Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
5,752. Government website. NC Department of Health and Human Services. The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of North Carolina on March 3, 2020. [1] As of May 2021, North Carolina has the 10th highest number of confirmed cases in the United States.
States, territories, and counties that issued a stay-at-home order in 2020. State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus.
North Carolina: Five new presumptively positive cases are reported in Wake County. According to NCDHHS, all five had traveled to Boston in late February to attend a conference. This brings the total number of cases in North Carolina to 7. [164] Ohio: The Ohio State University suspends face-to-face instruction until March 30. [165]
The shutdown ended after one day when Carter threatened to close down the entire US government if Congress did not pass spending bills by 1 October later that year. Economists of the time estimated that the 1-day shutdown of the FTC cost the government around $700,000, the majority of which was back-pay for the furloughed workers.
Fears are swirling that Congress could be headed for its first government shutdown in years. Lawmakers have until Saturday to strike a deal to prevent a lapse in government funding — and there ...
During the last government shutdown in 2018-19, an estimated 420,000 federal employees worked without pay and another 380,000 were furloughed. But depending on which agencies are affected, these ...
January 22. On January 22, the U.S. passed 25 million cases, with one of every 13 Americans testing positive for COVID-19. [24] January 24. On January 24, the Capitol Police announced that 38 police officers have tested positive for COVID-19 since the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol. [25] January 25.
The prospect of a US government shutdown grows more likely with each passing day as lawmakers have yet to reach a deal to extend funding past a critical deadline at the end of the month.