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A West Virginia chemical plant explosion injured four people, prompting officials to issue a shelter-in-place order.

Domestic violence across New York City soared at the peak of the state’s coronavirus lockdown, recently unveiled data reportedly show.

Sharp spikes in new coronavirus cases have prompted at least 28 states and New York City to roll back or pause their reopening efforts.

The New Mexico Republican Party lambasted Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) on the Breitbart News Saturday radio show for exacerbating the state’s economic crisis by, among other things, halting indoor restaurant service as part of changes to the reopening timeline that will go into effect Monday.

The Chinese coronavirus pandemic and the associated lockdowns disrupted pediatric outpatient visits and routine childhood vaccinations in the United States, leaving children and their communities vulnerable to potential outbreaks of preventable diseases such as measles, top health officials testified on Thursday.

The nation’s capital may start the second phase of its reopening plans on Monday, easing restrictions on public places and non-essential businesses after shutting down to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced on Wednesday.

Governors, mainly Republicans, from some of the states experiencing a rise in novel coronavirus cases following their decision to reopen earlier than other U.S. regions, assert that they can handle the spike and refuse to reimpose lockdown measures.

Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) issued a cease and desist notice, threatening to arrest and fine a spa owner for planning to reopen the business in protest of the state’s stay-at-home order, issued at first to get a handle on the novel coronavirus outbreak.

There was no significant increase in Chinese coronavirus hospitalizations, fatalities, and the percentage rate of people testing positive for the disease in 21 states that eased lockdown restrictions on May 4 or earlier.

The number of suicides documented by a hospital in Northern California during the ongoing lockdown has exceeded the number of Chinese coronavirus deaths, doctors in the city of Walnut Creek revealed this week as they called for an end to the region’s lockdown order.

Anti-government “extremists” seeking to terrorize Americans have infiltrated the anti-coronavirus lockdown movement and are baselessly accusing governors of trampling on civil rights, panelists argued during a virtual forum Wednesday held by Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee.

All states in America had begun a phased reopening of their economies as of Wednesday after shutting down non-essential businesses to stem the spread of COVID-19, the illness associated with the novel coronavirus.

Lindsey Graham, a salon owner in Salem, Oregon, detailed how state authorities dispatched child protective services (CPS) to her home as part of their response to her ongoing business operations in defiance of Gov. Kate Brown’s (D-OR) statewide “stay-at-home” order.

Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said Tuesday that she would not be able to enforce Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home orders because she was too busy re-arresting accused criminals set free under the state’s new “zero-dollar bail” policy.

Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser, on Wednesday, extended her stay-at-home order aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus by three weeks to June 8, citing contact tracing capacity issues, and the absence of a 14-day decrease in the community spread.

An Atlanta, Georgia, mall saw massive crowds gather on Saturday, with people lining up to buy the recently released Air Jordan sneakers after Republican Gov. Brian Kemp lifted lockdown restrictions over the weekend.

A café opened for dine-in service Friday in El Dorado County, California, despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s shelter-in-place orders.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday that the state’s shelter-in-place order would be lifted for most residents at 11:59 p.m., however the order will remain in effect for the elderly and “medically fragile” until June 12.

Population density has had a more significant impact on the novel coronavirus death rate in the United States than lockdown measures, an analysis found in an editorial published by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday revealed, echoing other assessments.

Sweden, unlike its neighbors and the United States, did not impose a lockdown to stem the spread of the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak, but its capital Stockholm could still reach “herd immunity” within weeks, the country’s chief epidemiologist reportedly said this week.

Every state and most U.S. territories are now under a disaster declaration for the first time in American history in a bid to contain the fast-spreading and deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) issued a coronavirus shelter-in-place order that exempts gun stores, considering them an essential business.

The vast majority of Americans, 304 million, reportedly reside in U.S. states and localities that had implemented some variation of the “stay at home” order for non-essential workers as of Friday evening in a bid to stem the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus.

About 3.5 billion people across the world, including 251 million in the United States alone, reside in areas that have issued voluntary or mandatory quarantine orders to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic afflicting the vast majority of the globe.

More than half of the U.S. population, at least 179 million people, reside in the 18 states, 31 counties, and 13 cities that have issued “stay-at-home” or “shelter-in-place” orders for nonessential workers to stem the spread of the deadly and highly contagious novel coronavirus.

Dallas County residents are being ordered to stay home as the county struggles to contain the spread of the Chinese coronavirus (COVID-19). The order, effective at 11:59 p.m. Monday night, provides exceptions for “essential work and errands.”

A college student is helping elderly people who are stuck at home during the coronavirus outbreak by delivering goods to them for free.

San Francisco’s Hetch Hetchy water system survived a near collapse of a dam, but another storm and spiking temperatures could create a bigger risk of collapse next week.

An Oklahoma town became the first in the U.S. to install bulletproof shelters in its school classrooms in February to protect students in case a mass shooting takes place.

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reports “multiple deputies down” in the Highlands Ranch area, which is south of Denver.

Joint Base Andrews, located in suburban Maryland near Washington, D.C., was placed on lockdown Thursday morning after reports of an active shooter, with instructions for all personnel to “shelter in place.”

Orange County’s Chapman University was evacuated Tuesday and cleared Tuesday night following a report of a man “possibly” carrying a gun.

On July 24, personnel from the Manchester, Tennessee, police department and other city employees delivered “approx 300” sandbags to the city’s Army recruitment center that were used to line the bottom third of their front windows to stop potential incoming rounds.