Arizona’s governor introduced a “one-month pause” on sure companies Monday in response to surging coronavirus circumstances within the state.
Republican Gov. Doug Ducey ordered bars, nightclubs, gyms, film theaters and water parks to shut once more for at the very least 30 days beginning Monday night time.
A ban on gatherings of greater than 50 folks was additionally reestablished.
“We will’t be beneath any phantasm that this virus goes to go away by itself,” Ducey mentioned.
The Grand Canyon State had emerged from its stay-at-home order in mid-Could, however COVID-19 infections have since begun skyrocketing.
A document 3,858 new circumstances have been reported on Sunday, probably the most in a single day for the state. Hospitals throughout the state have been at 84 % capability on Sunday.
Although many districts deliberate to begin the college 12 months in late July or early August, Ducey ordered that public colleges ought to delay till at the very least Aug. 17.
The governor urged Arizonans to maintain their distance from each other in public, however didn’t challenge a statewide order requiring folks to put on masks.
The about-face got here as three different states — Florida, California and Texas — have additionally rolled again reopenings amid a rise in circumstances.
With Publish wires