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8:30 p.m.
Look: New Chicago Police Dept. order about officers and masks...below. Effective at midnight. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/R2qp0PFwtN
— Dana Kozlov (@DanaCBS2) May 1, 2020
8 p.m.
Mexico confirms 1,425 new cases of the coronavirus and 127 deaths.
#LoÚltimo
— REFORMA (@Reforma) May 1, 2020
La @SSalud_mx registró 127 muertes más por #Covid_19, con lo que suman mil 859, y reportó mil 425 nuevos casos confirmados, para un total de 19 mil 224. pic.twitter.com/3bJNFp6gZf
5:40 p.m.
For your health and well-being, we’re requiring customers to wear a face mask when traveling with us starting May 11.https://t.co/4bwMksTFOr
— americanair (@AmericanAir) April 30, 2020
Nothing is more important than the health and safety of our people and our customers.
— Delta (@Delta) April 30, 2020
Starting May 4, Delta will require all customers to wear an appropriate face covering or mask throughout their travel, aligning with best practice guidelines from @CDCgov.
5 p.m.
INBOX: CA Dept of Finance issued a letter to state agencies urging immediate steps to cut spending, in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
— Scott Rodd (@SRodd_CPR) April 30, 2020
CA has veered toward a recession and the state is expecting a sharp drop in revenues and spike in safety net costs. https://t.co/sIRsiZfFm8 pic.twitter.com/SI1c3haeLP
4:45 p.m.
#COVID19 update (4/30/20):@lapublichealth reports 733 new cases and 55 deaths.
— Los Angeles County (@CountyofLA) April 30, 2020
Total confirmed cases in LA County= 23,182
Total deaths= 1,111
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— Los Angeles County (@CountyofLA) April 30, 2020
2:38 p.m.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced today, April 30, it will open portions of the park to the public for the first time since the COVID-19 crisis struck Blount County. https://t.co/YFpaeHXnua
— DailyTimes (@DailyTimes) April 30, 2020
1:50 p.m.
Wearing a face mask today, VP Pence tours GM plant manufacturing ventilators in Kokomo, IN. pic.twitter.com/kCfw6S82Yp
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 30, 2020
1:00 p.m.
NEW: With the conventions less than four months away, Republicans are weighing a scaled-back, in-person convention in Charlotte so it can safely proceed amid coronavirus. Situation is fluid but the main thing guaranteed right now: the president's keynote. https://t.co/wfpdU237i9
— Monica Alba (@albamonica) April 30, 2020
12:43 p.m.
There's now 354 prisoners who have tested positive at Trousdale.
— Christopher Hale (@chrisjollyhale) April 30, 2020
Where's the coverage from the biggest statewide news organizations in Nashville?
Has @GovBillLee been asked a single question about the 600 who tested positive in Bledsoe County? About the lack of PPE for 37 days? https://t.co/YREYCPBx6B
11:36 a.m.
.@NYGovCuomo NOW: “Today is another day to do better. Another day to improve, another day to be better.” Adds “hospitalizations are down, good news. Adds: “new COVID cases slightly down 933, still unacceptable.” 306 is number of lives lost, calling it TERRIBLE NEWS. @WNYT
— Jill Konopka (@jillkonopka) April 30, 2020
7:03 a.m.
President Trump's executive order to keep meatpacking plants open comes after many plants announced temporary or indefinite closures in response to coronavirus outbreaks among workers.
— NPR (@NPR) April 30, 2020
"I know I'm not the only one who's actually scared," one worker said. https://t.co/EZSCl8DJau
6:37 a.m.
U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 60,000 and the outbreak will soon be deadlier than any flu season since 1967, according to a @Reuters tally https://t.co/2wYT58ogRU
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 30, 2020
About the Authors
Kelcie Willis is a writer and online content producer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Sociology from the University of Georgia. At the AJC, she covers state, regional and national news with the Content Curation Desk.
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