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O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Pastor Joshua Manning is waiting for test results, but he can tell by the persistent fever and body aches that he probably has the coronavirus. His wife and three kids have symptoms, too, and so many members of his Community Baptist Church in tiny Noel, Missouri, are infected that he’s closing…

All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesPhakola retired to Gabaza, an isolated hamlet 500km north of Johannesburg, after decades of back-breaking factory work.Life has tested him sufficiently not to be phased by the spectacle or the thought of catching the coronavirus.He continued to soak up the sun, perched on a plastic chair in a faded…

ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it was hard to tell that coronavirus restrictions were ending in the tiny Montana town of Roundup. That’s because it’s largely business as usual in the town of 1,800 people. Nonessential stores could reopen as a statewide shutdown ended this week,…

Rural hospitals in Oregon using rapid coronavirus test with results in minutes - KATU

Posted: Tue 7:40 PM, Apr 21, 2020 LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - As cases continue to rise throughout Nebraska, UNMC expects rural communities to be the 'epicenter' for increasing COVID-19 cases. UNMC associate professor Angela Hewlett said people in rural communities live socially distant, but work in crowded environments. UNMC expects rural communities to be at…