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]]>BRUSSELS — European diplomats are poised to approve an agreement on which foreign travelers they want to welcome starting July 1 as the European Union reopens its external borders for the first time since March. But with the coronavirus still raging in the United States, the possibility of allowing American tourists hasn’t even figured into the discussion, according to six diplomats familiar with the talks.
Europe’s draft in-and-out list reflects its assessment of how well other countries have managed to control their outbreaks. E.U. countries were among the world’s hardest-hit by the pandemic this spring, but most now have the virus under control and have been willing to consider opening their borders to other countries where the novel coronavirus is similarly in check.
China is among the 15 countries set to make the cut, despite E.U. skepticism about how transparent it has been about its outbreak. Visitors from China would be allowed to enter Europe only if Beijing drops measures against E.U. travelers.
Also expected to be approved: Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay. The list is subject to final approval Saturday, but diplomats said it was unlikely to change. The rest of the world would continue to be kept out for nonessential travel.
The decision underscores the perception here that the United States has failed in its coronavirus response. European leaders and health experts have watched with unease as many American states insist on reopening, even as infections spike in many parts of the country.
E.U. members have seen clusters of infections since they began relaxing their own restrictions. Germany, Spain and Portugal are among those that have reimposed localized lockdowns. But for the bloc as a whole, diagnoses have slowed to 16 cases per 100,000 people over the past two weeks, the main measure Europe is using to determine whether countries make the cut.
The United States, by contrast, stands at 122 cases per 100,000 people, and numbers are getting worse. Florida has set records for the past 19 days in a row.
Wary of being pulled into a diplomatic brawl with each country they continue to exclude, European leaders have strained to keep their internal discussions focused narrowly on issues of science and epidemiology.
“The European Union has an internal process to determine from which countries it would be safe to accept travelers,” Eric Mamer, a spokesman for the European Commission, told reporters Thursday as the discussions were underway. “Our internal process is related, obviously, to considerations based on health criteria.”
But there are clear political pressures.
Continuing the ban on travel from Russia will exacerbate diplomatic tensions with an already volatile neighbor. Extending restrictions on travel from the United States will strain Europe’s most important geopolitical relationship, even if it was President Trump who moved first to block European travelers in March.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday acknowledged the desire in Washington to open up the world for travel again.
“We’re all taking seriously the need to figure out how to get this open. We need to get our global economy back going again,” he said in an online discussion hosted by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. “We’ll work closely with our European friends, broadly, because I know there’s different views, again, inside the European Union.” He cited “a dozen or more” countries that were interested in opening up to Americans, without naming any of them.
The E.U. list is a recommendation, not a requirement, because each E.U. nation retains sovereign control over its borders. But E.U. members have strong incentives to go along with the decision, since, if they do not, the gradual process of restoring border-free travel within Europe could be placed on hold or reversed, diplomats said. The E.U. plans to review its list of acceptable countries every two weeks.
European diplomats, gathering in person in a Brussels conference room, negotiated for hours in multiple meetings in recent days. The blandly technocratic discussions masked the human drama caused by the travel disruptions. Couples have been stuck on opposite sides of the Atlantic for months. Business negotiations are on hold. Long-dreamed-of vacations have been delayed. Europe’s airports, once bustling connectors for the world, have been eerily quiet. In Brussels, the airport usually has 300 flights a day. It expected 435 for all of next week, according to a spokeswoman.
People fell into two camps during the discussions, according to diplomats who spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk about the closed-door negotiations. Those from poorer, tourist-dependent southern European nations — led by Greece and Portugal — favored approving more countries, hoping to salvage at least a scrap of their fast-dwindling summer season. Other E.U. nations, especially in the richer north, wanted to proceed more cautiously.
The talks were further complicated by the fact that European caseloads vary widely. Sweden, the worst-off in Europe, reported 155 cases per 100,000 residents over the past two weeks. Portugal, the second-worst, stood at 44. Britain, which is no longer a member of the E.U. but until the end of the year is subject to many E.U. decisions, was third at 24.
The diplomats debated which outside countries’ public health numbers they could trust. There was extensive back-and-forth about China, which has been reporting lower infection rates than the E.U. and which has imposed travel restrictions on some E.U. countries but not others.
The E.U. plans to consult with its delegations on the ground to decide how much stock to put in each country’s official figures.
Negotiators also had to make judgment calls about countries that are trending worse, even though their overall infection levels remain relatively decent.
Much of the talks focused on where, precisely, to draw the line for the list. Turkey, Canada and Egypt all had backers and detractors, the diplomats said, since they have slightly worse infection rates than the E.U. Ukraine was on the list, then dropped off. Tiny Georgia, a country of 3.7 million people, steadfastly remained.
Elinda Labropoulou in Athens contributed to this report.
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]]>President Trump on Saturday will head to Tulsa, Oklahoma to address what is likely to be a packed rally of supporters — despite objections from local officials about the potential spread of the coronavirus, and fears that violence could break out as protesters as well as supporters flock to the event.
The rally is the first since the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the country in March, and is predicted to pack the 19,000 capacity BOK Center.
Trump supporters have been lining up for days to secure their seat at the event and the Trump campaign touted Monday receiving over 1 million ticket requests.
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather to attend a campaign rally at the BOK Center, June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Trump is scheduled to hold his first political rally since the start of the coronavirus pandemic at the BOK Center on Saturday while infection rates in the state of Oklahoma continue to rise.
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Trump also plans an outdoor event, and officials are expecting about 100,000 people to converge on the city.
It comes at a time when Trump’s campaign would welcome a shot in the arm. With the U.S. rocked by the coronavirus outbreak, an economic downturn and recent riots and protests over the death of George Floyd, Trump’s polling numbers have taken a hit, and many give Democratic opponent Joe Biden a double digit lead over Trump.
But the rally has raised concerns that it could be a “super spreader” event for coronavirus, taking place in an indoor arena. The Trump campaign has said it intends to conduct temperature checks, distribute hand sanitizer and hand out masks, but a lawsuit this week tried to make masks mandatory and force attendees to keep a six-foot distance from each other. Oklahoma’s Supreme Court ruled against it on Friday.
People wait at a security checkpoint to attend a rally with US President Donald Trump later in the evening at the BOK Center on June 20, 2020, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. – Hundreds of supporters lined up early for Donald Trump’s first political rally in months, saying the risk of contracting COVID-19 in a big, packed arena would not keep them from hearing the president’s campaign message.
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Trump officials have also alleged a double standard from critics in the media and elsewhere, noting that many of those same critics have either been silent or outright celebrated recent protests in response to the death of George Floyd.
“While we appreciate the great concern for our rally goers, you should exhibit that same concern for the protesters who are out there not socially distancing in many cases,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters at the White House on Friday.
OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT ALLOWS TRUMP RALLY TO PROCEED AS PLANNED; TULSA MAYORS RESCINDS CURFEW
Some reporters noted that the Saturday rally was indoors, and the virus is generally seen as more likely to spread indoors than outdoors.
“It’s our position that the media should not be making decisions about their guidelines to us about social distancing based on political ideology or what they think is the worthiness of the cause,” she said.
Saturday’s rally was originally scheduled for Friday. That day is also known as Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States. Trump announced last week that it would be shifted forward a day.
Rev. Al Sharpton was one of those who gathered for a Juneteenth celebration in the city on Friday, and he challenged Trump on remarks he made referring to fears of violent protests. Trump had warned “any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma, please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle or Minneapolis.”
“It’s lowlifes that shoot unarmed people, Mr. President,” Sharpton said. “You couldn’t be talking about us. Because we fought for the country when it wouldn’t fight for us.”
The Rev. Al Sharpton addresses the crowd at a Juneteenth rally in Tulsa, Okla., Friday, June 19, 2020, the day before Trump’s rally
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Mayor G.T. Bynum had declared a civil emergency and announced a curfew near the arena amid fears of protesters from out of state coming to the rally and acting violently.
Bynum had announced “in the interest of national security” he would establish a “federal exclusion zone” in the vicinity of the rally. He cited “crowds in excess of 100,000” and opposition protests as well as recent “civil unrest.”
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He also warned that he had information that organized groups known for violence were traveling to the city “for the purposes of causing unrest in and around the rally.”
But on Friday evening, Trump announced that the curfew had been lifted, and the mayor soon confirmed the news.
“Last night, I enacted a curfew at the request of Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin, following consultation with the United States Secret Service based on intelligence they had received,” he said in a news release, the Tulsa World reported. “Today, we were told the curfew is no longer necessary so I am rescinding it.”
Fox News’ Brooke Singman and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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]]>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday some regions of the state are likely ready for a partial reopening later this week and that some “low-risk” businesses and recreational activities will reopen statewide starting this weekend.
“This is the next big step in this historic journey,” Mr. Cuomo said at his daily briefing on the COVID-19 outbreak in his state. “Nobody wants to go back to the other side of the mountain.”
He said regions have to meet certain benchmarks in order to reopen like seeing a sustained decline in hospitalizations, having sufficient hospital and bed space for a potential resurgence, and having a certain percentage of people tested per month.
“Some regions are ready to go today,” he said.
Mr. Cuomo also said “low-risk” businesses such as landscaping and gardening companies will be allowed to reopen statewide starting this weekend.
He said outdoor, low-risk recreational activities such as tennis will be allowed to resume statewide. Drive-in movie theaters will also be allowed to reopen across the state.
Statewide stay-at-home restrictions and nonessential business closings are currently in place through Friday.
New York has been the hardest-hit U.S. state during the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 335,000 positive cases and more than 21,000 deaths. The state is home to close to 20 million people.
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]]>He has 1,400 hours of operational flight time in a an F-18 as a 20-year U.S. Navy fighter pilot with combat time in the Middle East. Now an executive with Raytheon, Mike Garcia has some 24 hours until a potentially life-changing experience in the political arena begins.
He is running for Congress as the Republican nominee in the 25th District of California. The special election pitting Mr. Garcia against California State Democratic Assemblywoman Christy Smith is Tuesday.
President Trump has endorsed Mr. Garcia, who now says he hopes to lead “a red shockwave” across the country by retaking the California seat for Republicans.
“If not me, who?” Mr. Garcia asks in his campaign message, noting that national security, term limits and pushing back on socialist agenda are among his primary issues.
“I think people are realizing just how far this Democrat Party has gone, and the fact that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the moderate in the room should scare the heck out of the entire country,” the candidate told Breitbart News.
“There’s definitely a renaissance here in California. The implications of this in California are significant as well because it will be the first congressional seat we claw back in California for a Republican in 22 years. It’s not just a state thing, it’s not just a local thing, but it’s also a national level fight. All eyes are on this,” Mr. Garcia says.
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]]>The state’s public health office is on the verge of releasing a new contact tracing program that aims to rapidly find Georgians who may have been exposed to the coronavirus.
The effort, which authorities say will involve numerous qualified state workers and volunteers, is among the foundations of Gov. Brian Kemp’s effort to resume the economy. The Kemp administration has actually dealt with criticism for his choice to alleviate some service limitations in a few days. It’s hoping that contact tracing and expanded screening will help include the spread of the infection and permit Georgians to gradually go back to daily life.
” This has truly shifted to become our top priority focus in the weeks ahead,” Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey stated Monday. “This is the way we’re going to stop the virus.”
Contact tracing, mixed with diagnostic testing, is a widely used public health tool. The state has actually long utilized it to track tuberculosis and sexually transmitted illness.
The work is time-sensitive and needs some investigator work. Tracers reach out to individuals who evaluate positive for a transmittable pathogen, deal assistance and inquire about their current close contacts. Those contacts are then informed and put under quarantine. If they test positive the procedure repeats for their contacts.
Contact tracing has been noted by the White Home as a core duty for states aiming to lift coronavirus restrictions.
Independent public health experts question whether Georgia has the resources all set to react to new outbreaks that could occur as Georgia reduces social limitations.
Georgia in recent weeks has broadened testing.
Georgia’s persistent underfunding of public health has prevented its response to the pandemic, stated Allison Chamberlain, acting director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research at Emory University.
The incubation duration for this coronavirus is a few days, indicating public health authorities have little time to trace the steps of contaminated individuals before those who are exposed become infectious.
” We require to do this really quickly,” Chamberlain said.
The coronavirus represents a difficulty on a far bigger scale than previous public health crises, Toomey said. Georgia has more than 20,000 validated cases and many more people are believed to be infected but have not been checked due to lacks.
” It’s literally going to take a town for us to work together to do this,” Toomey said of contact tracing.
Scaling up
State authorities have actually offered little detail about what the contact tracing program will look like, when it will be operating and how much the Kemp administration is planning to spend on it.
Toomey stated she visualizes hiring additional employees from other state agencies and trainees from Georgia’s medical and public health schools.
The contact tracing work will be a major endeavor for the state, but it represents a mere fraction of what some public health professionals say is needed to keep correct tabs on the infection.
The state of Massachusetts alone has strategies to employ almost 1,000 contact tracers. China released more than 1,800 teams of at least 5 epidemiologists to operate in Wuhan, where the infection first emerged, according to the World Health Company.
Dr. Harry J. Heiman, a professor at Georgia State University School of Public Health, said Georgia may need countless tracers. He said he was urged DPH is connecting to the colleges to recruit individuals. But it also will take some time to staff all 18 public health districts and train employees.
Georgia and other states locked down their economies because they lacked the testing and contact tracing capability to quickly separate contaminated people and consist of the infection.
Heiman stated the state needs to be thinking about how to evaluate and contact trace by neighborhood in every corner of the state.
The hardest struck Georgia residents– mainly minority and bad populations– frequently lack robust health coverage and trustworthy transport to reach testing websites, Heiman said. That’s where screening paired with contact tracing is important.
” That means not just drive-through centers,” Heiman said. “We have significant parts of communities who do not have vehicles. The barrier of entry for testing can’t be automobiles.”
Tom Frieden, the previous head of Atlanta’s Centers for Illness Control and Avoidance, stated an “army” of 300,000 contact tracers is required nationally. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, the trade group representing the nation’s public health agencies, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security recently advised 100,000 paid or volunteer workers. Based upon those figures, Georgia would need to employ some 1,600 individuals at a prospective expense of more than $50 million to follow this technique, the AJC previously reported.
CDC Director Robert Redfield told The Washington Post Tuesday that the Atlanta-based federal company has strategies to hire a minimum of 650 extra people to help state-level contact tracing and other efforts. He suggested that Census Bureau employees and volunteers from AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps might also be tapped for such work.
Website in the works
Competing tech giants Apple and Google revealed previously this month they were collectively developing contact tracing technology for their Android and iOS smart phone operating systems that would alert users if they’ve been near somebody who has actually checked positive for the virus.
People would choose in for the informs, and those infected would require to report their cases into the system, but the venture has actually raised concerns from some privacy advocates who worry the information might be used for security or sold to advertisers.
” There requires to be clear constraints on how this (data) can be utilized and … discarded when the pandemic is over,” said Andrea Young, executive director of the ACLU of Georgia.
Staff writer Greg Bluestein contributed to this post.
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What is contact tracing?
Trained workers reach out to individuals who test positive for an infectious pathogen like the coronavirus, offer aid and inquire about their current close contacts. Those contacts are then notified and put under quarantine, and if they evaluate positive the process repeats for their contacts.
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