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Coronavirus: New York Creates 'Containment Area' Around Cluster In New Rochelle

The governor is calling on the National Guard to help maintain the containment area, by delivering food and helping to clean public spaces.
- Bill Chappell
Coronavirus: Sacramento County Gives Up On Automatic 14-Day Quarantines

The California county includes the hospital that treated the first known U.S. case of community spread of COVID-19, which went undiagnosed for days because of problems with the U.S. testing program.
- Bill Chappell
How A South Korean City Is Changing Tactics To Tamp Down Its COVID-19 Surge

Daegu, the center of South Korea's coronavirus outbreak, tries to figure out an effective way to tackle disease.
- Anthony Kuhn
Is The Economy Coming Down With Something?

Planet Money's roundup of a crazy few days in economic news.
- Bryant Urstadt
Coronavirus Meets Election 2020: Rallies, Polling Places Under Scrutiny

As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to climb, election officials and candidates are weighing how to make sure the political process doesn't become the next casualty of the virus.
- Brett Neely
Seattle Now: Testing 123

We're slowly getting a better picture of the coronavirus outbreak here, thanks to increased testing. We'll hear from a virologist at the University of Washington whose lab is working around the clock to test hundreds of suspected cases, and says they could be doing even more.
- Patricia Murphy
Uber and Lyft drivers struggle to stay safe from coronavirus

This week rideshare drivers plan to meet with Uber and King County Health officials to hammer out a coronavirus safety plan. Full time drivers can easily carry 15 to 20 passengers a day. Many of their customers come straight from the airport. Drivers have a lot of questions about how to stay safe.
- Joshua McNichols
Fauci Helps To Spread The Word Of U.S. Response To Coronavirus

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the United States.
U.S. Forces In South Korea And Italy Are Told To Stay Put As Coronavirus Spreads

There are some 45,000 Americans working at U.S. military installations in South Korea and Italy. Both nations have major coronavirus outbreaks and travel to and from them is being restricted.
- David Welna
The Bomb That Didn't Explode: Why Our Fears About Population Growth Didn't Come True

We know that we live in an ever-changing world, but one thing we often overlook is demographic change. Whether the world's population is growing or shrinking can affect many aspects of our lives, from the number of kids we have to the likelihood that we'll live to old age. This week on Hidden Brain, we explore how our planet's population is changing, and what that means for us in the century to come.
- Shankar Vedantam

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