Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 5.7.21
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No Casinos is launching a new statewide ad campaign to warn Floridians about the new Seminole Compact, which opens sports betting that they say illegally expands gambling in violation of the Florida Constitution.
The Orlando-based anti-gambling group argues the deal between the state and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, signed by DeSantis late last month and could be finalized during a Special Legislative Session starting May 17, lets âpoliticians and gambling lobbyists, instead of voters, authorize a massive expansion of gamblingâ in the Sunshine State.
by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 6, 2021 at 3:25 am ADT
JAKARTA, Indonesia Indonesia is prohibiting travel during the popular homecoming period to celebrate Eid al-Fitr.
COVID-19 cases have been decreasing in the world’s most populous Muslim country, but the government imposed the ban after seeing a significant rise in the mortality rate last year after the Eid holiday marking the end of Ramadan.
The ban started Thursday and will last for 12 days, exempting only civil servants, police and military officers, and those who need to travel for work.
Indonesia has confirmed more than 1.6 million cases and 46,000 deaths from COVID-19, the largest totals in Southeast Asia.
By The Associated Press
BRUSSELS â The EUâs executive arm has proposed EU nations join forces to develop and deploy COVID-19 treatments across the 27-nation bloc.
The European Commission says vaccines will not eradicate coronavirus âovernightâ and efficient drugs will still be required to treat patients in hospitals or at home, including those with long-haul symptoms after COVID-19.
The Commission wants to set up a portfolio of 10 potential COVID-19 treatments with the aim of authorizing three new drugs by October to treat COVID-19. The executive branch says two more treatments could get approved by the end of the year.
The Commission says it will invest 90 million euros ($108 million) in studies and clinical trials and an extra 40 million euros ($48 million) to support manufacturing and access for COVID-19 drugs and treatments.