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News Articles: coronavirus

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has signed an executive order requiring face coverings in public. She's shown here speaking on Capitol Hill in 2019.

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  • National

Atlanta Mayor Orders Masks To Be Worn In Public Spaces

Atlanta is the latest big city to require face coverings when people are in public. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is moving forward with the plan despite resistance from Georgia's governor.

July 08, 2020
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By:
  • Emma Hurt and
  • Sam Whitehead
Until recently, Steven Kanaplue and Miriam Kanter were living in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side with their dog Booey. The pandemic clinched their decision to move to Montclair, N.J.

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  • Your Money

New Yorkers Look To Suburbs And Beyond. Other City Dwellers May Be Next

Now that so many are working from home, more people are considering moving out of the city. The pandemic has sent enough New Yorkers to the exits to shake up the area's housing market.

July 08, 2020
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By:
  • Uri Berliner
GPB News NPR

Coastal Health Officials Expect More Coronavirus Cases After Busy July 4

Coastal Georgia will likely see COVID-19 case numbers continue to increase following a busy Fourth of July holiday weekend, Coastal Health District...

July 08, 2020
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By:
  • Emily Jones
GPB News NPR

Georgia State Placekicker Tests Positive for COVID-19, Thinks He Got It At Beach

Michael Hayes, the placekicker and punter for Georgia State's football team, doesn't know precisely where he contracted coronavirus. But he has an idea.

July 08, 2020
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By:
  • Ben Abrams
Communication skills used to negotiate safe sex are also useful for setting boundaries while socializing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Above, circles drawn in the grass encourage social distancing at Dolores Park in San Francisco.

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  • Health

Starting A COVID-19 'Social Bubble'? How Safe Sex Communication Skills Can Help

Sex educators and sexologists have some advice for safe coronavirus socializing. Just like in the bedroom, overcommunicate about your needs and seek consent.

July 08, 2020
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By:
  • April Dembosky
The World Health Organization in Geneva has faced criticism from President Trump over its handling of the pandemic.

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  • Global Health

Trump Sets Date To End WHO Membership Over Its Handling Of Virus

In a letter to the U.N., the president said the United States will terminate its relationship with the World Health Organization effective July 6, 2021. He was met with a barrage of criticism.

July 07, 2020
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By:
  • Pien Huang
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses a news conference last month in Chelsea, Quebec.

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  • World

Trudeau Won't Visit Trump. Most Canadians Don't Want To Cross The Border Either

When Canada's prime minister opted not to meet President Trump this week, it sent a message about his country's mood: Most of his fellow citizens want to keep the border closed over coronavirus fears.

July 07, 2020
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By:
  • Emma Jacobs
A sneeze can carry the coronavirus pathogen in droplets and in aerosols — and they could land on a surface, making it a fomite.

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  • Global Health

Aerosols, Droplets, Fomites: What We Know About Transmission Of COVID-19

A letter from over 200 scientists to the World Health Organization asks for further investigation into how the virus spreads. WHO responded at a press conference on Tuesday.

July 07, 2020
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By:
  • Pien Huang
Israeli security forces control access to a neighborhood that has been isolated following an increase in coronavirus cases in the southern coastal city of Ashdod last week.

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  • World

Amid New Surge In Virus Cases, Israel's Top Public Health Official Resigns

Siegal Sadetzki said Tuesday that Israeli leaders ignored her warnings and the country reopened too fast. "The compass handling the pandemic lost its direction," she said in her resignation letter.

July 07, 2020
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
The Boston salon where Vincent Cox works has reopened, and the 65-year-old is back at work. "It's been one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life," he says.

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  • Economy

'Almost In Tears': A Hairstylist Worries About Reopening Too Soon

NPR's Chris Arnold sits down in the barber's chair as his 65-year-old hairstylist tells him about working 13-hour days, as he worries about catching the coronavirus.

July 07, 2020
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
Police guard access to housing commission apartments under lockdown in Melbourne, Australia. The hard-hit Australian state of Victoria recorded two deaths and its highest-ever daily increase in coronavirus cases on Monday as authorities prepare to close its border with New South Wales.

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  • Asia

Melbourne Resumes Lockdown As Coronavirus Cases Surge

The premier of Victoria state, Australia's second-most populous, issues a six-week stay-at-home order for Melbourne and closes the border with New South Wales state, effective at midnight local time.

July 07, 2020
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By:
  • Mark Katkov
GPB NEWS

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  • Food

Food and Hunger During A Pandemic: Senior Center Provides Critical Services

When county senior centers closed in March, demand for home deliveries skyrocketed as congregate meal services stopped. Rockdale County saw a 260% increase in their home delivery service, more commonly known as “Meals on Wheels.”

July 07, 2020
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By:
  • Tristan Smith
Warisara Klawkla, a daughter of teacher Watcharee Klawkla, colors a drawing made to educate children on COVID-19 prevention methods while her mother help cooking a meal at Makkasan preschool in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, June 24, 2020.

'Such A Catch-22:' Parents, Teachers Face Agonizing Decisions About Back To School

With all we don’t know about the coronavirus and keeping children safe, returning to school is much like a game of Russian roulette, some parents say. ...

July 07, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A health worker takes a nasal swab for COVID-19 at a hospital in New Delhi. India has overtaken Russia to become the third-worst coronavirus affected nation.

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  • Asia

India Surpasses Russia In Reported Coronavirus Infections

Despite imposing one of the earliest and most severe mitigation efforts in the world, India's coronavirus infections have soared.

July 07, 2020
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
Lines and lines of cars are seen as drivers wait on Monday to be tested for COVID-19 at a coronavirus testing site in Miami Gardens, Fla.

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  • National

In Miami, Rolling Back Openings To Contain The Coronavirus Surge

In Miami, local officials have ordered a rollback of some reopening measures because of the region's soaring coronavirus cases. Gyms have to close and in-person dining at restaurants is prohibited.

July 07, 2020
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By:
  • Greg Allen
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