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Covid-19: what you need to know today

On Wednesday, New York City decided to close its public schools beginning Thursday after the city achieved a positivity rate (seven-day average) of 3%. This is one of the lowest bars in the US, but given New York’s debilitating first brush with the pandemic in March and April, perhaps it …

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‘Response to coronavirus crisis has been anemic, spotty’: Barack Obama slams Donald Trump’s handling of pandemic in leaked call

[ad_1] Washington: Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic” in a conference call with former members of his administration, a source said on Saturday. Obama has largely kept out of the fray even as Trump has blamed him and his Democratic administration …

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