“Arizona continues on what I would consider a positive trend, a good trend for us,” LaBaer said Wednesday at his weekly media briefing. Doug Ducey allowed stay-home orders to expire on May 15, and bars, nightclubs and other large venues became packed with patrons. On June 29, he ordered bars, nightclubs and water parks to close as daily counts neared 5,000 new virus cases a day. LaBaer said the virus spread is still far too great to open bars, because the environment is too conducive to spreading. “That’s not the case with bars and nightclubs,” Humble said.

Source: ABC News August 19, 2020 21:56 UTC