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Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney, hospitalized Sunday with Cove in 19. A source tells CNN. All the folks who have been in close contact with him have spent any meaningful amount of time with him are at risk of contracting the infection. The former mayor of New York admitted to Georgetown University Hospital shortly after Trump announced Giuliani was positive. Tweeted he is getting great care and feeling good. He was in multiple states over the past week. Where case counselor, Rising hospitalizations, Air rising You know, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona. All those places have had huge surges and deaths. California is another state seeing a record number of co vid 19 cases more than 30,000 on Sunday. A stay at home order affecting about 33 million residents began Sunday night. The trend lines we’re seeing now are really disastrous. They’re just heading straight up in terms of the number of cases, the number of hospitalizations, so it really is time for us to pull back on the activity and see if we can turn this thing around. Health officials, same or cases will likely lead to more hospitalizations this month, crippling many health care systems that are stretched thin across the country were starting in the last couple of days to see the effects of the Thanksgiving surge that we’ve all been worried about. And I think this week we’re really going to see the full effect of that. I’m John Laurens reporting.

Man fined $3,500 for breaking Taiwan coronavirus quarantine for 8 seconds

Video above: COVID-19 related hospitalizations keep climbing in the U.S. Taiwanese authorities have slapped a $3,500 fine on a man who broke quarantine regulations for just eight seconds.The man, a migrant worker from the Philippines, was quarantining in a hotel in Kaohsiung City when he briefly stepped out of his room into the hallway, the city’s Department of Health told Taiwan’s official Central News Agency (CNA).The man was caught on CCTV by hotel staff, who contacted the Department of Health, CNA reported. The department fined him 100,000 Taiwan dollars — around $3,500.Under Taiwan’s quarantine rules people are not allowed to leave their rooms, no matter for how long.People in quarantine should not think they won’t be fined for leaving their hotel room, the Department of Health said, according to CNA.There are 56 quarantine hotels in Kaohsiung City, with a total of around 3,000 rooms, the department told CNA.CNN has contacted the department for comment.Taiwan has been widely lauded for its approach to containing the COVID-19 pandemic. It has never had to enact strict lockdowns, nor did it resort to drastic restrictions on civil freedoms, like in mainland China.Instead, Taiwan’s response focused on speed. Taiwanese authorities began screening passengers on direct flights from Wuhan, where the virus was first identified, on Dec. 31, 2019 — back when the virus was mostly the subject of rumors and limited reporting.The government also invested in mass testing and quick and effective contact tracing.The island of 23 million people has recorded just 716 coronavirus cases and seven deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.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

Video above: COVID-19 related hospitalizations keep climbing in the U.S.

Taiwanese authorities have slapped a $3,500 fine on a man who broke quarantine regulations for just eight seconds.

The man, a migrant worker from the Philippines, was quarantining in a hotel in Kaohsiung City when he briefly stepped out of his room into the hallway, the city’s Department of Health told Taiwan’s official Central News Agency (CNA).

The man was caught on CCTV by hotel staff, who contacted the Department of Health, CNA reported. The department fined him 100,000 Taiwan dollars — around $3,500.

Under Taiwan’s quarantine rules people are not allowed to leave their rooms, no matter for how long.

People in quarantine should not think they won’t be fined for leaving their hotel room, the Department of Health said, according to CNA.

There are 56 quarantine hotels in Kaohsiung City, with a total of around 3,000 rooms, the department told CNA.

CNN has contacted the department for comment.

Taiwan has been widely lauded for its approach to containing the COVID-19 pandemic. It has never had to enact strict lockdowns, nor did it resort to drastic restrictions on civil freedoms, like in mainland China.

Instead, Taiwan’s response focused on speed. Taiwanese authorities began screening passengers on direct flights from Wuhan, where the virus was first identified, on Dec. 31, 2019 — back when the virus was mostly the subject of rumors and limited reporting.

The government also invested in mass testing and quick and effective contact tracing.

The island of 23 million people has recorded just 716 coronavirus cases and seven deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.