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FILE - In this Friday, March 13, 2020, file photo, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at a COVID-19 coronavirus infection testing facility at Glen Island Park in New Rochelle, N.Y. Unlike other countries dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. has left much of the response to its individual states. The response has been chaotic and led to concerns that the country has missed its golden hour to contain the virus. Now some of them, led by Cuomo, are calling for the federal government to take a more forceful and coordinated response before it's too late. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

FILE - In this Friday, March 13, 2020, file photo, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at a COVID-19 coronavirus infection testing facility at Glen Island Park in New Rochelle, N.Y. Unlike other countries dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. has left much of the response to its individual states. The response has been chaotic and led to concerns that the country has missed its golden hour to contain the virus. Now some of them, led by Cu…

March 16, 2020

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US governors expand shut downs amid coronavirus concerns
March 16, 2020 9:58 p.m.

US governors expand shut downs amid coronavirus concerns

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A growing number of governors ordered a partial shut down of their state economies Monday to limit the spread of the coronavirus, mandating that certain retailers cutoff sales, restaurants kick out diners and fitness centers close their doors.