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Hanna Griffiths in a photo with her husband, Stephen, and their son, Keegan.

'It’s unlike any illness I’ve ever experienced'

Adam Glanzman

New CDC data shows danger of coronavirus for those with certain chronic conditions

Springfield, MA., 04/18/13, Smith and Wesson is part of the Globe 100 series. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Charlie Baker adds gun industry to list of essential businesses in Massachusetts

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Los Angeles mayor urges everyone to wear masks April 1, 2020 | 9:23 PM

A shopper leaves as others line up to enter a Costco store, Friday, March 20, 2020, in Tacoma, Wash.

Costco announces new COVID-19-related changes April 1, 2020 | 8:24 PM

Representative Joe Kennedy III (D-MA), left, and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), center left, square off in the first Senate primary debate hosted by WGBH News and moderated by Margery Egan and Jim Braude on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at the WGBH Studios in Boston, Massachusetts. (Meredith Nierman/WGBH via AP, Pool)

Joe Kennedy builds on fundraising advantage over Ed Markey April 1, 2020 | 8:15 PM

A employees take a swab from a member of the Cologne Fire Brigade the third Infection Protection Centre in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

If you have coronavirus symptoms, assume you have the illness, even if you test negative April 1, 2020 | 7:53 PM

A passerby walks along a nearly empty street in Downtown Crossing in Boston on March 24.

'It's eerily quiet': With empty streets, certain crimes see drops in Boston and Cambridge April 1, 2020 | 6:51 PM

The front entrance to the Soldiers Home’s Lawrence F. Quigley Memorial Hospital in Chelsea.

Chelsea Soldiers’ Home

2nd Massachusetts veterans home reports COVID-19 deaths April 1, 2020 | 6:47 PM

A worker, wearing a protective mask and gloves against the COVID-19 coronavirus, stocks produce before the opening of Gus's Community Market, Friday, March 27, 2020, in San Francisco.

Why health experts aren't warning about coronavirus in food April 1, 2020 | 6:21 PM

Which DIY mask pattern should you use? Even experts can't pick one to recommend. April 1, 2020 | 6:18 PM

In this March 19, 2020, photo, Carol Talkington helps Terri Bonasso tape a notice on the emergency room door following a vigil at the closing of the Fairmont Regional Medical Center in Fairmont, W.Va.

Rural areas fear spread of virus as more hospitals close April 1, 2020 | 6:06 PM

In this March 15, 2020, file photo, people wait in line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif.

Gun background checks smash records amid coronavirus fears April 1, 2020 | 5:53 PM

Cashiers at a grocery store sanitize a card reader and the checkout area, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Quincy, Mass., as an extra precaution out of concern about the spread of the coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Maura Healey says businesses can't ban cash over coronavirus fears April 1, 2020 | 5:46 PM

Waltham, MA 3/13/2020: Long lines formed at the Market Basket in Waltham as citizens prepare for Corona virus. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

Grocery shopping

Market Basket announces 3 new coronavirus measures April 1, 2020 | 5:29 PM

The Bourne Bridge to Cape Cod

CAPE COD PETITION

Petition to close bridges to Cape Cod draws both support and outrage April 1, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Boston MA 3/31/20 Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito providing an update on Coronavirus COVID-19 at the State House's Gardner Auditorium. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff)
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Watch: Charlie Baker's coronavirus update April 1, 2020 | 3:26 PM

A JetBlue airplane taxis to park at a gate at Logan Airport, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Boston. JetBlue announced that they would halt operations in Boston, New York and New Jersey later in the afternoon, to rest their crews and give it time to service aircraft, due to flight delays and cancellations. Heavy rains in the East, and sub-zero temperatures in the Midwest, threw airlines and travel plans into havoc. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Warren and Markey call for full refunds for flights canceled due to coronavirus April 1, 2020 | 2:54 PM

Astronaut Bruce McCandless II performs a spacewalk a few meters away from the cabin of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Challenger on Feb. 7, 1984.

THE FINAL FRONTIER

NASA call for astronauts draws 12,000 spaceflight hopefuls April 1, 2020 | 1:30 PM

Elizabeth Warren and Seth Meyers.

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren tells Seth Meyers she had a plan for the COVID-19 pandemic April 1, 2020 | 1:13 PM

Tourists brought prosperity to an Idaho ski valley. They also brought COVID-19. April 1, 2020 | 1:05 PM

Medical assistant Eileen Monagle works in a personal protective equipment distribution area at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA on March 25, 2020.

It may be time to make your own face mask April 1, 2020 | 12:30 PM

Obamacare markets will not reopen, complicating process for unemployed to get health insurance April 1, 2020 | 12:21 PM

Holyoke, MA - 3/31/20 - A truck with an American Flag on the back window is seen in the parking lot of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke where several people have died due to coronavirus or COVID-19. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Reporter: Brian MacQuarrie

Charlie Baker opens investigation into the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home April 1, 2020 | 12:14 PM

A woman has her temperature taken at a control point on a covered footbridge to be screened for coronavirus symptoms before entering the Dell Deton Medical Center at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Austin is under Stay-at-Home orders to help battle the effects of COVID-19.

These spring breakers ignored public health warnings. Now 28 of them have coronavirus. April 1, 2020 | 12:00 PM

He was exposed to the coronavirus, but his wife was giving birth. So he went to the hospital anyway. April 1, 2020 | 11:55 AM

CORONAVIRUS & THE T

Can you get a refund on your MBTA pass during the COVID-19 pandemic? April 1, 2020 | 11:47 AM

Immigration officials tried to assist tourists on Monday in Phuket, Thailand, who were stranded and seeking to extend their visas.

Why Asia’s new coronavirus controls should worry the world April 1, 2020 | 10:48 AM

Screenshot of nurses in an ICU at MGH.

'I would be lying if I said I wasn’t scared' April 1, 2020 | 10:26 AM

SPRINGFIELD ATTEMPTED SHOOTING

Attempted shooting on I-91 north in Springfield spurs investigation, closes highway April 1, 2020 | 9:49 AM

Who are the voters behind Donald Trump's higher approval rating? April 1, 2020 | 9:30 AM

Operation Varsity Blues

Mother sentenced to 7 months in college admissions scam will remain free until outbreak subsides April 1, 2020 | 9:24 AM

In this June 24, 2019 file photo, Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, of West Springfield, the driver of a pickup truck in a fiery collision on a highway in rural Randolph, N.H., that killed seven motorcyclists, stands with his attorney Donald Frank during a hearing in Springfield District Court.

Defense lawyer says biker was at fault in June crash that killed seven motorcyclists April 1, 2020 | 9:21 AM