July 15, 2021 | by Kristina D'Amico
From the Firm: National and International News Here is a roundup of what we found interesting this week:
Europe floods: At least 120 dead and hundreds unaccounted for As of this writing, Europe’s news stations have reported that at least 120 people have died as a result of floods that are currently sweeping parts of Germany and Belgium. Parts of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Switzerland have also been experiencing heavy rainfall and flooding. Over 15,000 police, soldiers and emergency service workers have been deployed in Germany to help with search and rescue efforts, which are still ongoing.
L.A. County will require masks indoors amid alarming rise in coronavirus cases California’s most populous city is once again beginning to require its residents to wear masks in indoor public spaces, regardless of vaccination status, beginning Saturday night. The county remains alone in the requirement, as both the California Department of Public Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to maintain that vaccinated people do not need to cover their faces indoors. For the week-long period that ended on June 15th, when California officially reopened, L.A. County averages 173 new cases a day — on Thursday, the county reported 1,537 new cases.