Source: Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File
On Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) who two months ago survived his recall election, extended the COVID state of emergency yet again. It will now extend until March 31, 2022, which is a full four and a half months from now, and a little over two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
As Tom Tapp reported for Deadline , this is the third time that Newsom has issued such an extension. He also wrote: Newsom first declared the state of emergency on March 2, 2020, just hours after the Golden State saw its first death from what was then referred to as the coronavirus. Newsom cited “heightened anxiety” and the 53 new cases in the state. Now, 20 months later, conditions have changed dramatically. Just the day before, Newsom had warned at the California Economic Summit […]
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