By Tom Tapp
01.05.2020 - 21:45 / billboard.com
As the coronavirus pandemic continues shutting down live shows, the only thing certain about how or when these events will return is that nothing is quite yet certain.
COVID-19's effect on the dance scene has been nothing short of devastating, particularly given that gathering in nightclubs and at large-scale festivals are crucial cultural and economic drivers of a genre largely defined by live events.Currently, clubs around the globe are shuttered, and a spring and summer's worth of dance
.An additional 47 people have died in Los Angeles County from COVID-19 illness over the past 24 hours for a total of 1,755 deaths thus far in the pandemic, it was announced Friday. With residents having increased access to testing in recent weeks, more than 282,000 residents have been tested and 11 percent have tested positive.
An additional 51 people have died in Los Angeles County from COVID-19 illness over the past 24 hours for a total of 1,709 deaths thus far in the pandemic, it was announced Thursday. One individual who died was an inmate at the Terminal Island federal prison, the eighth person there to fall victim to the coronavirus.
By Tom Tapp
As florists, golf courses and trails open across Los Angeles County today, Public Health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer remained cautiously optimistic about moving into phase two of the area’s COVID-19 recovery plan.
capped off an extraordinary first season with a finale that was emotional, gut-wrenching and devastating, and yet filled with hope and optimism for the future. That tonal balance has been the secret sauce to NBC's delightful musical dramedy, which left us with all the feels after Sunday's tear-jerker of a closing episode, when it said goodbye to Zoey's dad, Mitch (), who succumbed to the rare degenerative brain disease, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).
VisitScotland has described the effect of COVID-19 on the hospitality and tourism industry in Perth and Kinross as “completely devastating”.