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According to NBC News, as of Wednesday afternoon, the death toll in the United States has exceeded 100,000, making it the first country to reach a severe milestone.

The United States ranks first in the world in terms of deaths and confirmed cases, with 1.69 million infections. Among the infected

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on the front lines of the COVID-19 response. At least 291 people died.

Chiara Sottile

When Berlin's famous Berlin Opera and Dance Company reopens in September, the appearance of the auditorium will be very different from before the coronavirus pandemic. In order to comply with the rules of social distancing, the historic building Theatre am Schiffbauerdamm where the theatre company performed will have only 200 of its usual 700 seats.

Oliver Reese, artistic director of the Berlin Song and Dance Ensemble, called the temporary seating arrangement a "creative solution" that allows theater audiences to enter their seats and maintain a safe distance from others. Reese wrote in an email: "This is not only our main mission and obligation as a public theater, but also our sincere wish to return to the stage." "We all desire normality. But I am absolutely sure that our The ensemble can at least make the energy performance of 200 and 700 people the same."

Due to the cancellation of tours and performances, the theater suffered huge financial difficulties, and this new seating plan allowed them to resume performances and refurbish theater seats. The theatre was founded in 1892 and has been the seat of Bertolt Brecht’s famous theatre company since 1954.

Reese wrote: “I’m pretty sure that this will connect actors and audiences in different ways, thereby creating a new intimacy between the auditorium and the stage.”

Erika Edwards

A study from China shows that new estimates of the number of asymptomatic coronavirus infections indicate that the prevalence of "silent" COVID-19 is much more common than previously thought, but these people may not be symptomatic. Of patients spread the virus.

The report, based on 78 people in Wuhan, China, was published in the magazine on Wednesday. 

. All patients were confirmed to have COVID-19; slightly more than half of the patients (58%) had symptoms, while 42% had no symptoms.

Janelle Griffith

A police officer in Louisiana was fired for a comment on Facebook that said it was "unfortunate" that more blacks did not die from the coronavirus.

The chief of the Kaplan Police Department, about 87 miles southwest of Baton Rouge, said that Officer Steven Aucoin was on the local news station at the Governor’s Coronavirus press conference held on May 15 Comments were made in the live broadcast. Okee was fired later that day.

Another commentator wrote: "Killing all black viruses is death."

According to the screenshot displayed by KLFY, Aucoin wrote: "This does not work, it is unfortunate."

Joe Murphy

From the first reported death of COVID-19 on March 1 to the 100,000 deaths, all states and territories in the United States have lost residents of the coronavirus pandemic except American Samoa. Watch the reported daily increase in the number of deaths in this animated map:

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The Walt Disney Company announced plans on Wednesday to reopen some parks in Orlando, Florida, in phases starting later this summer. 

The plan has been approved by the Orange County Recovery Working Group and approved by the Mayor of Orange County, but still needs approval from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom are scheduled to open on July 11. Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood studios will open on July 15. This is more than a month longer than other parks in Orlando, such as SeaWorld, are planned to open. Open to the public on June 10th and June 11th.

In an interview with CNBC on Wednesday morning, Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek said that the park will "significantly reduce visitors" when it first opens. Although he did not give a specific capacity, he said that "the number of us in the park" will be "the role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in guiding the six-foot-tall social evacuation."

The temperature of guests and employees will be checked, and everyone over the age of three in the entire park will need to wear a mask. 

When the park reopens for the first time, some Disney attractions that attract large group gatherings, such as parades and night events, will no longer appear. High-touch experiences such as playgrounds and character meetings are temporarily unavailable. 

Associated Press

According to a recent poll, only about half of Americans said that if scientists work madly to create success, they will get a COVID-19 vaccine. 

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Considering the effort to be put in, this is really too low 

 Since its first emergence from China in the second half of last year, the virus has caused a pandemic. But more people may end up standing idly by: a poll released on Wednesday found that only 31% are unsure whether they will be vaccinated. One in five said they would refuse.

A large federal trial 

Now in the next stage, researchers will test the effect of combining antiviral drugs with pills to reduce inflammation.

The pill called Baricitinib was approved in 2018 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

Remdesivir, produced by Gilead Sciences, is the only therapy that has shown an impact on COVID-19 in clinical trials so far. The preliminary results of the trial (including global sites) were published on Friday 

, It was found that the drug reduced the patient’s hospital stay from an average of 15 days to about 11 days, a reduction of about 4 days. More than 1,000 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 received redesivir or placebo treatment.

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Boeing announced plans to lay off 6,770 workers this week as the coronavirus crisis continues to hit aircraft manufacturers.

Boeing CEO David Calhoun wrote in a letter to employees on Wednesday: "Unfortunately, we had to start involuntary layoffs. This week, we notified 6,770 Americans in the United States. Team members, they will be affected." "Update workforce actions."

Calhoun cited the "spurs" of the global pandemic, saying, "It will take several years for the aviation industry to return to where it was two months ago."

Since the coronavirus attack, air travel traffic has dropped by 95%, with major airlines canceling flights, evacuating airports and laying off large numbers of staff. 

In March, Chicago-based Boeing canceled its record of canceling orders for its passenger aircraft, setting a record high. In April, there were zero new orders, exacerbating the company's financial difficulties. The troubled 737 Max aircraft has been grounded globally in two fatal crashes since March last year.

Erik Ortiz

Two Democratic lawmakers including Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts are asking the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to update its

 Given the coronavirus pandemic, how did the federal government fail to adequately fund Native American communities?

The report "Tattered Promises: The Continuing Shortage of Federal Funds for Native Americans" described the huge gaps in healthcare, housing and education, and stated: "The efforts made by the federal government over the past 15 years have been small improvements at best., For the entire indigenous people."

Warren of New Mexico and Rep. Deb Harland wrote in their book: “The government’s failure to insist on providing adequate relief, health care and public safety resources to tribal communities’ fiduciary responsibility has exacerbated the impact of the pandemic. This failure requires the voice of the committee." A request was made to the committee, and the committee made recommendations to the competent authority.

The legislator pointed out that the pledge to provide federal funds to tribal states and Indian city organizations is

. Tribal leaders said the funding issue is still an ongoing issue.

David Lee

New York City currently processes approximately 20,000 coronaviruses per day and hopes to increase this rate to 

Mayor Bill de Blasio (Bill de Blasio) said Wednesday.

The country’s largest city has the capacity

The mayor said that more than 180 stations are open every day or will be operational soon.

The mayor told reporters in a brief daily speech: "More and more New Yorkers are getting tested more and more easily." New York City's efforts to fight the global epidemic. "This will help us move forward." 

New York City has always been the epicenter of the US coronavirus,

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The coronavirus crisis has caused people to rethink how to hold concerts and other live events. Kevin Hilton saw what this means from an audio perspective.

In the early days of live sound, the band played with its amplifier backup line as the only form of amplification. In the 1970s, this method was replaced by specially designed speaker equipment, mixers, amplifiers and microphones, because when the technology became more complex and the stage production became more ambitious, these were all obtained by experienced sound engineers and skills. Staff support.

When the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of all tours and concerts, this situation changed overnight. When the lockout restrictions were relaxed in July, the biggest challenge was to get people close to each other and stay safe. The American band The Flaming Lips not only adopted an innovative approach, but also used a huge plastic foam to put the audience in a huge plastic foam; the Ukrainian rock band O.Torvald's "Vertical Concert" was on the hotel balcony opposite the fans Watching stage.

Its level changes include being described as "the UK's first dedicated social venue". The Virgin Money Unity Arena in Gosforth Park in Newcastle has been reconfigured to provide spectators with a stage and a series of small movable fences. These individual micro-platforms are placed at intervals on site, providing a "private" viewing area for each group.

Normally, the arena can hold 15,000 to 20,000 people, but at any time the venue can hold up to 2500 people. Therefore, the usual technical layout of outdoor concerts is: the high sound tower can accommodate engineers, the front of the house (FoH) mixer (DiGiCo SD10) is located in the middle of the crowd, and the speaker stack is further tilted back and to the sides . being abandoned.

Instead, Live Sound Company, Kingdom Services used the ArrayProcessing option in d&b audiotechnik's ArrayCalc simulation program to analyze the performance of the SL series in all listening planes with a large number of receiving points. John Smith, the founder of Kingdom Services, said this makes it possible to "provide a consistent listening experience across the entire site." The safety of the unit is ensured by routing the FoH output of the inter-band music and broadcasting to the system control while cleaning the mixer during the mixing time.

In Germany, the Summer City Festival in Bendorf near Koblenz (renamed Corona Concert) is held on a smaller scale, with only 350 participants at a time. These include audiences, technicians, staff and artists who are sitting and keeping a distance from society. Michael Enchelmaier of the leasing company EVE explained that the government has introduced a strict sanitation system and strictly enforced it. Due to the performances in front of the two churches, the stage of the performance is more complicated. Martin Audio WPC drilling rig has a "hard avoidance" function, which can cut the overflowing sound to the surrounding buildings.

Microphone manufacturers including Sennheiser and DPA have issued comprehensive guidelines on how to clean the microphones, capsules and transmitters and receivers of wireless systems. Communication is an element that cannot be ignored. Like the radio microphone, the intercom headset and waist bag are worn on the body, so hygiene is very important.

Although bringing back outdoor concerts has been very difficult, organizing indoor performances has proved to be more challenging. British composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber (Andrew Lloyd Webber) made a special voice while locking down the financial impact of Covid on the field of activity.

After the show resumed, Lloyd Webber's London Palladium Theatre staged two performances of Jason Robert Brown's "Song of the New World". Performances are performed to keep performers away from society, while the auditorium is organized as empty seats that separate individuals or groups of people. This means that the 2,286-seat theater section is empty, said Joshua Robins of Robins Audio, which makes it more difficult to judge the audio level. The performance is sound checked and there is no audience, but engineers know that in a complete auditorium, many sounds will be absorbed by the human body, so they will compensate at the level that the sound should reach. With half of the audience missing, Robbins found it more difficult to measure the level. Palladium's internal L-acoustic system is complemented by a monitoring device designed by Robins Audio using the manufacturer's X series speakers.

After the first lock, one of the first theater productions was in the Donmar warehouse. Blindness was staged as a sound installation, and Juliet Stevenson performed a monologue and recorded with binaural heads. The sound design was created by Max and Ben Ringham. Max Ringham said that the decision to stage a "headphone show" raised a potential problem because the headphones touch the ears, which are a tight part of the body. In order to comply with Covid regulations, two sets of headphones were used, each set was cleaned between performances and placed on the seat of each new audience by a person wearing gloves.

The show performed before the pandemic was "The Great Gatsby." For the new version that supports Covid, sound designer Phil Grainger commented that sound design is one of the elements that are easier to adapt. In the initial version, the audience can freely move around the main background of the story, Jazz Bar. It was remade, so unless one of the actors took away, they would sit in the "pods" throughout the performance.

Grainger commented that since the speakers are installed on the original rack, the purpose is not to make anyone standing under the speakers too loud, but to keep them away from the speakers will still be harsh. The audience is concentrated in one place, keeping a distance from the society, this becomes even more important.

Another consideration is whether actors should share microphones. A program was implemented to clean between different microphones used by the performers. In an impossible scene, an actor and another singer are placed on a table in the middle of the room not far from the microphone on the stage with the microphone, but the audience can still hear it.

Grainger’s advice to anyone planning a stage performance or concert is: stay positive and suggest any solutions to see if it works; and consider changing the way you work over the years might improve your work.

Many of the tours and theater performances originally scheduled for this year have been rescheduled to 2021. It is too early to say whether these performances will appear in any form.

Live performances may never go back in time, but we can hope that new technologies and methods can ensure the continued development of the business.

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)-Founded in 1920, AMC Theaters (NYSE: AMC, "AMC" or "Company"), the largest theater performance company in the United States, Europe and the world with a history of 100 years, has attracted many film fans with unparalleled theater experience. Beginning on July 15, AMC will begin its next 100 years of movie magic, as the company plans to restore operation of 450 US theaters in phases, which is expected to put almost all of the more than 600 US theaters into operation. MULAN opened on July 24, and TENET opened on July 31.

Adam Aron, CEO and President of AMC Theater, said: "After nearly four months of painful interruption due to the coronavirus, we are pleased to announce that the movie will return to the big screen of AMC. We will smile for the next 100 years. The brigade will officially start in approximately 450 theaters in the United States on July 15. I can't emphasize too much our attention to detail and attention to detail in the process of developing AMC Safe & Clean (we are committed to optimizing health conditions) and theaters for our guests and employees Safety. The AMC Safety and Clean, developed with Clorox and current and former faculty members of the Harvard School of Public Health, represents a comprehensive commitment and uses a variety of tools to disinfect our theaters. Stay away from society and reduce the number of seats. Significantly enhanced cleaning habits, health procedures for new employees, non-contact ticketing, and mobile food and beverage ordering are all part of AMC’s safety and cleanliness. The new multi-million dollar pledge also promises to implement high-tech solutions to ensure the safety of AMC theaters , Including the deployment of electrostatic sprayers, HEPA vacuum cleaners and upgraded MERV 13 ventilation filters. All of these have been implemented, because at AMC, the health and safety of our guests and employees are the most important. Whether it is personal or professional, For movie lovers, I am very excited."

In the next few weeks, the theater team will begin to return to the theater to receive training on AMC's new, enhanced cleaning and safety procedures. AMC is expected to launch MULAN on July 24 and TENET on July 31. Almost all of the more than 600 US locations will be open and operational. If the current drama release schedule changes, AMC's resumption of operations may be adjusted, or based on local or regional conditions.

AMC cannot and will not open up without complete confidence and take feasible measures to best optimize the health and safety of moviegoers and associates.

Adam Aron, CEO and President of AMC, said: “Since we decided to temporarily close the theater in March, we immediately began to develop a comprehensive, effective and responsible health and hygiene plan that will enable us to Moving forward. This is the core element of all our discussions about opening the door to movie audiences again. After the initial plan was in place, AMC took further action and sought consultation and review from third-party cleaning and public health and safety experts to evaluate Its health and safety plan. In the process of creating AMC Safe&Clean, a team led by Dr. Joseph Allen, Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health and Clorox Corporation, provided recommendations for AMC. The result was a health and safety plan. Our guests and our employees welcome and are responsible."

Here is what guests can expect when returning to the local AMC:

In order to promote proper social distancing in the theater auditorium, AMC will limit the number of seats in four different stages. However, AMC will always follow all federal, state and local directives, including those that require maximum capacity, if it is lower than the four-phase AMC directive currently planned.

AMC is aware that the state of public health is constantly evolving, so as we move forward, AMC safety and cleanliness will continue to develop as needed.

The reopening schedule of specific theaters will be communicated in early July. In the weeks leading up to the release of the new major drama, AMC will showcase popular tracks provided by its studio partners. These titles and ticket price information will be announced before the reopening.

AMC is the largest film projection company in the United States, Europe's largest and the world's largest film projection company, with approximately 1,000 theaters and 11,000 screens worldwide. AMC has promoted innovation in the exhibition industry in the following ways: deploying its Signature electric reclining seats; providing more food and beverage options; through its loyalty and subscription programs, websites and mobile applications generate greater customer engagement; Provide a high-quality large-format experience and play a variety of content, including the latest Hollywood version and independent programming. AMC ranks highest among the most productive theaters in the top US markets, and its market share ranks first or second in 21 of the 25 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. AMC also ranks first or second in market share in 9 out of 15 countries/regions in North America, Europe and the Middle East. For more information, please visit

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Clorox is a signatory of the "New Plastics Economy Global Commitment" of the United Nations Global Compact and the Allen MacArthur Foundation. The company’s efforts in corporate responsibility have been widely recognized, including CR Magazine’s 2019 list of 100 best corporate citizens, Barron’s 2020 100 most sustainable companies, and the Human Rights Campaign’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index And the 2019 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index. To support the community, Clorox and its foundation contributed approximately US$12 million in cash, product donations and charity marketing in fiscal year 2019. For more information, visit TheCloroxCompany.com, including the Good Growth blog, and follow the company. On Twitter @CloroxCo.

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