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Here's your coronavirus news roundup for tonight:
Here's your coronavirus news roundup for tonight:
In LA County's worst day yet in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, public health officials announced that 29 more people have died and 620 more have tested positive. The total number of #COVID19 deaths in LA County is now 198. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/coronavirus-los-angeles-county-updates-april-8
Globally, there are now more than 1.5 million COVID-19 cases. 7,530 of them are in LA County. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/covid-19-map-tracker
Child care providers who are still operating must limit the number of children in their care to no more than 10 at a time and screen everyone for illness, say the state agencies that oversee child care. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/child-care-provider-guidelines-california-coronavirusmus
LA city and county are shutting parks down completely for Easter Sunday: No walking through the park, and no facilities (with the exception of those experiencing homelessness who need to use the bathroom). Police will be patrolling. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/la-county-announces-plan-for-homeless-hotels-coronavirus
California will acquire more personal protective equipment for medical workers and frontline employees, including grocery workers, including 200 million face masks. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/gov-newsom-coronavirus-update-covid-19
LA County officials announced Wednesday a mammoth effort to shelter thousands of homeless people in up to 15,000 hotel rooms. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/la-county-announces-plan-for-homeless-hotels-coronavirus
Every week, local Small Business Development Centers answer business owners’ questions about how to get government assistance. We listened in on a recent one — here’s what we learned. https://laist.com/2020/04/08/small_business_coronavirus_help.php
Your next power or gas bill should have a credit, sent more quickly than usual to help ease the economic pressures of the coronavirus. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/edison_socal_gas_credit_climate_bills
The LAUSD shutdown has prevented kids with special needs from receiving one-on-one assistance and other special education services, like therapies meant to help with communication and motor skills. https://laist.com/2020/04/08/special_education_california_students_disabilities_coronavirus.php
Nearly 90% of California parents are worried that their children will fall behind academically while their campuses are closed, a new statewide survey found. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/coronavirus_covid19_parent_survey_schools_k12_education_children_falling_behind
The CDC recommends against putting face masks on children under the age of two, to prevent suffocation. https://laist.com/2020/04/08/face-masks-infant-toddlers-coronavirus.php
In case you missed it, here’s a tutorial on making your own DIY mask out of an old T-shirt, plus some Q&A on masks with our reporter Sharon McNary. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/DIY-mask-live-demo
Health care workers treating #COVID19 patients need to have personal protective gear, state and federal guidelines say. But there are no clear guidelines for having preventive PPE for health workers in places with no known community spread. https://laist.com/2020/04/08/nursing_home_workers_coronavirus_protective_gear.php
Here's another group of people whose lives have been upended by COVID-19: Those struggling with addiction who aren't able to meet in-person for 12-step programs and therapy sessions. https://laist.com/2020/04/08/coronavirus_addiction_treatment_rehab_los_angeles.php
Comedian and The Daily Show correspondent Ronny Chieng explains why President Trump calling COVID-19 the "Chinese virus" is so dangerous. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/comedians-on-covid-ronny-chieng
Federal Judge David Carter chastised L.A.’s response to shield homeless people from COVID-19, suggesting politicians responsible for the homelessness crisis be named on a "wall of shame." https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/homeless_coronavirus_judge_carter_garcetti
The first iteration of the USNS Mercy was used during World War I and during the Spanish Flu in 1918. Here’s some more history about the ship. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/the-usns-mercy-has-been-in-la-before
And @RandyNewman wrote us a song for the times:
Stay away from me
Baby, keep your distance, please
Stay away from me
Words of love in times like these https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/coronavirus-randy-newman-stay-away-physical-distancing
Stay away from me
Baby, keep your distance, please
Stay away from me
Words of love in times like these https://laist.com/latest/post/20200408/coronavirus-randy-newman-stay-away-physical-distancing
