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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

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

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

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

A mostly empty Boston Common.

Video: See a 'wicked vacant' Boston in this aerial footage March 30, 2020 | 3:02 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.

What you need to know about the state's COVID-19 PPE procurement and donation program March 30, 2020 | 2:56 PM

City Councilor Michelle Wu

Michelle Wu launches 'Boston Stays Home' challenge to bring together communities amid social distancing March 30, 2020 | 2:45 PM

Dan Doherty (middle), vice president and director of operations for Kelly's Roast Beef, informed people on Revere Beach that the restaurant was no longer offering takeout service because of the COVID-19 pandemic

Restaurants along Revere Beach are now delivery-only or have closed after attracting pick-up crowds March 30, 2020 | 2:03 PM

Macy's will furlough a majority of its 130,000 workers March 30, 2020 | 12:59 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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Watch: Charlie Baker's coronavirus update March 30, 2020 | 12:58 PM

Age isn't the only risk for a severe case of COVID-19. Here are the other factors involved. March 30, 2020 | 12:36 PM

'Sweden is an outlier on the European scene' March 30, 2020 | 12:20 PM

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Donald Trump defends response to Massachusetts orders for more coronavirus gear March 30, 2020 | 12:20 PM

How would overwhelmed hospitals decide who to treat first? March 30, 2020 | 12:10 PM

Michael S. Williamson

PARENTING & COVID-19

He's 18 and wants to hang with 'his boys.' His mom hasn't been able to stop him. March 30, 2020 | 11:08 AM

A group of nurses protests for more personal protective equipment at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, March 28, 2020. Several Democratic governors said on Sunday that they feared hospitals in their states would soon be overwhelmed with patients sick with Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi put the blame for the nationÕs flawed response to the pandemic squarely on President Trump. (Gregg Vigliotti/The New York Times)

Nurses die, doctors fall sick, and panic rises on virus front lines March 30, 2020 | 10:56 AM

A medical worker screens people arriving at a special COVID-19 testing site in Boston, Saturday, March 28, 2020. The drive-thru testing site is only open to qualified first responders who meet the state criteria for testing.

On Friday, a round of applause for doctors, nurses, grocery workers, and others on the front lines of coronavirus March 30, 2020 | 10:50 AM

Wareham man faces arraignment on murder charge in woman's death March 30, 2020 | 10:50 AM

A New York Fire Department ambulance outside Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn.

CRIME & COVID-19

86-year-old patient dies after possible 'social distancing'-related assault in N.Y. hospital, police say March 30, 2020 | 8:43 AM

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19.

Mass. officials report 8 new COVID-19 deaths, 797 new cases March 30, 2020 | 8:26 AM

POLITICS & COVID-19

Local elections have been pushed back by coronavirus. But what about signature gathering? March 30, 2020 | 8:13 AM

Officials light a lantern from the Olympic Flame at the end of a flame display ceremony in Iwaki, northern Japan.

Tokyo's infection spike after Olympic delay sparks questions March 29, 2020 | 9:42 PM

Angus Mordant

Amazon workers to strike at New York site over virus concerns March 29, 2020 | 9:14 PM

FILE - In this Thursday, March 19, 2020, file photo, medical personnel work in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Brescia, Italy. World War II references are now heard daily, not because another momentous 75th anniversary, Victory in Europe Day approaches in May but because of the coronavirus. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP, File)

The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators. The mission failed. March 29, 2020 | 3:00 PM

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks at a press conference regarding the spread of COVID-19 in the state, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La.

Hundreds at Louisiana church ignore COVID-19 gatherings ban March 29, 2020 | 2:12 PM

FILE - In this April 5, 2016, file photo, an excavator demolishes a building during an official groundbreaking Taunton, Mass., where the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was to build the First Light Resort & Casino. The project was halted shortly afterward when a group of residents sued, arguing the federal government couldn't take the land into trust for the tribe. A federal appeals court in Boston is hearing arguments Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, in the ongoing dispute. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

'This is one of the most cruel and nonsensical acts I have seen since coming to Congress' March 29, 2020 | 1:11 PM