Coronavirus: Resurgences
Portugal required residents to wear masks outdoors wherever social distancing cannot be guaranteed after the country registered its second-highest daily rise in cases since the start of the pandemic.
Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, imposed new restrictions, closing restaurants and other nonessential businesses to indoor customers at 8 p.m. daily along with other restrictions.
Sporting events in the United States continue to see disruptions because of the virus. A player was pulled from Tuesday’s World Series game after testing positive. Wisconsin’s football game at Nebraska was canceled after an outbreak, and the Boston Marathon delayed its 2021 plans.
Here’s a roundup of restrictions in all 50 states.
What else we’re following
Some college towns that were virus hot spots are beginning to show progress, with new infections at several large universities slowing markedly.
The virus is complicating the election, as poll workers test positive and voting sites are closed.
Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, emerged from a 111-day lockdown with a mix of euphoria and caution.
A new study from Vanderbilt University found that hospitals in Tennessee that served patients from areas without mask requirements had the highest rate of growth in hospitalizations.
NBC reports that some elderly people are dying from social isolation brought on by confinement measures meant to protect them from the virus.
In a video, the Times Opinion section explains how American diligence in responding to infectious diseases actually helped stop the spread of Covid-19 — in Asia.
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