CORONAVIRUS LATEST: —If you go on vacation in a hot spot, 'assume you're infected,' Dr, Birx says —Florida's daily test-positivity rate falls below 10% —Australia's Victoria enters 'State of Disaster'
12:36 p.m.: If you go on vacation in a hot spot, 'assume you're infected,' Birx says
Sunbathers enjoy the Fisherman's Warf beach in Monterey, California, Aug. 1, 2020, amid the Coronavirus outbreak."I think it's our job, as public health officials, to be able to get a message to each American that says if you have chosen to go on vacation into a hot spot, you really need to come back and protect those with comorbidities and assume you're infected," Birx said."It is extraordinarily widespread ... it's both rural and urban," Birx said.
More than 487,000 people across the state have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Florida is the second highest state for number of cases, behind California. The"State of Disaster" imposes a six-week lockdown with restrictions including: an overnight curfew; mandatory face coverings; remote learning; and shopping limited to one-person per household per day.
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