Aruba Living Wednesday Today July 14, 2021 T: 582-7800 Real Estate www.arubatoday.com mediation facebook.com/arubatoday instagram.com/arubatoday Page 8 Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper DOUBLE TROUBLE U.S. COVID-19 cases rising again, doubling over three weeks In this Wednesday, July 7, 2021, file photo, patrons enjoy cold tropical cocktails in the tiny interior of the Tiki-Ti bar as it reopens on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Associated Press Page 2 A2 WEDNESDAY 14 JULY 2021 UP FRONT U.S. COVID-19 cases rising again, doubling over three weeks From Front Missouri and Arkansas must and hospitalizations rise. either quarantine for 10 "Alabama is OPEN for busi- By HEATHER HOLLING- days or have a negative ness. Vaccines are readily SWORTH and JOSH FUNK COVID-19 test. available, and I encourage Associated Press Meanwhile, the Health folks to get one. The state The COVID-19 curve in Department in Mississippi, of emergency and health the U.S. is rising again af- which ranks dead last na- orders have expired. We ter months of decline, with tionally for vaccinations, are moving forward," she the number of new cases began blocking posts said on social media. per day doubling over the about COVID-19 on its Dr. James Lawler, a leader past three weeks, driven Facebook page because of the Global Center for by the fast-spreading delta of a "rise of misinformation" Health Security at the Uni- variant, lagging vaccina- about the virus and the versity of Nebraska Medi- tion rates and Fourth of July vaccine. cal Center in Omaha, said gatherings. Mississippi officials are also bringing back masks and Confirmed infections In this Sunday, July 4, 2021, file photo, spectators watch as recommending that peo- limiting gatherings would climbed to an average fireworks explode over the Las Vegas Strip during a 4th of July ple 65 and older and those help. But he acknowl- of about 23,600 a day on Fireworks show in Las Vegas. with chronic underlying edged that most of the Monday, up from 11,300 Associated Press conditions stay away from places seeing higher rates on June 23, according to sistance, while the highly where near their peak of large indoor gatherings be- of the virus "are exactly the Johns Hopkins University contagious mutant version a quarter-million per day cause of a 150% rise in hos- areas of the country that data. And all but two states of the coronavirus that was in January. And deaths are pitalizations over the past don't want to do any of — Maine and South Da- first detected in India is ac- running at under 260 per three weeks. these things." kota — reported that case counting for an ever-larger day on average after top- But the political will may Lawler warned that what numbers have gone up share of infections. ping out at more than 3,400 not be there in many states is happening in Britain is a over the past two weeks. Nationally, 55.6% of all over the winter — a testa- fatigued by months of re- preview of what's to come "It is certainly no coinci- Americans have received ment to how effectively strictions. in the U.S. dence that we are look- at least one COVID-19 shot, the vaccine can prevent In Michigan, Democratic "The descriptions from re- ing at exactly the time that according to the Centers serious illness and death in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gions of the world where we would expect cases to for Disease Control and Pre- those who happen to be- is facing a drive to repeal the delta variant has taken be occurring after the July vention. The five states with come infected. a law that she used to set hold and become the pre- Fourth weekend," said Dr. the biggest two-week jump Still, amid the rise, health major restrictions during the dominant virus are pictures Bill Powderly, co-director of in cases per capita all had authorities in places such as early stages of the pan- of ICUs full of 30-year-olds. the infectious-disease divi- lower vaccination rates: Los Angeles County and St. demic. That's what the critical care sion at Washington Univer- Missouri, 45.9%; Arkansas, Louis are begging even im- And Republican Gov. Kay doctors describe and that's sity's School of Medicine in 43%; Nevada, 50.9%; Loui- munized people to resume Ivey of Alabama pushed what's coming to the U.S.," St. Louis. siana, 39.2%; and Utah, wearing masks in public. back against the idea that he said. At the same time, parts of 49.5%. And Chicago officials an- the state might need to He added: "I think people the country are running up Even with the latest surge, nounced Tuesday that un- reimpose preventive mea- have no clue what's about against deep vaccine re- cases in the U.S. are no- vaccinated travelers from sures as vaccinations lag to hit us."q Jill Biden to attend Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony lady Jill Biden will attend ficial events in Alaska and but the drive has lost mo- the opening ceremony of Hawaii on the way to and mentum because of sup- the summer Olympics in from Japan. ply shortages. Tokyo, the White House an- The year’s Olympic com- White House press sec- nounced Tuesday, even as petition, already post- retary Jen Psaki said last the city has entered a new poned a year because of week that staff had been state of emergency over a the pandemic, will be held sent to Tokyo to assess the rise in coronavirus cases. without fans cheering from feasibility of Jill Biden’s visit. Biden will attend the July the stands after a state of Psaki said the president In this July 8, 2021 photo, first lady Jill Biden delivers remarks 23 opening ceremony on emergency was declared still supported U.S. athletes before the start of the finals of the 2021 Scripps National Spell- her first solo trip abroad as in Tokyo. traveling to Tokyo for the ing Bee at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. first lady. A key U.S. ally, Japan has competition despite the Associated Press She is also expected to made remarkable prog- rise in coronavirus cases. By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and Associated Press attend some sporting ress in vaccinating its pop- President Biden is not at- DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — First events, as well as hold of- ulation against COVID-19, tending the Games. q A3 U.S. NEWS WEDNESDAY 14 JULY 2021 U.S. says order coming this week on border asylum restrictions By JAKE BLEIBERG the public health order Lifting the ban could en- Associated Press that former President Don- courage more people to FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) ald Trump's administration come to the border to seek — The U.S. Centers for Dis- used to quickly expel peo- asylum at a time when ease Control and Preven- ple from the country during the U.S. is under mount- tion will issue an order this the coronavirus pandemic. ing strain. The U.N. refu- week about how migrant The government attorney gee agency reported last children are treated un- said the CDC order this month that the U.S. was der a public health order week will largely render once again the top desti- that has prevented people Texas' arguments moot. nation for asylum-seekers from seeking asylum at the He did not elaborate, and in 2020, with about 250,000 nation's borders, a Justice the CDC said it could not new claims filed, more than Department attorney said immediately provide addi- twice as high as second- Tuesday. tional information. place Germany. The comment by Assistant His comment that the or- Texas, which has the busi- In this June 15, 2021, file photo, a Border Patrol agent watches U.S. Attorney Brian Stoltz der will apply to children est corridor for illegal bor- as a group of migrants walk across the Rio Grande on their way at a court hearing in Fort suggests that the Biden der crossings, was seeking to turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Worth, Texas, may be the administration is consider- a court order forcing the Del Rio, Texas. strongest indication to date ing a gradual lifting of the federal government to Associated Press that changes are imminent asylum ban. cease what state Deputy on the last major Trump-era Higher COVID-19 vaccina- Attorney General Aaron and safety of all Texans." ment inform him as soon restrictions on asylum at the tion rates have brought Reitz called "de facto non- U.S. District Judge Mark Pit- as it is issued. Pittman did border. increasing pressure on the enforcement" of the asylum tman, a Trump appointee, not rule on the request for Stoltz told a federal judge Biden administration to lift ban. Reitz argued that the questioned Stoltz about an injunction but said he that the CDC will release "a the public health order that Biden administration's pos- the timing of the new order will put out a decision "as new order on the subject was always intended as a ture "threatens the health and asked that the govern- quickly as I can."q of the children" by the end temporary measure dur- of the week. It will revise a ing the pandemic. While Biden administration policy the administration has ex- that exempts children who empted unaccompanied cross the border alone from children, some families and the ban on asylum.