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Restaurants are reeling from city- and state-wide initiatives that shut down many dining rooms. Small and independently owned restaurants are facing uncertainty.

Fintech companies have been pushing to be included in the Paycheck Protection Program, saying their tech-focused approach allows them to distribute emergency funds faster than banks.

New York state is the epicenter of the outbreak in the country and has reported more cases than Italy, Spain, France and Germany.

Talks for the aid have blown past a Monday deadline to disburse up to $32 billion in grants to airlines and contractors to weather coronavirus.

COVID-19 has infected more than 1,650,200 people around the world as of Friday, killing at least 100,376 people.

Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday that the United States is expected to have an antibody test "very soon" that will determine whether somebody has been exposed to the coronavirus.

Fatalities worldwide crossed 100,000 on Friday, the latest data from Johns Hopkins University showed.

UnitedHealth Group was hired to help process and expedite the initial $30 billion tranche of payments.

Trump said early estimates indicated the U.S. would see 100,000 to 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus and up to 2.2 million if the U.S. didn't take any action.

Amid the financial fallour from the coronavirus pandemic, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is working to institute a rent freeze for over 2 million New Yorkers.

On April 9th, cities across the United States illuminated their cities' stadiums and landmarks in blue in support of the health-care workers and first responders as they continue to combat the coronavirus.

Lifting stay-at-home orders too soon could lead to a "deadly resurgence" and there's been an "alarming acceleration" of cases in other countries, WHO officials said.

Handbag maker Caraa is one of dozens of retailers, including Nike and Canada Goose, that have retooled machinery to make personal protective equipment like masks and gowns for health-care workers to defend against the coronavirus.

Black people make up about 14% of Michigan's population, but 40% of all COVID-19 deaths — most of which are in the Detroit metro area.

New York saw more than 700 deaths from Covid-19 on Thursday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

A New Jersey company allegedly tried to sell $45 million of respirator masks at inflated prices.

The U.K. government has urged everyone to stay at home over the Easter weekend.

New York state has more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country outside of the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

No decision has been reached yet but the final reduction would likely include voluntary layoffs, early retirements, natural attrition and potentially mandatory layoffs.

Today is the first day independent contractors and self-employed individuals can apply for the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program.