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Harrison County COVID-19 cases double in day’s time

CADIZ — Harrison County, among the last counties in Ohio to report a confirmed case of the new coronavirus, saw its case total double Saturday from two to four in a span of several hours. The Harrison County General Health District on Saturday morning announced its third positive test for the virus, from a male in his 70s who was identified as a “close contact of a confirmed positive case.” The man had been previously identified through the contact tracing process and was under quarantine at home. He is now isolated in a hospital setting, according to a release from the health ...

States fall short in tracking exposure to coronavirus

ATLANTA — As more states push to reopen their economies, many are falling short on one of the federal government’s essential criteria for doing so — having an efficient system to track people who have been physically near a person infected with the coronavirus. An Associated Press ...

Economic relaunch proves complex

NEW YORK — In Spain, children will be allowed to go outside again. In the U.S. state of Georgia, a handful of businesses opened their doors, performing manicures and haircuts in masks. Auto workers are in factories, but producing ventilators, not cars. The world is taking steps to reopen. But as a debate over getting back to business raged with urgency, in often politicized tones, it became clear that reopening the world’s economy will be far more complex than suddenly shutting it down. Brazil’s hospitals are warning they are overwhelmed. Doctors in an ICU unit in New York ...

April 26: Events canceled/postponed due to coronavirus

Due to the precautions being taken surrounding the coronavirus, the following changes have been made regarding events and meetings in the local area: ¯ The Four Seasons Senior Citizens meeting for April has been canceled. ¯ The Jefferson County Safety Council announced that the April and May Safety Council meetings have been canceled. ¯ The Toronto Beautification Committee has canceled its geranium sales. ¯ The 2020 Lou Holtz/Upper Ohio Valley Hall of Fame banquet and associated events set for June 8 has been postponed. The scholarship application deadline has been extended to ...

Constitutional or not? Protesters, scholars debate restrictions

While protesters across the country defy stay-at-home orders to defend their freedoms at anti-quarantine rallies, constitutional law professors say the cases they are trying to bring against governors probably wouldn’t hold up in court. Protesters in the state capitals of Maine and ...

Trump signs latest virus relief bill

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion bill Friday to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 50,000 Americans and devastated broad swaths of the economy. The bill is the latest effort by the federal government to help keep afloat businesses that have had to close or dramatically alter their operations as states try to slow the spread of the virus. Over the past five weeks, roughly 26 million people have filed for jobless aid, or about 1 in 6 U.S. workers. Trump thanked Congress for “answering my call” ...