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COVID-19: Coverage of the pandemic from MPR News

The latest news, resources, guides and tips to help you stay up to date on the coronavirus pandemic.

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Cruise officials, passengers frustrated as coronavirus concerns stall ship

Cruise officials, passengers frustrated as coronavirus concerns stall ship

Cruise officials and passengers confined to their rooms on a ship circling international waters off San Francisco voiced mounting frustration as the weekend wore on with zero direction from authorities on where to go after 21 people on board tested positive for the new coronavirus.
by The Associated Press

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Where the $8.3 billion in U.S. coronavirus funding will and won't go

Where the $8.3 billion in U.S. coronavirus funding will and won't go

President Trump and Congress on Friday authorized an $8.3 billion package of emergency funding to help and treat and slow the spread of COVID-19. What’s included in that funding package, and what may be missing?
by Selena Simmons-Duffin

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Officials in Texas cancel annual South by Southwest festival

Officials in Texas cancel annual South by Southwest festival

City officials in Austin, Texas, have canceled the annual South by Southwest arts and technology festival. “This situation evolved rapidly, and we honor and respect the City of Austin's decision,” the organizers said.

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Minnesota's first COVID-19 case confirmed in cruise ship traveler

Minnesota's first COVID-19 case confirmed in cruise ship traveler

The virus was found in an older adult resident of Ramsey County who recently traveled on a ship with a known case of COVID-19, officials said Friday, adding that the person is recovering in isolation at home.
by MPR News Staff

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Coronavirus: U.S. death toll now at 14; new cases in Maryland, Colorado, Pennsylvania

Coronavirus: U.S. death toll now at 14; new cases in Maryland, Colorado, Pennsylvania

The CDC says that six U.S. states — Alabama, Maine, Ohio, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Wyoming — currently have no labs with the verified ability to run COVID-19 diagnostic tests.
by Bill Chappell

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Coronavirus spreads recession fears around the world

Coronavirus spreads recession fears around the world

U.S. businesses are shutting down plants and watching their sales plummet around the world. Many economists now say odds are increasing that the economy will slow, if not contract altogether.
by Jim Zarroli

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