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Some of the latest #Covid19 updates from the publications, journalists, and experts Undark is following. Friday, Mar. 20, 2020, 1:30 p.m. (EDT). 🧵
The White House coronavirus task force said that U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada would be closed to nonessential travel beginning at midnight on Saturday. (From @nytimes) (1/8)

nytimes.com/2020/03/20/wor…
Schools affected by the pandemic can cancel standardized tests says U.S. Dept. of Education. And those with federal student loans will have interest waived and can suspend payment for 60 days. (Press releases from @usedgov) bit.ly/33wGNMS bit.ly/2vzgKrE (2/8)
A top priority for many research teams: Estimating the proportion of people who've been infected with SARS-CoV-2 but have mild or no symptoms. (By @janeqiuchina for @NatureNews) (3/8)

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In a drastic step to combat the pandemic, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered all non-essential workers to stay home and remain indoors as much as possible, and implemented a 90-day moratorium on evictions. (Tweet from @NYGovCuomo) (4/8)

Outside experts caution that the at-home tests are a piecemeal solution to the country’s failure to test early and widely for #Covid19. The U.S. lags behind every other country with a high proportion of confirmed cases. (By @erbrod for @statnews) (5/8)

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If there’s a silver lining of the pandemic, people said, this was it—animals were bouncing back, running free in a human-less world. But it wasn’t real. (By @natashaldaly for @NatGeo) (6/8)

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More than half of U.S. counties have no intensive care beds, posing a particular danger during the pandemic. (By @fredschulte, @eklucas, @JordanRau, @LizSzabo & @JayHancock1 for @khnews) (7/8)

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Federal law says school systems must give students with disabilities an appropriate education. But some districts, unable to offer online learning to everyone, opt not to offer it at all. (By @laurameckler & @valeriestrauss for @washingtonpost) (8/8)

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