New cases, hospitalisations and the percentage of positive tests have been on the rise for weeks, indicators that the coronavirus is spreading rapidly. On Wednesday, Texas hit another milestone, recording more new cases in a single day than it has since the pandemic started – more than 6,200 new infections. Texas had previously ordered all air travellers arriving from New York, with its then-booming number of cases, to quarantine for 14 days. But on Wednesday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo of turned the tables and announced that travellers from Texas and eight other hard-hit states would have to quarantine there. Texas governor Greg Abbott with US president Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump giving briefing on Hurricane Harvey in Corpus Christi, Texas, in August 2017.

Source: The Irish Times June 25, 2020 09:45 UTC