pandemic unfolds.
Three Pacific coast states — California, Oregon and Washington — have formed an alliance called the “Western States Pact” that will reopen at the same time. They announced that they “have agreed to work together on a shared approach for reopening our economies – one that identifies clear indicators for communities to restart public life and business.” California was the first to issue its order but within 3 days, Oregon and Washington followed suit. All three states orders were issued with no set end date so their orders stay in place until further notice.
On the east coast, seven states — Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island — have formed the “Multi-State Council” that will also reopen at the same time. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the council “will come up with a framework based on science and data to gradually ease the stay at home restrictions and get our economy back up and running.” Many of these states with an end date on their original order issued extensions with new dates in May.
Two states have stay-at-home orders that are set to expire soon; Idaho (April 15) and Kansas (April 19). Both Idaho Governor Brad Little and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly have indicated that they will extend the orders. Eight states’ orders are due to expire between April 20 and April 26. Indiana, Mississippi, Alaska, District of Columbia, Missouri, Montana, Wisconsin and Colorado are fast approaching their end dates. Four governors — half of this group — have already issued one extension and several have stated they are planning another.
For the last week of April, 19 states are due to lift their stay-at-home mandates. South Carolina, New York, North Carolina, Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas have end dates at the end of April but again, more than half of the governors in this group have already extended the end dates for their orders once.
Nine states have stay-at-home orders that end May 4 or later. Notably, seven of them have already bumped back their end dates once, from April to May. If the trend continues, we can expect more states to be extending their mandates into May.
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, April 12th, 2020.
In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx/VISA gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, April 12th, 2020 was:
CARLA MARIE
Lake City, SC
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEX/VISA Gift Card
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Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook fan and “Like and Follow” either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Trivia Winners & Drawing Entries 4/06/20 thru 4/12/20 are as follows:
4/6/20 (only 1 winner this day)
Joanie Waterman
4/7/20
Cheryl Ralley-Messick
Madeline Lonergan
Karyn Koehler
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Debbie Bloxom
Sandy Nevels
Sheila Carvell
Donna Porter
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Rosanne Clark
Yolanda Ortega-Hackett
Amy Conyers
Gina Guarente Fieger
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
Jenai Merrie
Brandi K Chaney
Jillian Dollarhide
Terri Bowen
Carla Marie
Angela Janisse
Marie Mariani
Christina Radcliff
4/8/20
Gregory Harlan
Melissa White
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Cheryl Ralley Messick
Jennifer Ramlet
Christy Hawkes
Kimberly Snyder
Nicole Blaha
Angela Janisse
Jill Nagel
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Vickie Gipson
Alisa Jones
Holly Jarczynski-mcdowell
Debbie Bloxom
Brandy Cardenas
Debbie Gremlin
Jennifer Vega
Yolanda Ortega-Hackett
Jeanine Scavo
4/9/20
Dale Fish
Marie Mariani
Jennifer Vega
Marilyn Legault
Jenai Merri
Tiffany Borek
Dawn Raasch
Tina Auth
Sherry Lilly
Laurent Legault
Joanie Waterman
Andrew W Sauer
Becca Dotsun
Sandy Nevels
Debbie Bloxom
Jill Nagel
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Holly Jarczynski-mcdowell
Alexis Maureen
Sarah Harrison
Brandi K Chaney
Lucyna Dorota
4/10/20
Terri Bowen
Jo Bhagavatula
Marie Mariani
Lisa A Mazola
Tabitha Sinks
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Alicia Dansby
Nicole Watson
Tonya Velazquez
Lisa David Carr
Michelle Webb
Kristina Harris
Cheryl Lynn
Lisa A Mazola
George Pownall
Jane Peterson
Misty Shallcross
Yolanda Ortega-Hackett
Be Schwerin
Alana Dimambro
Melinda Dreier
Lena Perry
Hayley Cordaro
Becky Hartman
Trish Marks
4/11/20
Kristina Harris
Nicole Blaha
Sheila Carvell
Michelle Webb
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Tiffany Borke
April Ashcraft
Tabitha Sinks
George Pownall
Donna Porter
Tammy Lee Stookey
Desire Kightlinger Swarm
Shannon Schleif
Meg Marshall
Carla Marie
Trish Hysell
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
Maria Bouchard
Karen Brunet Moore
Paula Rivers
4/12/20
Darlene Whyte
Jennifer Ramlet
Nacole Patrick
Kimberly Snyder
Bea Patrick
Alyssa DiFazio
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Laurent Legault
Jessica Steiner
Vickie Gipson
Michelle Webb
Brandi K Chaney
Tiffany Borek
Cynthia Annette Sanders
George Pownall
Jenai Merri
Chrissy Kim
Marilyn Legault
Kim Avery
Cathy Ahner
Carla Marie
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The coronavirus pandemic continues in almost every corner of the globe, with the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide surpassing 1 million people — though the true number is certain to be far higher due to a critical lack of testing globally. The largest number of cases is in the United States with over 350,000 confirmed. Over 10,000 people in the US have died of Covid-19 as the virus continues to spread.
In Europe, COVID-19 has pushed hospitals across the continent past their breaking points. Spain has reported over 120,000 cases and their death toll topped 10,000. In the U.K., London’s ExCeL convention center has been converted into an enormous field hospital with plans to treat up to 4,000 COVID-19 patients. Over 2,300 people have died from the disease across the U.K.
In Italy, there are over 100,000 confirmed cases and their COVID-19 deaths have topped 15,000. It’s been reported that Italy’s true toll is far higher because the country can’t spare the resources to test every dead body. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said models predict the United States faces a trajectory of COVID-19 deaths similar to Italy’s. The computer model used by the White House projects close to 82,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States by August 4, assuming the country implements full social distancing until the end of May.
The 81,766-death projection is a slightly less grim figure than the 93,531 cited earlier by the administration. The model projects that the country may need fewer hospital beds, ventilators and other equipment than previously estimated, and that some states may reach their peak of COVID-19 deaths sooner than expected. Not all states are using the federal government’s forecasting model.
While the White House projects that coronavirus cases in the nation’s capital would peak later this month, the local Washington, DC government is relying on a different computer model that says it won’t peak until late June or early July. Health experts warn against early optimism and say it’s best to prepare for worst case scenarios.
Experts say that pandemic modelling is almost never precise and the Covid-19 pandemic, the uncertainty in the projections is because of lack of access to good data coupled with the fact that we just don’t know enough about the coronavirus. Another factor that adds to the uncertainty is how people will behave and what kinds of policies will be enacted to change contact patterns in the weeks and months ahead. The ranges estimated really depends on how much people actually adhere to social distancing policies and how quickly these policies are issued.
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In New York City, the epicenter of the US crisis, the death toll from COVID-19 is over 4,500 and continuing to climb. There have been more than 140,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus discovered in New York, including more than 76,876 in New York City. Thirty-five percent of the confirmed cases in the US are in the state of New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo warned state residents to expect a high death rate through July.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is dispatching more than 250 ambulances and 85 refrigerated trucks to New York to serve as temporary morgues. In Central Park, an emergency field hospital began operations to treat spillover patients from nearby Mount Sinai Hospital. Mayor Bill de Blasio has repeatedly warned city hospitals are in dire need of millions of masks, hundreds of thousands of gowns and hundreds of ventilators, and are on the brink of running out of supplies.
Following complaints by health care workers about their inability to get tested for the coronavirus despite a colleague recently dying from COVID-19, the Mount Sinai hospital system in New York City will begin providing tests on Tuesday for any employee who shows symptoms of the disease. Mount Sinai will use PCR tests for anyone showing symptoms. They will also administer a serum antibody test to anyone who was symptomatic.
The Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services announced that hundreds of thousands of masks and other pieces of medical equipment seized from a Brooklyn man have been distributed to medical workers on the front lines treating novel coronavirus patients in New York and New Jersey. According to the DOJ, the equipment seized and distributed includes roughly 192,000 N95 respirator masks, nearly 600,000 medical gloves, 130,000 surgical masks, procedure masks, N100 masks, surgical gowns, disinfectant towels, particulate filters, bottles of hand sanitizer and disinfectant spray. Prosecutors say 43-year-old Baruch Feldheim hoarded the supplies in order to take advantage of the COVID-19 crisis and was selling them to doctors and nurses at prices as much as 700% above market value.
Governor Cuomo said it’s unclear what will happen after New York hits its peak. Cases could begin dropping off or there could be more of a plateau effect, in which new cases and death rates remain flat. Cuomo said the falling rate of infection will not be met with a slackening of social-distancing measures. Schools and nonessential business will remain closed at least until April 29 and there will be higher fines for people violating social-distancing rules. The maximum fine is now $1,000.
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, April 5th, 2020.
In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx/VISA gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, April 5th, 2020 was:
AMBREEN JAVED
Skokie, IL
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEX/VISA Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex/Visa Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook fan and “Like and Follow” either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Trivia Winners & Drawing Entries 3/29/20 thru 4/05/20 are as follows:
3/29/20
Christy Hawkes
Alyssa DiFazio
Madeline Lonergan
Traci Anderson
Lauren Bradley
Stephanie McCoy
Jodi Stevens
Maria Bouchard
Jill Nagel
Jane Peterson
Shannon Scott
Nancy Pfirrman Schools
Linda Godin
Jeremy McLaughlin
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Brandi K Chaney
Thomas Ryan Gan
Janice McKay Donahue
Marcy Lynn Coull
Mary Pettiford
3/30/20
Jennifer Leffler
Tracy Heyer
Cheryl Ralley-Messick
Karen Ann Hinkle
Mya Murphy
Kalynnilene Carter
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Teena Sierson
Rosanne Clark
Kristina Rosson
Brandy Cardenas
Anggie Marie
Ambreen Javed
Trish Marks
Vickie Gipson
Phylicia Phillips
Susan Clarke Jette
Lisa David Carr
Tonya Velazquez
April Ashcraft
Nicole Watson
3/31/20
Carole Jacobs
Kelsey Polacek
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Nicole Blaha
Lena Perry
Dale Fish
Thalia BunBunz
Melissa Barnes Walker
Holly Jarczynski-mcdowell
Alisa Jones
Marie Mariani
Jane Peterson
Charlotte Dennis
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Melissa White
Misty Shallcross
April Ashcraft
Michelle Webb
Ambreen Javed
Dawn Raasch
Gloria Stuart
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
4/1/20
Ryan Lerman
Christy Hawkes
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Karen Brunet Moore
Ambreen Javed
Lauren Bradley
Traci Anderson
Shannon Schleif
Maria Bouchard
Brandi K Chaney
Sarah Frank
Kathleen Hickman
Debbie Bloxom
Terri Llexxes
Carol Jean
Kristina Harris
Rhonda Grisham
Karron Redfield
Tracy Heyer
Kendra Lewis Mcbride
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Cathy Ahner
4/2/20
Jennifer Leffler
Karron Redfield
Misty Shallcross
Kimberly Nicole
Carol Jean
MarcyLynn Coull
Sarah Frank
Eleazar Ruiz
Andrea Somers
Jenifer Garza
Janice McKay Donahue
Rhonda Grisham
Jodi Stevens
Derelys Peterson
Cathy Ahner
Brandy Cardenas
Dawn Marie
Penny Fisher
Tom JG
Debbie Gremlin
Lauren Bradley
Alisa Jones
Madeline Lonergan
4/3/20
Andrea Somers
Tracy Heyer
Karen Brunet Moore
Gricelda Castro
Paula Rivers
Nicole Blaha
Christy Hawkes
Michael Ingelido
Tonya Velazquez
Cathy Ahner
Jennifer Ramlet
Trish Hysell
Debbie Bloxom
Madeline Lonergan
Steve Ahner
Mary VanTil
Vickie Gipson
Jay Robert
Dawn Waddington
Stephen Earl
Mike Wallace
4/4/20
Kristina Harris
Michelle Webb
Kimberly Nicole
Terri Bowen
Geri Rus
Jennifer Vega
Dawn Waddington
April Ashcraft
Michael Flagg
Michael Ingelido
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Griceldo Castro
Maria Bouchard
Suz Spann
Holly Marie
Stacy Draeger-Brogan
Janice McKay Donahue
Sheila Carvell
Madeline Lonergan
Kristina Rosson
4/5/20
Lauren Bradley
Eleazar Ruiz
Ambreen Javed
Gina Guarente Fieger
Alana Dimambro
Dean Bruss
Jill Nauyokas
Kathleen Hickman
Amanda Brewer
Ed Barry
Samantha Smith
Linda Godin
Tom JG
Alyssa DiFazio
Jenifer Garza
Sheila Carvell
Melissa D’Ornellas Curtis
Kristina Harris
Dylan Drummond
Maria Bouchard
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Pacific Gas & Electric announced it has pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 2018 Camp fire in the Northern California town of Paradise Pacific. The federal filing documents its role in causing California’s deadliest wildfire. PG&E, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, said it reached the settlement with the Butte County district attorney’s office on March 17.
The utility company will be sentenced to pay the maximum total fine and penalty of approximately $3.5 million. The Agreement provides that no other or additional sentence will be imposed in the criminal action in connection with the 2018 Camp fire,” PG&E said in its filing. “They also agreed to pay $500,000 to the Butte County District Attorney Environmental and Consumer Protection Fund to reimburse costs spent on the investigation of the 2018 Camp fire.”
Under the deal, PG&E said prosecutors won’t pursue further criminal charges. As part of the plea agreement, PG&E also pleaded guilty to one count of unlawfully causing a fire in violation of the state penal code. Last year, Pacific Gas & Electric admitted in federal court that its equipment probably caused several wildfires in Northern and Central California, even while it undertook the controversial step of conducting preventative power shutdowns during high-wind events in high-risk fire areas.
The Camp fire, which raced through Paradise in 2018, killed 85 people and destroyed more than 13,900 homes. Both the California Public Utilities Commission and the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection concluded that poorly maintained PG&E equipment sparked that blaze. The commission also noted that for years, PG&E failed to do climbing inspections of a century-old tower that malfunctioned, causing sparks where the fire originated. Investigators said there was “visible wear” on the arms of a tower linked to the blaze, but that PG&E crews had not climbed the tower since at least 2001. Investigators said the climbing inspection could have identified problems with a small metal hook that was supposed to hold up a transmission line and insulator on the tower, and “its timely replacement could have prevented the ignition of the Camp fire.”
“We cannot change the devastation or ever forget the loss of life that occurred. All of us at PG&E deeply regret this tragedy and the company’s part in it,” PG&E Chief Executive Bill Johnson said in a statement. “We cannot replace all that the fire destroyed, but our hope is that this plea agreement, along with our rebuilding efforts, will help the community move forward from this tragic incident.”
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union”, offered his prognosis as the federal government weighs rolling back guidelines on social distancing in areas that have not been as hard-hit by the outbreak at the conclusion of the nationwide 15-day effort to slow the spread of the virus. The U.S. government’s foremost infection disease expert says the United States could experience more than 100,000 deaths and millions of infections from the coronavirus pandemic.
The US has become the epicenter with about 125,000 cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. and over 2,100 dead as of March 29, 2020. Most people who contract COVID-19 have mild or moderate symptoms, which can include fever and cough but also milder cases of pneumonia, sometimes requiring hospitalization. The risk of death is greater for older adults and people with other health problems. Hospitals in the most afflicted areas are straining to handle patients and some are short of critical supplies.
The US president has suggested that a target date for reopening the U.S economy, which has been battered by the coronavirus outbreak, is April 12, Easter. But public health officials warn that lifting restrictions too soon could lead to more deaths and further damage the economy. To limit the spread of the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued social distancing guidelines and called for gatherings of more than 10 people to be canceled, while governors have ordered residents in their states to remain in their homes and ordered nonessential businesses to close.
The CDC has issued a domestic travel advisory for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. “Due to extensive community transmission of COVID -19 in the area, CDC urges residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to refrain from non-essential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately,” the CDC said in a statement. “This Domestic Travel Advisory does not apply to employees of critical infrastructure industries, including but not limited to trucking, public health professionals, financial services, and food supply.” The CDC also noted that the governors of the three states would “have full discretion to implement this Domestic Travel Advisory.”
With more than 124,000 cases and 2,046 deaths nationwide, the three states make up more than half of the cases and nearly half of the deaths. New York State has over 55,000 confirmed cases and over 2,000 deaths. New Jersey has over 11,000 confirmed cases and 140 deaths. Connecticut has over 1,200 confirmed cases and 33 deaths. Most of the Connecticut cases are in Fairfield County where many residents commute into New York City for work.
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