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    [U.S. spread stories] 1. Florida coronavirus cases are growing fast. Here’s what that means.

    .@kmcgrory and I dug into Florida’s Coronavirus numbers. We found that infections in Florida are growing so quickly, we're on track to see tens of thousands of confirmed cases in the coming weeks: https://t.co/accheVcL19

    — Adam Playford (@adamplayford) March 28, 2020
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    Global coronavirus death toll surpasses 30,000 with two-thirds in Europe

     

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    A Conversation With Pete Buttigieg, Who’s Stuck at Home Like Everyone Else

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    Coronavirus quarantine lifted in New Rochelle as New York changes statewide policy

    By Joseph Spector & Jon Campbell @ lohud.com, March 28

    [....] "That has been lifted, the quarantine for those individuals," Zucker said of New Rochelle residents who have been under quarantine since March 3 in one of the first hot spots for the virus in the nation.

    The uncertainty stemmed from two different policies offered by the Centers for Disease Control: One allows a quarantine to end after seven days since a person's symptoms first appeared and no more symptoms for at least three days.

    The other is to get back at least one, if not two, negative tests for coronavirus.

    New York had initially stuck to requiring a negative test, even as New York City with skyrocketing number of cases soared, went with the symptom-based plan.

    But Zucker said Saturday, the state would also move to the symptom criteria for when a quarantine, which typically lasts 14 days, can end.

    "The CDC’s recommendations have been that those who are positive after seven days and if they don’t have symptoms within a period of 72 hours then they cannot be in quarantine anymore," he explained [....]

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    Rhode Island Police to Hunt Down New Yorkers Seeking Refuge

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    David Chang isn’t sure the restaurant industry will survive Covid-19.

    Interview by David Marchese @ NYTMagazine, March 27

    Since 2004, when David Chang helped to reconfigure the dining establishment’s ideas about what a great restaurant could be [....] he has opened more than a dozen restaurants around the world; hosted two seasons of his Netflix documentary series, “Ugly Delicious”; started a hit podcast, “The Dave Chang Show”; published the defunct, much-loved food magazine “Lucky Peach”; and now written a memoir, the forthcoming “Eat a Peach,” with a co-author, Gabe Ulla. In doing all that, Chang, 42, has become a food-world icon [....] 

     “I’m not being hyperbolic in any way,” Chang said about the future of the field in which he made his name. “Without government intervention, there will be no service industry.” [....]

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    I Became a Disciplined Investor Over 40 Years. The Virus Broke Me in 40 Days.

    By James B. Stewart @ NYTimes.com/business, March 27

    Our columnist survived — and even prospered through — four stock-market crashes. But nothing prepared him for this.

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    'White-Collar Quarantine’ Over Virus Spotlights Class Divide

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    India, Day 1: World’s Largest Coronavirus Lockdown Begins

    4 reporters on story:

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    Chaos, teargas as Kenyans rush home to beat coronavirus curfew

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    [Coronavirus Obituaries] 1. Dez-Ann Romain, Educator with Grit and Heart, Dies at 36

    A reminder that Mayor De Blasio actually fought to keep the schools open far longer than he should have, despite anger from many many teachers and parents:  Ms. Romain, who lived in Far Rockaway and whose survivors include a sister, last reported for work on March 12, just before public schools were closed because of the coronavirus outbreak.

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    Boris Johnson tests positive for Covid-19

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    Fresh from Iran's Coronavirus Zone, Now Moving Across Afghanistan

    Filed from Herat by Fatima Faizi & David Zucchino

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    A Covid-19 Detective Tracks Disease Trail With Genetic Clues

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    How do you fight #covid19 in some of the world’s most dangerous and vulnerable places?

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    Newest Shortage in New York: The City Is Running Out of Dogs to Foster

    By Bailey Lipschultz & David R. Bakker @ Bloomberg.com, March 25

    Pet craze is spurring rally in Chewy shares amid a market rout

    ‘We definitely don’t have any dogs left to match,’ says rescue

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    Inside the Story of How H-E-B Planned for the Pandemic

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    As Coronavirus Spread, Largest Stimulus in History United a Polarized Senate

    By Carl Hulse & Emily Cochrane @ NYTimes.com, March 26

    A shocking and politically perilous decision made in the middle of a national crisis was a turning point in negotiations.

    With 2:24 min. video How the Senate over the Coronavirus Stimulus Bill unfolded.

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    UK coronavirus home testing to be made available to millions within days

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    Internal Emails Show How Chaos at the CDC Slowed the Early Response to Coronavirus

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    $15 million reward for info. leading to arrest and conviction of Nicolas Maduro

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    The Navajo nation has 49 cases and growing

    in the 8 days since the first COVID-19 case on the navajo nation, our nation now has 49 cases. that number is growing every day.

    i’m starting a thread of all the ways you can support the navajo nation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    — (@canoecanoa) March 25, 2020
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    ["Governors in charge" news] 1. Louisiana Gov. Edwards warns his state

    Starting a new thread; first one was here.

    WATCH: Louisiana Gov. Edwards says if coronavirus case curve isn’t flattened, New Orleans will exhaust ventilator capacity by April 2 and bedspace by April 7:

    ”This isn’t conjecture. This isn’t some flimsy theory. This isn’t some scare tactic. This is what’s going to happen.” pic.twitter.com/1kVvEmzihq

    — NBC News (@NBCNews) March 26, 2020
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    People with disabilities are afraid they will be denied health care because of coronavirus

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