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President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington.

Trump adds 30 days to distancing guidelines as virus spreads

Andrea Napoli, 33, takes a selfie in a hotel being used for patients recovering from coronavirus, in Rome, Sunday, March 29, 2020.

Fit, healthy 33-year-old recounts falling ill to coronavirus

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Marty Walsh says too many people are ignoring social distancing rules in parks

Mass. Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders looks at Gov. Charlie Baker while he speaks during a briefing on the state's response to COVID-19 in the Gardner Auditorium of the Massachusetts State House on March 30, 2020 in Boston, MA. (Sam Doran/Pool)

Why Massachusetts hasn't gotten all the emergency stockpile supplies it requested March 31, 2020 | 1:12 PM

Maureen Shanahan-Frappier a RN uses sanitizer on her gloves.

'We recommend that the state impose a strict 'shelter in place' order, like the one in place in San Francisco' March 31, 2020 | 1:03 PM

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) departs after a vote on the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington March 18.

Sanders argues he has ‘narrow path’ and says he wants to push his issues March 31, 2020 | 12:38 PM

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CNN's Chris Cuomo tests positive for COVID-19 March 31, 2020 | 12:26 PM

People arrive, some in masks, off a flight from Amsterdam into the arrivals area at terminal E at Logan Airport in East Boston, Massachusetts on March 13, 2020. - US President Donald Trump declared the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a national emergency on March 13, 2020. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

CDC considering whether to advise all to wear face coverings in public March 31, 2020 | 12:12 PM

$FILE - In this March 20, 2020, file photo, a police officer walks across an empty Seventh Avenue in a sparsely populated Times Square due to COVID-19 concerns in New York. Los Angeles is half the size of New York City but has a disproportionately small fraction of the coronavirus cases and deaths as the nation's largest city. The same goes for California when compared with New York state as a whole, which is the current epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)$

Restrictions are slowing coronavirus infections, new data suggest March 31, 2020 | 11:06 AM

Revere- 03/27/2020 A sih=gn in an upper floor window at the Jack Satter House in Revere which has the largest known outbreak of coronavirus for senior facilities in the state. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

Jack Satter House

Revere senior housing complex reports 5 deaths among residents, 13 COVID-19 cases March 31, 2020 | 10:52 AM

Holyoke, MA--4/29/2015--The public elementary and secondary schools in Holyoke are going into receivership. Mayor Alex B. Morse (cq) comments on Wednesday, April 29, 2015.
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Reporter: Jeremy Fox

'This is a difficult day for our city, and it is almost certain that more difficult days will follow' March 31, 2020 | 9:57 AM

Fed steps in once again to try to smooth out lending markets March 31, 2020 | 9:48 AM

In this photo taken Sunday Dec. 1, 2013, Tomie dePaola poses with his artwork in his studio in New London, N.H. The beloved children's author and illustrator has died at the age of 85. DePaola delighted generations with tales of Strega Nona, the kindly and helpful old witch in Italy. His literary agent says dePaola died Monday from surgery complications after taking a bad fall last week. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

'Strega Nona' author Tomie dePaola of New Hampshire is dead at age 85 March 31, 2020 | 9:27 AM

Parents feel remote learning due to coronavirus leaves their disabled students behind March 31, 2020 | 9:20 AM

Maine plant set to begin producing COVID-19 tests March 31, 2020 | 9:15 AM

White House turns to statistical models for virus forecast March 31, 2020 | 6:56 AM

OPIOID CRISIS & COVID 19

‘We’re addressing one crisis at the expense of another’ March 31, 2020 | 5:00 AM

An elderly woman has her temperature checked at a checkpoint as authorities begin implementing lockdown measures earlier this month in Marikina, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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What explains COVID-19’s lethality for the elderly? March 30, 2020 | 10:26 PM

This is the Dec. 20, 1999 cover of Sports Illustrated. The US women's soccer team was honored as Sportswomen of the Year by Sports Illustrated. The only other team cited by the magazine was the 1980 US men's Olympic hockey team.

Sports Illustrated endures another round of layoffs, this time prompted by coronavirus March 30, 2020 | 10:24 PM

Patients wait in line for a Covid-19 test at Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York.

Two new road maps lay out possible paths to end coronavirus lockdowns March 30, 2020 | 10:18 PM

11 residents dead at Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke; at least 5 had coronavirus March 30, 2020 | 10:00 PM

Cpl. Richard Currier

Coronavirus outbreak at Marine Corps boot camp infects dozens of recruits, staff members March 30, 2020 | 8:20 PM

President Trump speaks during the daily coronavirus briefing at the Rose Garden of the White House on March 30, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Trump defends extending virus guidelines as spread continues March 30, 2020 | 8:00 PM

Gov. Charlie Baker speaks during a briefing on the state's response to COVID-19 in the Gardner Auditorium of the Massachusetts State House on March 30, 2020 in Boston, MA. (Sam Doran/Pool)

Bracing for COVID-19 surge, Charlie Baker says obtaining crucial gear has been 'difficult' March 30, 2020 | 6:06 PM

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, stands onstage with Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., before speaking at a campaign event, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Elizabeth Warren and Ayanna Pressley call for racial data on coronavirus testing March 30, 2020 | 5:52 PM

As COVID-19 spreads, Massachusetts hospitals see decline in visits for other illnesses March 30, 2020 | 5:38 PM

In an undated handout image, a screenshot from the livestream of the Rev. Rodney Howard-Browne, the pastor at the River at Tampa Bay Church, speaking to his congregation in Tampa Bay, Fla., March 29, 2020.

Rev. Rodney Howard-Browne

Florida sheriff charges megapastor who kept church open, said closings are for 'pansies' March 30, 2020 | 5:37 PM

Stacked newspapers

In a time when people are relying on the news, numerous New England newspapers are resorting to layoffs. Here's why. March 30, 2020 | 5:15 PM

How dire projections, grim images dashed Trump's Easter plan March 30, 2020 | 5:06 PM

Who has COVID-19? DPH asks cities, towns to consider resident privacy if releasing case numbers March 30, 2020 | 4:20 PM

Conditions for companies that get virus aid: Room for abuse? March 30, 2020 | 3:46 PM

Boston, MA 3/29/2020 Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh (cq) gives a COVID-19 update outside City Hall. POOL (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Watch: Marty Walsh's coronavirus update March 30, 2020 | 3:41 PM

Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey pledge to fight 'craven' move to 'disestablish' reservation March 30, 2020 | 3:03 PM