U.S. Senator from Iowa, Charles Grassley said Tuesday he has been exposed to COVID-19 and will quarantine while awaiting the results of a test to see if he has the virus.
In a statement from the 87-year-old Republican senator’s office, Grassley said he felt fine and has no symptoms, but he will follow his doctor’s orders and immediately quarantine at his home.
He also stressed that “It is important we all follow public health guidelines to keep each other healthy.”
Grassley was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1980 and is currently chairman of the finance committee. He is president pro tempore of the Senate, making him third in line for the presidency.
Mardi Gras parades have been canceled in New Orleans, the city said Tuesday, as the coronavirus continues to surge in much of the United States.
City spokesman Beau Tidwell said at a news conference Tuesday that the celebrations, which were scheduled to take place on Feb. 16, 2021, cannot happen with current limits on outdoor gatherings.
“None of this should be a surprise to anybody,” Tidwell said. “The guidelines have been in place for some time.”
Also Tuesday, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
“I’m feeling good + will keep up on my work for the ppl of Iowa from home,” the 87-year-old Senator from Iowa wrote on Twitter, adding that he would continue to quarantine according to CDC guidelines. https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1328830806291341312&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fcovid-19-pandemic%2Fus-states-tighten-coronavirus-restrictions-after-rise-cases&siteScreenName=VOANews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px
I’ve tested positive for coronavirus. I’ll b following my doctors’ orders/CDC guidelines & continue to quarantine. I’m feeling good + will keep up on my work for the ppl of Iowa from home. I appreciate everyone’s well wishes + prayers &look fwd to resuming my normal schedule soon— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) November 17, 2020
A day earlier, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds ordered all indoor gatherings to be limited to 15 people, mandated mask-wearing for people who are unable to socially distance from others indoors for more than 15 minutes, and said all restaurants and bars must close by 10 p.m.
Sioux Falls, the largest city in South Dakota, was set to vote on a mask mandate Tuesday evening. South Dakota currently has the highest positivity rate for COVID-19 in the country.
Maryland and Ohio also imposed 10 p.m. curfews on bars and restaurants on Tuesday.
FILE – Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Sept. 23, 2020.
But Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, called Tuesday for a more uniform approach to fighting the virus.
“We need some fundamental public health measures that everyone should be adhering to, not a disjointed, ‘One state says one thing, the other state says another thing,'” Fauci told The New York Times, speaking from a virtual press conference.
During the past week, the United States has recorded an average of nearly 150,000 new cases per day, according to Johns Hopkins University. The country has registered more than 11.3 million total cases during the pandemic, the most in the world.
The rise in cases has put a strain on the health care systems with half of the country’s states reporting new peaks in hospitalizations.
Some retailers have also reintroduced safety precautions on lines for customers to get into stores and set purchase limits on items such as hand sanitizer, toilet paper and disinfecting wipes to prevent hoarding.
Other commercial establishments, however, are seeking to increase business. Movie theaters in New York City are seeking permission to reopen, while restaurateurs in Massachusetts are trying to serve more customers at night.
In a phone call Monday with the nation’s governors, Vice President Mike Pence, who leads the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, urged the governors to tell residents the country has never been more prepared to deal with COVID-19. He said there is a large supply of personal protective equipment and cited promising early results from two vaccine candidates.
Transition team
President-elect Joe Biden told reporters Monday that the Trump administration’s refusal to coordinate with his transition team has potentially dire consequences for the government’s COVID-19 response when the new administration takes office in January.
Biden cited the task of distributing any vaccines that are approved, calling it a “huge undertaking” and saying that if his team is not given access to the current planning process then they will be “behind, over a month, month and a half.”
“More people may die if we don’t coordinate,” Biden said.
Trump has refused to concede his defeat while he pursues long-shot legal claims that the November 3 vote was rigged against him. He has blocked administration officials from cooperating with Biden’s transition team throughout government agencies.
Trump’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States was one of the key issues in the election. National polls showed that voters trusted Biden more than Trump to deal with the pandemic.
SYDNEY – Australian officials are warning they face a “dangerous situation” in the coronavirus pandemic after reporting about 20 newly detected infections in the state of South Australia, its first outbreak since April.
After seven months with no community transmission of the new coronavirus, South Australia is fighting to contain a cluster of new cases.
Most of the recently detected infections are within the same family.
The source is thought to have been a hotel in Adelaide where Australian travelers are placed in mandatory quarantine after returning from overseas. An infected cleaner is believed to have passed on the virus to his or her large family, including a prison worker.
Health authorities have been working to trace all known contacts of those within the Adelaide cluster. Thousands of people have been tested since it was discovered. Just one new case was detected Monday, but South Australian premier Steven Marshall says vigilance is needed.
“This is a very dangerous situation. If we work cooperatively with SA (South Australia) Health and SA (South Australia) Police on this one we should get on top of it. But it is really a very worrying situation, and we must act very swiftly,” Marshall said.
People are seen at a cafe after the state of Victoria saw COVID-19 case numbers drop in Melbourne, Nov. 17, 2020.
The state government has brought in new emergency restrictions in South Australia, including the closure of gyms, while international flights carrying returning Australian citizens and permanent residents have been suspended for seven days.
The outbreak could hamper Australia’s efforts to reopen state and territory borders by Christmas. Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory are reintroducing quarantine measures on South Australian residents.
But other jurisdictions, including New South Wales, have no plans to refuse entry to visitors from South Australia.
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
“What this does is reinforce for us how contagious the disease is and how unexpectedly cases and outbreaks can arise. But it is how you deal with those outbreaks, and we are confident that if that happened in New South Wales, we would get on top of it and similarly that South Australian authorities are getting on top of it and that is our understanding from our health officials here in New South Wales,” Berejiklian said.
New South Wales has recorded its 10th consecutive day without any community transmission of COVID-19, while Victoria state officials say they have now gone 18 days in a row without a new case following the easing of a strict lockdown in the city of Melbourne.
Since the pandemic began, Australia has diagnosed 27,750 coronavirus infections. More than 900 people have died.
Australia closed its international borders to foreign nationals in March.
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