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Popeyes just opened a new outpost in West Roxbury

FILE - This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, The Associated Press reported on a video circulating online incorrectly asserting that man in Wuhan, China, was sanitizing his apartment with alcohol when the air conditioner came on and caused an explosion and fire. The fire captured on video was the result of a cigarette that was improperly put out on a comforter. The comforter then ignited and was placed on a balcony where nearby debris caught fire in Chongqing, China, a city hundreds of miles away from Wuhan. (NIAID-RML via AP)

87 Mass. firefighters have tested positive for the coronavirus

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The wait time for a Peapod delivery in Boston is more than two weeks

FILE - This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, The Associated Press reported on a video circulating online incorrectly asserting that man in Wuhan, China, was sanitizing his apartment with alcohol when the air conditioner came on and caused an explosion and fire. The fire captured on video was the result of a cigarette that was improperly put out on a comforter. The comforter then ignited and was placed on a balcony where nearby debris caught fire in Chongqing, China, a city hundreds of miles away from Wuhan. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Mass. now has 12,500 coronavirus cases, 231 deaths March 30, 2020 | 8:26 AM

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

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.

Here are the city's temporary parking enforcement updates March 26, 2020 | 6:29 PM

Kat Powers wearing a mask she made incase she gets called to go for a coronavirus test before her quarantine is over.

BATTLING COVID-19

‘This is what you’re in for’ March 25, 2020 | 12:02 PM

Souk and mushroom hummus bowls at Cafe Landwer

What Gov. Baker's latest order means for restaurants March 23, 2020 | 12:02 PM

Cambridge, MA - 3/15/20 - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker holds a press conference in the State House over new regulations to combat the spread of COVID-19. Gov. Baker urged residents to stay home and limited social gatherings to 25 people, down from 250. (Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe)

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COVID-19 CLOSURES

Read: Here’s the emergency order requiring the closure of nonessential businesses in Mass. March 23, 2020 | 11:41 AM

Mass. officials report state's second coronavirus-related death March 22, 2020 | 7:37 AM

Cambridge, MA - 3/15/20 - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker holds a press conference in the State House over new regulations to combat the spread of COVID-19. Gov. Baker urged residents to stay home and limited social gatherings to 25 people, down from 250. (Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe)

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Watch: Governor Baker's coronavirus update for Saturday, March 21 March 21, 2020 | 2:18 PM

Bully Boy Tasting Room

Local distilleries have started using their production facilities to make hand sanitizer March 20, 2020 | 3:24 PM

Whole Foods

These supermarkets now have special hours for 'at-risk' shoppers March 18, 2020 | 4:56 PM

groceries

What to know about buying groceries online March 17, 2020 | 11:04 AM

10/08/2013 READVILLE, MA Buses sat unused as school bus drivers refused to work and stood outside the Readville bus yard in protest. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

SCHOOL CLOSURES

Read: Mass. Teachers Association demands closure of all schools over COVID-19 March 14, 2020 | 9:10 AM

Greater Boston Food Bank

Here's the best way to support the Greater Boston Food Bank March 13, 2020 | 4:33 PM

Bean and cheese tacos, salsa, salad, fruit, rice and corn fill a lunch tray at Fayston Elementary in Fayston, Vermont. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Oliver Parini for The Washington Post.

Public school students can pick up free breakfast and lunch while schools are closed March 13, 2020 | 10:04 AM

Five new cases of coronavirus reported, bringing Mass. total to 13 March 7, 2020 | 1:53 PM

Winds cause trees to topple in Chelmsford, injuring 2 men and a dog February 28, 2020 | 1:52 PM