Gordon orders Wyoming flags to half-staff through Monday for 1 million COVID victims

Healthcare staff on the Wyoming Medical Heart Respiratory Screening Clinic wave to first responders from a number of Natrona County companies throughout a short parade across the WMC campus on Dec. 0, 2020, in Casper. The parade was organized to point out appreciation for healthcare staff throughout the COVID-19 surge. (Dan Cepeda, Oil Metropolis File)

CASPER, Wyo. – Gov. Mark Gordon has ordered flags in Wyoming to be flown at half-staff beginning instantly by sundown Monday, to honor the loss of life of 1 million Individuals from the COVID-19 pandemic.

In accordance with a launch issued Thursday morning, the order follows a route from the Biden administration, which issued a proclamation marking the milestone.

The coronavirus has killed greater than 999,000 folks within the U.S. and at the very least 6.2 million folks globally because it emerged in late 2019, in line with figures compiled by Johns Hopkins College. 

In accordance with the CDC, Wyoming’s official loss of life depend from COVID-19 for the reason that begin of the pandemic stands at 1,817.

The President’s proclamation follows:

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

Right now, we mark a tragic milestone: a million American lives misplaced
to COVID-19. A million empty chairs across the dinner
desk. Every an irreplaceable loss. Every forsaking a household,
a neighborhood, and a Nation perpetually modified due to this
pandemic. Jill and I pray for every of them.

As a Nation, we should not develop numb to such sorrow. To heal, we
should bear in mind. We should stay vigilant towards this pandemic and
do all the pieces we will to save lots of as many lives as potential. In
remembrance, allow us to draw energy from one another as fellow
Individuals. For whereas we now have been humbled, we by no means surrender. We
can and can do that collectively as america of America.

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In reminiscence of the a million American lives misplaced to COVID-19 and
their family members left behind, I hereby order, by the authority
vested in me by the Structure and legal guidelines of america,
that the flag of america shall be flown at half-staff at 
the White Home and on all public buildings and grounds, in any respect
navy posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the
Federal Authorities within the District of Columbia and all through the
United States and its Territories and possessions till sundown Might
16, 2022. I additionally direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff
for a similar interval in any respect United States embassies, legations,
consular places of work, and different services overseas, together with all
navy services and naval vessels and stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I’ve hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of
Might, within the yr of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of the
Independence of america of America the 200 and
forty-sixth.