This briefing has ended. Follow our latest coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what you need to know: Top health officials are quarantining after being exposed. Tracking the high coronavirus toll in U.S. nursing homes. Trump is losing ground with seniors when it comes to his handling of the virus. …
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NAIROBI, Kenya — When Valentine Ochogo arrived home in Kenya after being laid off from her job at a hot-air balloon business in Dubai, she was put in quarantine in a university dormitory with other travelers — one step in the government’s aggressive, often-lauded campaign to prevent the spread of …
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I make a decent focaccia now, but a few years ago I was terrible. Actually, I was God-awful—couldn’t pay anyone to eat that mealy cardboard. The problem was I hadn’t figured out my “rhythm,” which is a thing you have to nail down in bread making. After a while I …
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Long ago, my man and I agreed to do what’s called “Living Apart Together,” or LAT. Even if we ever marry, I intend to keep my pad in Manhattan and spend a couple nights there alone every week. During this global tragedy, however, we are, by necessity, now living together …
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Stay home unless you must see a doctor. No trips to the office or school, no shopping. If you must come out of your room, wear a mask. And don’t share towels. If you are among the thousands of Americans now self-quarantined because of possible infection with the coronavirus, these …
Read More »Photo by gpointstudio / Shutterstock.com With the coronavirous marching across the globe, more people will face a 14-day self quarantine. This could mean being prepared to not leave your house for a full two weeks. You’ll need enough food for that entire time. If you’ve never had to plan out …
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Yardley Wong, captive on the Japanese cruise ship grappling with the coronavirus, captured in a single image the essence of life under quarantine. From inside her tiny cabin, Ms. Wong took a picture of the closed doorway. She posted it to Twitter last week. “So much wondering through this door,” …
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