Custodians Steven Bassett, left, and Cathy Rego clean chairs inside a first grade classroom at Eureka Elementary school as the Rockwood School District begins a weeklong break on Friday, March 13, 2020. Custodians started deep cleaning the first of 33 buildings using mist sprayers and disinfectant to fight the spread of the coronavirus. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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March 13, 2020 8:36 p.m.
Missouri governor declares emergency, notes 2 new cases
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday declared a state of emergency in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus and announced the state has two more presumptive positive cases, bringing the total to four.