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Lebanon Records 1,922 New Coronavirus Cases, 14 New Deaths – MTV Lebanon

The Ministry of Public Health announced on Wednesday 1,922 new coronavirus cases and 14 new deaths in Lebanon, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the country so far to 98,829.

Source: Lebanon Records 1,922 New Coronavirus Cases, 14 New Deaths – MTV Lebanon

Proud Boys leader trying to rebrand the group as explicitly antisemitic – The Jerusalem Post

Kyle Chapman, the founder of a “tactical defense arm” of the Proud Boys known for engaging in street violence, claimed in a message on the encrypted chat app Telegram that he has staged a “coup” against the current leader of the Proud Boys — a Black man named Enrique Tarrio.
“We will confront the Zionist criminals who wish to destroy our civilization,” Chapman wrote after using other bigoted language. “We recognize that the West was built by the White Race alone and we owe nothing to any other race.”
Chapman also wrote that he has renamed the group the Proud Goys, referring to the Jewish term for non-Jews that neo-Nazis have tried to appropriate and use to symbolize their antisemitism.
The move comes as the Proud Boys are preparing to protest with other right-wing groups in Washington, DC, on behalf of Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that the presidential election was stolen from him through widespread voter fraud.

Source: Proud Boys leader trying to rebrand the group as explicitly antisemitic – The Jerusalem Post

Georgia announces full hand recount of presidential election votes | News | cbs46.com

As of Wednesday morning, former Vice President Biden held a 14,101 vote lead in Georgia, larger than his lead in other states like Arizona. Biden’s lead over President Trump has consistently grown since he overtook the president in the count late last week. Source: Georgia announces full hand recount of presidential election votes | News | cbs46.com

19% Test Positive as Outbreak Accelerates in N.J.’s Largest City – The New York Times

NEWARK — As the coronavirus started surging in New Jersey’s largest city, officials introduced the state’s first new coronavirus lockdown two weeks ago, mandating an 8 p.m. indoor closing time for all restaurants, bars and nonessential businesses citywide.

But then the number of new cases in the city, Newark, climbed even higher: Over the last four days, there have been 842 new reported infections, and 19 percent of people tested over three days last week were found to have the virus, city and county officials said.

The uptick mirrors a troubling statewide trend that has resulted in a spike in Covid-19 hospitalizations across New Jersey to levels not seen since June.

On Tuesday, New Jersey reported 3,877 new cases, a figure the governor called “devastating.” By the next day, 3,078 new cases were recorded. Hospitals also reported 15 coronavirus deaths, adding to the more than 16,400 New Jersey fatalities already linked to the virus.

Europe’s deaths spike in wake of second COVID-19 surge | CIDRAP

Italy—one of the countries hit hardest in the earlier wave—passed 1 million cases today, and four of its regions are designated as red zones, where the tightest lockdown requirements are in place. Yesterday, Italy reported 580 deaths, the most since Apr 14, Reuters reported. Hospitalizations and deaths usually lag surges in infections by a few weeks.

The United Kingdom, which has Europe’s highest fatality count, reported 532 deaths yesterdayForbes reported, and has now crossed the 50,000-death threshold. The country is among a handful of European nations that ordered lockdown to curb the latest surges.

Belgium, also on lockdown, is reporting a slow decline in cases, but deaths continue to rise, averaging about 190 per day, the Brussels Times reported.

Source: Europe’s deaths spike in wake of second COVID-19 surge | CIDRAP

Former Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini offers ideas to improve Obamacare

  • Eliminating the Affordable Care Act “now, in the midst of this pandemic and huge unemployment, would be a huge mistake,” former Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini told CNBC.
  • Bertolini said the law known as Obamacare can be strengthened, in part, by allowing younger Americans access to Medicare.

Source: Former Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini offers ideas to improve Obamacare