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COVID-19 Threat Level system is on the horizon.Harris County COVID-19 Threat Level System (KPRC)“We can go to orange in a matter of days, you know, a week or two. We could if we keep at it. If those trends continue going down, but it’s up to all of us. We’re not quite there, we’re very…

Andrew Goff / Today @ 4:20 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt ‘We Feel Like We’re Losing Control,’ Humboldt County Public Health Nurse Tells Bloomberg News In an article published by Bloomberg today, famed journalist Michael Lewis —  author of Moneyball, The Big Short and The Fifth Risk, amongst other notable works — writes about his…

large gatherings at churches, food-processing facilities, funerals and graduation parties.Ms. Brown has ordered Oregonians to wear masks in public buildings, starting July 1. She has also introduced a spending package to fund protective equipment and quarantine pay for farm workers.Oregon public health officials expect that recent Fourth of July festivities will soon produce new cases,…

Women hard at work in the factory. (Supplied by Khayelitsha Cookies) Khayelitsha Cookies in Cape Town, which employs almost 100 female breadwinners, faces an uncertain future.Over 65% of its revenue came from the hospitality industry before hotels closed due to the lockdown.The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the hospitality and tourism sectors, which…

A vaccine to protect against the coronavirus will be many things wrapped up in a small vial: A harbinger of a return to normalcy, a scientific feat for the ages and, depending on when it arrives, a politically potent symbol.  The timeline for how long it will take to get that vaccine is a moving target and depends…