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Boston, MA - 3/26/20 - Gov. Charlie Baker holds a press conference in the Gardner Auditorium at The State House on March 26, 2020. Baker and Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders addressed attempting to secure more pieces of personal protection equipment and mobile schooling concerns. (Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe)

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Charlie Baker urges travelers not to come to Mass. communities and to self-quarantine if they do

Former Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to supporters at a debate watch party as he campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, in Columbia, S.C., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

John Kerry says Kentucky congressman has 'given new meaning' to the term Masshole

Charts: Tracking the number of coronavirus cases in every Massachusetts county

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, right, speaks to the media as Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, left, looks on.

Trump backs off quarantine idea, travel advisory for CT March 29, 2020 | 7:45 AM

This file photo from 2017 shows a detainee facing deportation at the Suffolk County House of Correction in Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

ICE releases 2 detainees from Mass. facility for health concerns following pressure from ACLU March 29, 2020 | 7:21 AM

President Donald Trump signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, in Washington.

When and how will I get that $1,200 stimulus payment? March 29, 2020 | 5:00 AM

for Travel - 04vinalhaven - Fish houses on Indian Creek just east of Carvers Harbor on Vinalhaven. (Jonathan Levitt Photo)

Armed ‘vigilantes’ allegedly cut down a tree to force quarantine on Maine island March 28, 2020 | 5:59 PM

'This guy HAS THE MOVES': Kevin Bacon praises 'Footloose' Cape Cod health care worker March 28, 2020 | 4:46 PM

President Donald Trump announces that additional coronavirus tests have been deployed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on March 6.

The lost month: How a failure to test blinded the U.S. to COVID-19 March 28, 2020 | 3:49 PM

Two teenagers killed, one hospitalized in Berkley crash, prosecutors say March 28, 2020 | 2:57 PM

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort has been dispatched by President Trump to the New York City Harbor to provide hospitals take on the COVID-19 virus.

BATTLING COVID-19

Trump raises idea of quarantines affecting New York, New Jersey and Connecticut March 28, 2020 | 1:56 PM

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo addresses the media during a press at the State House in Providence. At rear right is Behind the Governor is Col. Christopher P. Callahan of the Rhode Island National Guard.

Coronavirus in R.I.

Rhode Island has its first 2 deaths from the coronavirus March 28, 2020 | 1:32 PM

Boston, MA - 3/26/20 - Gov. Charlie Baker holds a press conference in the Gardner Auditorium at The State House on March 26, 2020. Baker and Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders addressed attempting to secure more pieces of personal protection equipment and mobile schooling concerns. (Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe)

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Coronavirus Update

Watch: Gov. Baker promotes blood donation in March 28 coronavirus update March 28, 2020 | 12:14 PM

Isabelle Serrano, a senior at New York University, at Union High School in Union, N.J., March 26, 2020. As the economy barrels toward a recession, college seniors like Serrano fear they could become the next class of 2009, which entered the work force at the peak of the Great Recession as companies conducted mass layoffs and froze hiring.

Economy After COVID-19

For the Class of 2020, a job-eating virus recalls the Great Recession March 28, 2020 | 11:49 AM

President Donald Trump speaks at a coronavirus briefing at the White House in Washington, March 26, 2020.

President Trump approves Massachusetts disaster declaration March 28, 2020 | 10:42 AM

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus during a task force news conference at the White House in Washington March 27.

COVID-19 FALLOUT

Inside Trump's risky push to reopen the country amid the coronavirus crisis March 28, 2020 | 10:25 AM

The Orange Line at Downtown Crossing.

MBTA Orange Line train taken out of service after passenger allegedly licks subway car March 28, 2020 | 10:00 AM

Trump boosts virus aid, warns governors to be 'appreciative' March 28, 2020 | 9:57 AM

Boston Police officer Scott MacIsaac on Dorchester Avenue in the Field's Corner neighborhood of Boston last week.

COVID-19 FRONT LINES

Ed Davis on police and COVID-19: 'We're in unprecedented territory here' March 28, 2020 | 9:45 AM

In this Sept. 14, 2011 file photo, fresh fries are scooped into containers during lunch at Gardiner, Maine. Maine is known for its potato crop.

Truck with 80,000 pounds of french fries overturns on Maine turnpike March 28, 2020 | 8:10 AM

In January 2019, Reynold Buono leaves Norfolk County Superior Court after a judge dismissed child rape charges against the former Milton Academy teacher. The alleged crimes were committed 36 years ago. The charges were reinstated in March 2020.

Mass. highest court reinstates rape charges against former Milton Academy teacher March 28, 2020 | 7:33 AM

In this Aug. 12, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama presents a 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery n the East Room of the the White House in Washington. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discrimination, died Friday, March 27, 2020, a family statement said. He was 98.

Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, dies at 98 March 28, 2020 | 5:40 AM

'Choppy waters' await Navy as virus strikes aircraft carrier March 28, 2020 | 12:17 AM

Police officers outside of the 110th Street Central Park North stop in New York, Friday, March 27.

Subway operator killed, 17 others injured in NYC train fire believed to be arson March 27, 2020 | 9:36 PM

Cambridge, MA - 3/15/20 - Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel speaks at a press conference in the State House over new regulations to combat the spread of COVID-19. Gov. (Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe)

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Mass. public health commissioner tests positive for COVID-19 March 27, 2020 | 8:18 PM

Trish Regan.

Trish Regan, Fox Business host who dismissed virus concerns, will depart March 27, 2020 | 6:33 PM

Research assistant Zhenfeng Li prepares a test in Barouch Laboratory, where they are working to develop a vaccine for coronavirus (COVID-19,) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's Center for Virology and Vaccine Research on March 5.

Here are some of the Mass. businesses and institutions on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle March 27, 2020 | 6:20 PM

Boston, MA - 3/26/20 - Gov. Charlie Baker holds a press conference in the Gardner Auditorium at The State House on March 26, 2020. Baker and Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders addressed attempting to secure more pieces of personal protection equipment and mobile schooling concerns. (Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe)

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Unemployment claims are soaring due to the coronavirus. Charlie Baker says to avoid this mistake. March 27, 2020 | 6:07 PM

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., center, accompanied by Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., second from left, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., third from left, Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich., and Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., right, steps away from the podium after speaking at an abortion rights rally outside the Supreme Court, in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2020, as the court takes up the first major abortion case of the Trump era Wednesday, an election-year look at a Louisiana dispute that could reveal how willing the more conservative court is to roll back abortion rights. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ayanna Pressley announces she tested negative for COVID-19 March 27, 2020 | 5:16 PM

President Donald Trump listens to lawmakers before signing the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington.

Trump signs $2.2 trillion stimulus after swift congressional votes March 27, 2020 | 5:12 PM

197 Topsfield Road, Ipswich

One of three bicyclists struck in Ipswich Thursday dies March 27, 2020 | 4:37 PM

A woman wears a mask outside Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on March 14.

Boston hospitals are 'rapid prototyping' designs for 3D-printed medical equipment — and everything is on the table March 27, 2020 | 4:25 PM

The Zaandam cruise ship, carrying dozens of guests with flu-like symptoms, arrives to the bay of Panama City, seen from Isla de Taboga, Panama, Friday, March 27, 2020, amid the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus. Once the vessel reaches Panamanian waters, health authorities are expected to board the ship to test passengers and decide whether it can cross the Panama Canal to head on towards Fort Lauderdale. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

4 passengers dead aboard cruise ship anchored off Panama March 27, 2020 | 3:18 PM