Florida’s Covid-19 surge is so out of control that if the state were a nation, the US “would have to consider banning travel” from its residents, warned an infectious disease expert. Infection levels in Florida have risen 51% in the last seven days, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The state reported 134,506 new Covid-19 cases from July 30 to August 5, more than any other seven-day period. “The viral load in Florida is so high right now, there are really only two places on the planet where it’s higher” – Louisiana and Botswana, Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a professor at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, said on CNN Sunday. “It’s so high in Florida that I think if Florida were another country, we would have to consider banning travel from Florida to the United States.”

Source: Huffington Post August 09, 2021 11:03 UTC