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| The economic damage from the coronavirus crisis piled up as a record 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits, and the competition for masks and other protective gear intensified amid growing evidence that people who are infected but have no symptoms can spread the virus. Millions of small business owners will be turning to the government, seeking help for the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus outbreak. New data shows that the coronavirus pandemic is hitting especially hard in New York City neighborhoods that tend to be poorer and might be more likely to have many people living under one roof. Nine leading European university hospitals are warning they will run out of essential medicines needed for COVID-19 patients in intensive care in less than two weeks as they are increasingly crushed by the pandemic. The Trump administration says it’s distributing about $3 billion in the first round of coronavirus aid to help the homeless find emergency shelter and communities expand testing and treatment. Nursing homes across the U.S. have been in lockdown for weeks under federal orders to protect their residents from coronavirus. But a wave of deadly outbreaks since suggests the measures either came too late or were not rigorous enough. |
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