“I don’t know if these kids are carriers, (but) I can’t risk losing my mom,” said Bouska, 52, of Naperville, Illinois. Some veterans cemeteries in the U.S. have stopped holding memorial services altogether, after first telling older veterans to stay away. Marshall Hatch, a minister in Chicago, decided to stop presiding over funerals after a service at his church attracted 400 people. At Bill Simpson Jr.'s funeral home in Sheridan, Michigan, mourners can sign online guest books and watch services that are livestreamed. ———The Associated Press receives support for health and science coverage from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education.

Source: ABC News March 23, 2020 03:45 UTC