Approximately 13,500 Americans abroad have contacted the State Dept. for help in getting back to the US since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, senior State Dept. official says.https://nbcnews.to/3bm1Y6Z
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President Trump says Americans must “totally protect our Asian American community…the spreading of the virus is not their fault in any way shape or form.”pic.twitter.com/QqiA6hZY4P
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NEW: Hoping to stem the toll of the state’s surging coronavirus outbreak, New York health officials plan to begin collecting plasma from people who have recovered and injecting the antibody-rich fluid into patients still fighting the virus.https://nbcnews.to/39b6iEr
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During briefing, President Trump walks away from Dr. Birx after she says she had a low-grade fever over the weekend. Birx, who later tested negative for COVID-19, says it was her "personal responsibility" to be absent from task force briefings.pic.twitter.com/odHPEgqzIF
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President Trump announces the October 1 deadline to comply with the federal REAL ID program is postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus.https://nbcnews.to/3bnTfB0
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From fashion brands to automakers to Silicon Valley tech firms, big business is stepping up to help fight the spread of the coronavirus in ways that are starting to resemble the World War II effort.https://nbcnews.to/2UzwQtZ
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President Trump calls on Americans to “protect our Asian American community” hours after referring to COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus.”https://nbcnews.to/3dn0Qlj
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An 88-year-old Holocaust survivor who hid from the Nazis in a basement in Hungary as a boy and later served as an Israeli diplomat is the first person in Israel to die from the coronavirus.https://nbcnews.to/2UeiArr
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Fact check: President Trump claims 'normal life will return soon.' Doctors and scientists caution otherwise.https://nbcnews.to/2WHsH9V
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Texas ordered a halt on surgical abortion procedures because of the growing coronavirus epidemic, 2 days after officials in Ohio issued a similar order.https://nbcnews.to/2J9wiWf
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Team USA's Olympic and Paralympic Committee released a statement urging the International Olympic Committee to postpone the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo.https://nbcnews.to/2QH1Ua2
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Washington has joined other states in issuing a "stay home" order that urges residents to shelter in place.https://nbcnews.to/3aeVwhZ
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice issued a statewide stay-at-home order aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19, telling residents the disease is “really serious stuff.”https://nbcnews.to/39cUj9I
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President Trump signed an executive order making it a crime to excessively stockpile personal protective equipment needed by medical personnel fighting the coronavirus pandemic.https://nbcnews.to/2xgNxlU
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Hawaii and Alaska ordered businesses shuttered and told residents to stay home, becoming the latest states to implement sweeping measures in an attempt to limit the spread of coronavirus.https://nbcnews.to/3adKh9n
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The federal government delayed upcoming hearings for asylum-seekers who have been detained and are awaiting U.S. court proceedings in Mexico.https://nbcnews.to/2xfRwz7
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Hospitals across the country are limiting visitors and the number of people who can be in a room with a woman while she gives birth.https://nbcnews.to/33H7cr8
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