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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, Annette Chambers-Smith, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, poses outside her office in Columbus, Ohio. An Ohio prison employee tested positive for the coronavirus, the state reported Sunday night, March 29, 2020, marking the first such occurrence in Ohio at a time of growing national fears about the impact of the virus in crowded jails and prisons. Systemwide, the prisons department is now allowing alcohol-based hand sanitizer and limiting prison access to employees and necessary contractors who undergo health screens, said agency Director Annette Chambers-Smith. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins,File)

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, Annette Chambers-Smith, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, poses outside her office in Columbus, Ohio. An Ohio prison employee tested positive for the coronavirus, the state reported Sunday night, March 29, 2020, marking the first such occurrence in Ohio at a time of growing national fears about the impact of the virus in crowded jails and prisons. Systemwide, the prisons department is now allowing alc…

March 30, 2020

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Ohio school closure extended; FDA OKs mask-sanitizing system
March 30, 2020 8:39 p.m.

Ohio school closure extended; FDA OKs mask-sanitizing system

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday extended the Ohio schools' shutdown order until May 1 to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, while a federal judge said a state ban on elective surgery was unconstitutional if it prevented abortions from being carried out.