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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 2020
Page
1
The Aiken City Council considers two mask ordinances at a 5 PM work session and 7 PM vote in the Municipal Building. One emergency measure lasts 81 days with a single reading, the other a two reading ordinance leading to a July 27 final vote. Exceptions include religious, medical, age, and enforcement considerations.
The South Carolina Department of Health reports over 50 000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the Palmetto State. A New York Times chart ranks SC third globally for new cases per million in the last seven days while Arizona Florida and Louisiana lead. Georgia sits fifth in the US risk list.
Aiken County reports 575 confirmed coronavirus cases and 11 related deaths. Statewide totals reach 51,548 cases and 897 deaths as of July 9.
Five years after the Confederate flag was removed from the South Carolina Statehouse grounds the moment drew national and international attention. The July 2015 ceremony followed deadly racially charged violence at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston and sparked reflections on healing and history. Governor Haley and lawmakers praised the action as corrective and meaningful. President Obama called it a step toward goodwill in 2015.
On Thursday free testing clinics operated by the Medical University of South Carolina Rural Health Services Inc and Aiken Regional Medical Centers served Wagener Beech Island and Belvedere. The Beech Island site ran 8 am to 1 pm and tested 316 people with 25 RHS staff volunteers. Stanley Graham 31 tested for a third time described mild symptoms and gratitude at not needing a ventilator.
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