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California to impose its strongest virus measures

California announced strictest stay-at-home orders to tame the coronavirus curve and avoid overwehlming hospitals. Millions in the state are likely to see outdoor dining shuttered, playgrounds roped off and hair salons closed within days if the available intensive-care capacity in their areas dips below a 15 percent threshold. If hospitalisation rates keep soaring, California’s 40 million residents could all be under new stay-at-home orders by Christmas. California is seeing its sharpest increase in cases since the pandemic took hold even as its measure beacme more stringent. Read here

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