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1/6/2012 Boston, MA Melissa Shaw (cq), left, a personal trainer at Boston Sports Club training Sonia Mazzitelli (cq) at the Brookline Avenue Club on Friday January 6, 2011. Mazzitelli hired a personal trainer to help her lose weight and this is her first session with Shaw. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) slug: 08gym section: metro Reporter: Billy Baker

A local gym chain wouldn’t let members cancel during the coronavirus outbreak. Then they charged them.

Boston skyline

Mayor Walsh is dedicating $3 million to help Bostonians pay their rent during the pandemic

Boston, MA - 3/21/2020 - The COVID-19 outbreak in Boston has greatly affected foot traffic in areas that normally would be teeming with people out on a Friday and Saturday night. A sign advertising take-out stands outside The Fours Restaurant and Sports Bar on a deserted Canal street on an early Saturday evening. Photos were taken between 7 and 9:00pm Friday and Saturday evening. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Metro, Reporter: Globe Staff, Topic: Boston at Night, LOID: 8.3.2998834641.

Massachusetts restaurants can now sell wine and beer to-go during the coronavirus outbreak

Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, and Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders hold an afternoon press conference or COVID-19 briefing in the Gardner Auditorium of the Massachusetts State House. (Sam Doran / Pool)

Livestream: Charlie Baker's coronavirus update April 5, 2020 | 12:18 PM

Maura and Joe Lewinger

Widow, in emotional CNN interview, recalls heartbreaking final moments with her 42-year-old husband April 5, 2020 | 11:44 AM

U.S. surgeon general: 'The next week is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment' April 5, 2020 | 11:22 AM

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, addresses a news conference about the coronavirus, at the White House in Washington, Friday, April 3, 2020, as Vice President Mike Pence listens.

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams says this week will be, 'the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans’ lives' April 5, 2020 | 10:28 AM

Scene in Stop and Shop on Saturday in Kingston.

Man accused of coughing and spitting on produce at local Stop and Shop April 5, 2020 | 9:33 AM

This Friday, April 3, 2020, photo shows an exterior view of The Resort at Texas City, Texas. According to the Galveston County Health District, the number of employees and residents testing positive for COVID-19 at the nursing home rose Friday, the Daily News reports. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

Coronavirus In Nursing Homes

He kissed his mother goodbye. Then he learned she had coronavirus. April 5, 2020 | 9:09 AM

No COVID-19 testing at home yet but quicker options coming April 5, 2020 | 9:03 AM

The Sagamore Bridge , Bourne Ma., Cape Cod

Feds moving forward with replacement of the Bourne, Sagamore bridges that connect to Cape Cod April 5, 2020 | 8:20 AM

Trump says 'toughest' weeks ahead as coronavirus spreads April 5, 2020 | 7:40 AM

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, April 4, 2020.

Trump talks with US pro sports leaders to discuss virus April 5, 2020 | 7:40 AM

Pope celebrates Palm Sunday without public in St. Peter's April 5, 2020 | 7:18 AM

Sheryl Pardo (right) was the only passenger on the flight she took when she went to see her mom (left) one last time.

A woman flew to Boston to say goodbye to her mother. She's thanking those who gave her comfort along the way. April 4, 2020 | 9:01 PM

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COVID-19 FRONT LINES

‘You are heroes’: Lizzo donates meal to Boston Medical Center workers April 4, 2020 | 3:47 PM

People on a nearly deserted street in Milan, Friday, April 3.

BACK TO NORMAL?

In Italy, going back to work may depend on having the right antibodies April 4, 2020 | 3:33 PM

The Soldiers' Home in Holyoke.

‘We remain deeply concerned about the health and safety of veteran residents and staff at long-term care facilities’ April 4, 2020 | 3:26 PM

Geiger Gibson Community Health Center in Boston.

COMMUNITY HEALTH

Just when they’re needed most, clinics for the poor face drastic cutbacks April 4, 2020 | 3:01 PM

Wilmington, MA - 4/4/2020: AdviniaCare at Wilmington in Wilmington, MA on April 04, 2020.
(Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: Metro reporter: Coronavirus Covid-19 (WILMINGTON, Mass. (April 3, 2020) – Pointe Group Care, LLC, operator of AdviniaCare at Wilmington, working in partnership with the Massachusetts Covid-19 Response Command Center and Partners HealthCare, today announced that it will delay its plans to temporarily designate the 142-bed skilled nursing facility as a Covid-19 recovery building. Test results for those slated to leave the facility revealed that 51 out of 98 were positive for the illness, while asymptomatic.

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COVID-19 IN NURSING HOMES

51 out of 98 residents at Wilmington nursing home test positive for COVID-19 April 4, 2020 | 2:32 PM

The Supreme Judicial Court provided clarity on a widely discussed issue.

PRISONER RELEASE

SJC recommends release of prisoners awaiting trial as corrections system grapples with COVID-19 April 4, 2020 | 2:12 PM

NY to get 1,100 ventilators with help from China, Oregon April 4, 2020 | 2:03 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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BATTLING COVID-19

Mass. is launching a ‘robust, targeted’ approach to battling COVID-19. What you need to know. April 4, 2020 | 1:54 PM

People wearing face-masks line up to buy supplies from a shop during the coronavirus outbreak in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 4, 2020.

Face Coverings 101

Easy ways to make DIY face coverings, following the CDC's latest guidance to wear them in public April 4, 2020 | 1:11 PM

Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community, arrives for a closed-door hearing before the House Intelligence Committee in Washington on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. President Donald Trump is firing Atkinson, the president told lawmakers in a letter late Friday, April 3.

Warren, other Democrats outraged at Trump's late night firing of intelligence community watchdog April 4, 2020 | 12:44 PM

Experts are advising to clean groceries.

DISINFECTING TIPS

Here's how Dr. Sanjay Gupta says to properly disinfect your groceries April 4, 2020 | 12:19 PM

In this Friday, Nov. 22, 1963 file photo, Jacqueline Kennedy, with bloodstains on her clothes, holds hands with her brother-in-law, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, as the coffin carrying the body of President John F. Kennedy is placed in an ambulance after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. near Washington.

The Kennedys have endured tragedy and untimely deaths. Now it may have happened again. April 4, 2020 | 12:10 PM

Jabin Botsford

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

The U.S. was beset by denial and dysfunction as the coronavirus raged April 4, 2020 | 11:43 AM

Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

An interview with the CDC director on coronavirus, masks, and an agency gone quiet April 4, 2020 | 10:58 AM

On their Facebook, the NEAQ plans to talk about their garden eels at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday April 4th.

Watch Live: A virtual interactive visit to the New England Aquarium to learn about garden eels April 4, 2020 | 10:41 AM

The Pilgrim Nuclear power plant on the seashore of Plymouth.

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station

Plymouth nuclear plant radioactive fuel transfer to go on despite coronavirus concerns April 4, 2020 | 10:37 AM

In this June 6, 2017 file photo, a reporter holds up an example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly. (Jacquelyn Martin / AP File)

Opioid Crisis in MA

11 Mass. police departments will participate in pilot program aimed at distributing fentanyl test strips April 4, 2020 | 9:43 AM

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence listens. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)

Dr. Anthony Fauci

A bobblehead of Dr. Fauci will nod towards flattening the curve April 4, 2020 | 9:08 AM