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School Resource Officer Donald Lee hands a cell phone back to a student who was calling for her ride after school was adjourned at the Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School for Science and Technology in New Orleans, Friday, March 13, 2020. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday closed K-12 public schools across the state for roughly a month and banned gatherings of more than 250 people in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

School Resource Officer Donald Lee hands a cell phone back to a student who was calling for her ride after school was adjourned at the Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School for Science and Technology in New Orleans, Friday, March 13, 2020. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday closed K-12 public schools across the state for roughly a month and banned gatherings of more than 250 people in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.For most people, the new coro…

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Governor closes schools, delays primary due to coronavirus
March 13, 2020 8:08 p.m.

Governor closes schools, delays primary due to coronavirus

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's governor on Friday closed K-12 public schools across the state for roughly a month, postponed the presidential primary until June and banned gatherings of more than 250 people, in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.