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A restaurant that is to-go only due to laws created to stop the spread of the coronavirus. In March 2020, restaurants' daily traffic dropped precipitously as the virus spread, compared to the same period in 2019. [25] According to NPR's Yuki Noguchi, "Just about every restaurant nationwide has been hit hard at once, making this disaster unique."
The main categories linking to the COVID-19 pandemic are: Rapid response, Health System, and Prevention. [34] [35] Despite this assessment, the US failed to prepare critical stockpiles deemed necessary by planning exercises and failed to follow its own planning documents when executing the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [citation needed]
As of 23 March 2020, more than 1.2 billion learners were out of school due to school closures in response to COVID-19. [8] Given low rates of COVID-19 symptoms among children, the effectiveness of school closures has been called into question. [13] Even when school closures are temporary, it carries high social and economic costs. [14]
Companies are racing against the clock this week to notify antitrust agencies about pending deals before a new, more stringent merger filing rule passed during President Joe Biden's administration ...
On January 22, 2021, Biden released an executive order addressing the economic crisis due to COVID-19. [ 187 ] Biden voiced support for $600 extra weekly unemployment benefits, increasing Social Security checks by $200 monthly, federally funded COBRA insurance for those who have lost their jobs during the pandemic, paid sick leave, as well as ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has also been associated with mental health challenges for those who are not infected with it, including the social and economic impacts of quarantine, physical distancing, stay-at-home orders, gathering bans, nonessential business closures, and additional measures introduced to reduce community transmission of the virus. [81]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department filed a complaint and announced a civil enforcement action on Monday against financial technology company Dave and its CEO Jason Wilk for alleged ...
In turn, Asian American health has been disproportionately challenged by the virus, as a study by Chan et al. from Cambridge University found, “that while Asian Americans make up a small proportion of COVID-19 deaths in the USA, they experience significantly higher excess all-cause mortality (3.1 times higher), case fatality rate (as high as ...