Just because you can go to the beach or bars doesn't mean it's time to let your guard down. In fact, some states are seeing new spikes in coronavirus cases.
"With the country starting to open up this holiday weekend, I again remind everyone that the coronavirus is not yet contained, " said Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration.
"It is up to every individual to protect themselves and their community. Social distancing, hand washing and wearing masks protect us all. "
Many Americans have flocked to parks, restaurants and beaches to celebrate Memorial Day weekend.
In Alabama's Gulf Shores, "there are literally thousands of people out here on the beach, and what I'm really pleased to see is that many of these folks, almost all of them, are doing a great job with social distancing, " beachgoer Steve Ricks told CNN affiliate WPMI.
But some ignored health warnings, despite new information that an estimated 40% of coronavirus transmissions occur before any symptoms.
Video from a pool party at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, showed a massive crowd of people crammed together both inside and outside the pool.
Saturday's footage came the same day Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said several people who attended a swim party contracted Covid-19.
Experts warn the US is nowhere near out of the woods with coronavirus. More than 1. 6 million Americans have been infected and over 97, 000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.
"Look at the numbers. You'll see that on Thursday, more than 20, 000 Americans were infected, " said Dr. Seema Yasmin, a former disease detective at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
On Friday, "that number went up, and there were more than 24, 000 Americans newly diagnosed with Covid-19. "
Just
because
you can go to the beach or bars doesn't mean it's time to
let
your guard down. In fact,
some
states are seeing new spikes in coronavirus cases.
"
With the country starting to open up this holiday weekend, I again remind everyone that the coronavirus is not
yet
contained,
"
said Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration.
"
It is up to every individual to protect themselves and their community. Social distancing, hand washing and wearing masks protect us all.
"
Many
Americans have flocked to parks, restaurants and beaches to celebrate Memorial Day weekend.
In Alabama's Gulf Shores,
"
there are
literally
thousands of
people
out here on the beach, and what I'm
really
pleased
to
see
is that
many
of these folks, almost all of them, are doing a great job with social distancing,
"
beachgoer
Steve Ricks
told
CNN affiliate
WPMI
.
But
some
ignored
health warnings, despite new information that an estimated 40% of coronavirus transmissions occur
before
any symptoms.
Video from a pool party at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri,
showed
a massive crowd of
people
crammed together both inside and outside the pool.
Saturday's footage came the same day Arkansas Gov.
Asa
Hutchinson said several
people
who attended a swim party contracted Covid-19.
Experts warn the US is nowhere near out of the woods with coronavirus. More than 1. 6 million Americans have
been infected
and over 97, 000 have
died
, according to Johns Hopkins University.
"
Look at the numbers. You'll
see
that on Thursday, more than 20, 000 Americans
were infected
,
"
said Dr.
Seema
Yasmin, a former disease detective at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
On Friday,
"
that number went up, and there were more than 24, 000 Americans
newly
diagnosed with Covid-19.
"
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