Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]
The city of San Francisco could impose a curfew starting tomorrow, after a spike in new cases by COVID-19, which could bring the city back to purple.
San Francisco City and County Health Director Grant Colfax told a news conference that the current case rate puts them "on a trajectory to be on the purple level as soon as Sunday.
In that sense, he added that, when that time comes, the limited order of stay imposed by the state will have to be complied with. "And when we are assigned to the purple level, the state will need to step back from reopening."
"Only three weeks ago we were at a less restrictive yellow level, but now we are on our way to being at the more restrictive purple level. This is an indication of how quickly the virus is spreading," he said.
According to Johns Hopkins University, as of this Saturday, more than 11.98 million cases have been registered in the United States, while the number of deaths stands at 255,98 people.
In California there are 1,89,000 cases and 18,640 deaths, while in San Francisco there have been 14,251 deaths up to this Saturday, while the number of people who have died is 156.
Colfax also said that in the week beginning October 12, 217 new cases of COVID-19 were reported, and a month later, in the week beginning November 16, the number was already 768.
"If we continue on this trajectory, almost four times the number of cases in a month, our health system could soon be struggling to cope with the burden of the virus, we will have many more people in the hospital and diagnosed with VIDOC-19.
It should be noted that at the purple level companies with indoor operations, such as cinemas and museums, must move everything outdoors or even close. In San Francisco, this would include businesses such as movie theaters, fitness centers, museums and churches.
The city would also be required to implement a curfew, a new requirement for the purple level issued by the state starting this Thursday. The "limited order of Stay at Home"demands that non-essential work and meetings be stopped from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
According to the stay home order that was pushed through in the spring flattened the case curve in California, since reduced movement and mixing of people dramatically decreases the spread of the virus, hospitalizations and deaths.
So taking stricter temporary measures could also help prevent future closures.
EEJ
