California ordered a 10pm-5am curfew starting Saturday, covering 94 per cent of the state's 40 million residents. Officials are offering more than US$27 an hour for work described as not only physically arduous but "emotionally taxing as well". Covid-19 deaths in the US are at their highest level since late MayIn May, the Northeast was emerging from the first wave of the crisis. "It's really, really throwing gasoline on a fire," said Temasamani, who was skeptical that police will enforce the curfew. The move came as health officials reported more than 4000 additional Covid-19 cases for the second consecutive day.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 21, 2020 00:22 UTC