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Americans announce a national emergency

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CNN – In many neighborhoods, grocery shelves will be empty. International travel is now heavily restricted. Some church services may be canceled or live streamed this weekend. There won’t be NBA, golf or soccer games to watchBroadway shows have halted too. And in many states, mass gatherings are outright banned.

All but one state have reported positive tests, with more than 2,200 cases across America. At least 49 people have died: 37 in Washington state, which now reports at least 568 cases; five in California, two in Florida, one in Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey and South Dakota.
Earlier this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) labeled the virus a pandemic, with global cases now topping 142,000.

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