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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – With Thanksgiving and the holidays approaching, hotels in San Francisco would normally be booking up fast.

“Normally this time of year, valet parking is a hot commodity and we have a huge amount of weekend people coming in,” Mark Beevor said.

However this year, many rooms sit empty and it’s not only affecting the hotel industry but many others around them.

Fewer visitors are traveling to San Francisco because of the pandemic and hotels are struggling to keep their doors open.

General manager of Hotel Zetta, Mark Beevor, says the percent of rooms filled right now is much lower than this time last year.

“Unfortunately, as everyone knows, it’s nowhere close to where we were. We ought to be in the high 80’s low 90’s somewhere around there this time of year. Particularly right now with Thanksgiving coming up, we should be having a lot

CMPD may avoid citing people without masks despite COVID rule

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Although Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday increased rules and penalties over the statewide mask mandate to combat coronavirus spread, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said it will continue its policy of only issuing citations as a last resort.

That means Charlotte residents likely will not see much of an immediate risk for a criminal citation over failure to wear a mask.

The new executive order from the governor will, for the first time, explicitly give law enforcement officers the ability to directly cite people who fail to wear masks. The order is a a significant departure from previous COVID-19 regulations that favored education over punitive action.

But in a statement to the Observer, CMPD indicated it will maintain the status quo seen throughout the pandemic.

Cooper gave North Carolinians a “stark warning,” Monday afternoon, announcing the new order, adding further mask-wearing requirements to existing state orders. The governor also lauded tough measures in

2020 Thanksgiving travel: TSA screens 1 million for the first time since March despite COVID surge

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NEW YORK — Thanksgiving travel is surging despite new coronavirus cases approaching 200,000 a day in the United States.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidance on Thursday urging Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving. But millions of Americans are still planning to travel over the holiday week.

On Friday, the number of travelers screened at US airport security checkpoints topped 1 million for only the second time since March, according to Transportation Security Administration figures. That’s still just 40% of the volume screened on the Friday before Thanksgiving a year ago.

Many weary Americans eager to join family and friends for Thanksgiving face another risk calculation as they weigh scrapping travel plans at the last minute or going ahead as Covid-19 cases surge.

Gail Duilio, a retired public health nurse in Portland, Oregon, has canceled her flight to Minnesota for the holiday and her mother’s 93rd

Columbia University Bans 70 Students From Campus for COVID Violations as NYC Deals With Case Surge

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Columbia University temporarily banned 70 students from campus after they violated the college’s coronavirus travel policies. The move comes as New York City faces a surge in COVID-19 cases.

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Re-opening Continues Across Densely Populated New York And New Jersey Areas NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 28: People sit on the grass at Columbia University as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 28, 2020 in New York City. As of November 22, the university banned 70 students from campus after they violated the college’s coronavirus travel policies.

The ban followed an unauthorized trip to Turks and Caicos by students from Columbia’s Business School.

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The trip was in direct violation of Columbia’s COVID-19 public health protocols and the Columbia Community Health Compact—which all students, faculty and staff were required to sign

Hotels remain open despite California’s new COVID curfew

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California’s new widespread curfew calls for people to remain at home between 10 p.m and 5 a.m., but it doesn’t shut down hotels.

“The curfew only means guests would have to be off the streets” by 10 p.m., said California Hotel & Lodging Assn. spokesman Pete Hillan.

The move follows a dramatic escalation of COVID-19 infection rates in California and beyond, including more than 5,000 new cases reported in L.A. County on Thursday. The restriction goes into place on Saturday and lasts through Dec. 21, though it could be extended.

By the language of the state Public Health Department order announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom, it requires that “all activities conducted outside the residence, lodging, or temporary accommodation with members of other households cease between 10 p.m. PST and 5 a.m. PST.”

The policy doesn’t appear to affect state campgrounds, either. “As of right now, there are no operational changes

Mizzou Gameday Blog: Defensive coordinator Ryan Walters will miss South Carolina game, in COVID contact tracing | Mizzou Sports News

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Missouri football coach Ryan Walters — Mizzou defensive coordinator Ryan Walters. (Photo courtesy of Mizzou Athletics)

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Greetings from the Palmetto State, where it’s a gorgeous, 70-degree evening with no monsoons in the forecast. If you remember Missouri’s last visit to South Carolina, it was a dreary, wet day for the Tigers.

Kickoff for Mizzou-South Carolina is set for 6:30 p.m. (St. Louis time) at Williams-Brice Stadium on SEC Network Alternate.

Lots of roster updates for the Tigers. First off, Missouri defensive coordinator Ryan Walters is in COVID-19 contact tracing and did not make the trip. (He did not test positive for the virus and missed nearly the last two weeks of practice, a team spokesman confirmed.) Cornerbacks coach David Gibbs will serve as MU’s coordinator tonight. Staffer Grant O’Brien was elevated to defensive assistant in Walters’ absence.

Several players are out of the game while in COVID contact tracing, including starting defensive tackle

UK trials antibody cocktail that could halt Covid outbreaks in care homes and on cruise ships

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Describing how the drug could be used, Sir Mene Pangalos, an executive vice president at AstraZeneca, said: “So imagine a cruise ship that has an outbreak where half the people have been vaccinated and half haven’t because of access to the vaccine. You’d be able to go and immunise the whole cruise ship with this antibody and everyone will be protected straight away.

“Or where there has been a case confirmed in a care home, you will go and immunise everybody in the care home to protect them from progressing on with the disease, or in a hospital or a school. Or someone comes to the doctor or hospital with confirmed Covid disease and symptoms, and we treat them with the antibody and then they go home and we hopefully stop them getting sicker.

“There’s also going to be a significant number of people, even in a world where vaccines

COVID restrictions in western states bordering Nevada grow

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As Nevada decides whether to re-impose COVID-19 restrictions, other Western states are acting to stop disease surges.

The moves come as most U.S. states are identifying new cases at record rates. Many are also shattering their previous hospitalization records from this summer.

Health experts fear that people traveling and gathering for the Thanksgiving holiday will only strengthen the spread. Last week, governors in California, Oregon and Washington state officially advised anyone entering their states to voluntarily quarantine for two weeks upon arrival.

Similarily, Nevada has been placed on some states’ travel advisory lists.

Here’s a breakdown for Nevada and bordering states. Statistics reported reflect state conditions reported by The COVID Tracking Project as of Friday evening.

Nevada

Total cases: 129,714

Infections per 100,000 people: 4,275

Gov. Steve Sisolak announced the state’s voluntary “Stay at Home 2.0” intiative last week, asking residents to limit their activities for two weeks to slow

Thanksgiving travel to be slowed but not stopped by COVID despite CDC

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The most popular time to travel in the U.S. is around the holidays, and that is not expected to change this year despite a new recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that Americans avoid travel at Thanksgiving.

But the number of travelers that will hit the road is expected to be down.

According to the American Automobile Association, more than 55 million U.S. travelers included a trip away from home in their holiday activities last year. This year, about 50 million are expected to travel, according to AAA projections made before Thursday’s recommendation against travel from the CDC.

Food, festivities and football: Here’s your guide to Thanksgiving 2020 in the Upstate

In South Carolina, 693,000 are projected to travel after about 752,600 traveled in the 2019 Thanksgiving season, according to AAA.

“While AAA recommends following CDC guidelines, we always say the personal decision to travel is

British man blinded in India with snakebite and Covid

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A British father is suffering from blindness and paralysis in a hospital in India after being bitten by a snake while battling coronavirus, his family have said.

Ian Jones is in intensive care after being bitten by a black king cobra in a village in the north west of the country.

The former healthcare worker, who lives on the Isle of Wight with his family, had been in India for months where he runs Sabirian, a charity-backed social enterprise aimed at helping people trade their way out of poverty.

His family have told of their shock at what had happened in Jodhpur, Rajasthan but described Mr Jones as a “fighter”, saying they hope the blindness and paralysis are temporary.

Ian Jones with his adopted dog Rocky Credit: Family handout/PA

Mr Jones’s son Seb said his father had already experienced malaria, dengue fever and Covid-19 but had “remained resolute in his

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COVID impact: SF hotels struggle during holiday season

CMPD may avoid citing people without masks despite COVID rule

2020 Thanksgiving travel: TSA screens 1 million for the first time since March despite COVID surge

Columbia University Bans 70 Students From Campus for COVID Violations as NYC Deals With Case Surge

Hotels remain open despite California’s new COVID curfew

Mizzou Gameday Blog: Defensive coordinator Ryan Walters will miss South Carolina game, in COVID contact tracing | Mizzou Sports News

UK trials antibody cocktail that could halt Covid outbreaks in care homes and on cruise ships

COVID restrictions in western states bordering Nevada grow

Thanksgiving travel to be slowed but not stopped by COVID despite CDC

British man blinded in India with snakebite and Covid