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Added on the 01/05/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
(CNN) Southern California and San Joaquin Valley residents will be under a stay-at-home order after the intensive care unit capacity in the two regions fell below 15%, triggering a mandate issued by the governor earlier this week that aims to bring down the soaring number of Covid-19 hospitalizations. The order goes into effect Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT for the some 27 million people in the regions, which includes Los Angeles and San Diego. That follows a proactive order issued by six San Francisco Bay Area jurisdictions on Friday for its almost 6 million residents.
About a week ago, California Governor Gavin Newsom attended a dinner party--with at least a dozen people--at an upscale Napa Valley restaurant. But on Friday, Newsom asked Californians to 'limit interactions to their immediate household.' The state recently surpassed 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. According to Business Insider, critics and journalists swiftly slammed and called out the governor's actions as hypocritical. said he 'should have modeled better behavior.'
Fremont, May 12 (EFE/EPA).-California’s Alameda County has ordered Tesla to comply with public health orders at its Fremont factory after the company's founder Elon Musk defied rules and resumed vehicle production.County health officials on Monday ordered in a letter that the factory must not operate beyond minimum basic operations. (Camera: JOHN MABAGLO). FOOTAGE SHOWS ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE TESLA'S VEHICLE FACTORY IN FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, USA.
Protesters waving US flags gather in Los Angeles to voice their opposition to California's stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES