In this Sunday, March 22, 2020 photo, missionaries returning from the Philippines exit the Salt Lake City International Airport. Sen. Mitt Romney and Utah state leaders are criticizing a large gathering of family and friends who went to the airport to welcome the missionaries home when people are supposed to be keeping their distance from one another to prevent more spread of the coronavirus. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
March 23, 2020
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Mormons chided for airport welcoming of missionaries
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hours after hundreds of people welcoming missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints crowded together in an airport parking garage, authorities Monday announced new rules to prevent it from happening again during the coronavirus crisis.