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In New York, the epicenter of the US outbreak, Mayor Bill de Blasio urged residents to cover their faces when outside.
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty ImagesThe CDC now recommends Americans cover their nose and mouth when they leave their home, but to save medical masks for healthcare workers. And as deaths from the coronavirus climb, some states have yet to declare a stay-at-home order.
Plus the groups racing to produce a vaccine for COVID-19.
And some physicians say racial and economic disparities are emerging in the testing and treatment of the virus.
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This episode was produced by Anne Li, Gabriela Saldivia, and Brent Baughman, and edited by Beth Donovan.
