New York, the hardest-hit state, reported that for the first time in a week, deaths had fallen slightly from the day before. "This is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans' lives, quite frankly. Adams, the surgeon general, said governors who had not issued month-long stay-at-home orders should at least consider one for the upcoming week. CHURCH BUSES IN PARISHIONERSA few churches were holding large gatherings on Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week in Christian churches. Washington is returning over 400 of the machines to the Strategic National Stockpile for hard-hit states like New York.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 06, 2020 01:07 UTC