On March 16, local time, San Francisco announced the closure of the city.
San Francisco announced that it would be closed from midnight on June 16. Citizens are required to stay at home unless it is necessary to go out. Pharmacies, grocery stores, banks, gas stations and basic public services will remain open, bars and gyms will be closed, and restaurants will only accept takeaway services. Police chief Bill Scott said that violating the regulations would be regarded as a misdemeanor.
It is understood that the notice announced that most areas of the San Francisco Bay Area will be closed from March 16 to April 7. Six Bay Area counties will announce the order that all residents' shelters are in place on Monday, instructing everyone to live in their own houses and stay away from others.
In the next three weeks, public health officials said that they would make every effort to curb the rapid spread of coronavirus in this area, so they should keep this momentum as long as possible. Officials said that the directive will be implemented at midnight on Monday, involving San Francisco, Santa Clara Bay B, san mateo, Marin, Conte Costa and alameda county. The order will last at least until April 7.
At present, this order only confirms the comprehensive blockade order, and it is not clear how or to what extent it will be implemented.
The latest number of confirmed cases in San Francisco
As of March 17, 2008, there were 40 confirmed cases in San Francisco and 564 confirmed cases in California. The data comes from the latest summary of the epidemic situation in North America.
Pentagon confirmed cases
According to the US Consumer News and Business Channel, the US Department of Defense announced on June 16 that in order to prevent the outbreak of COVID-19, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Deputy Secretary of Defense DavidNorquist would be isolated and protected.
Starting from 16, two senior officials of the Ministry of National Defense will be in a "physical isolation state" and only communicate with others by video phone. The Ministry of National Defense will carefully screen and control the number of people entering the official residence of the Minister of National Defense. At present, the Pentagon has 37 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 18 soldiers.
The latest number of confirmed cases in the United States
According to the statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the public health departments of various states, as of 7: 00 pm EST on March 16, COVID-19 * * * reported 4,629 confirmed cases, 90 died and 48 were cured. On June 6th, 65438, 860 new cases were confirmed.
US President Trump told reporters in the briefing room of the White House on June 16 that the US government may block "specific areas" and "hot spots" to prevent the spread of the epidemic, but there is no plan to completely block the United States at present. He said that the United States may finally stop the spread of the epidemic in July or August.
Countries in a state of emergency
Countries that have declared a state of emergency include Italy, Czech Republic, Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Slovakia, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Estonia, Serbia, Lebanon, Kazakhstan, Palestine, Philippines, El Salvador, United States, Argentina, Poland, South Africa, Peru, Libya, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.