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How Europe is weathering the crisis, from the U.K. to Hungary. The federal government’s internal debate over whether to tell all Americans to cover their faces in public, from health reporter Lena Sun. And the linen company that’s making medical masks, from reporter Arelis R. Hernández.Read more:Europe is deeply in crisis, or preparing for the worst,Memos from the CDC to the White House lay out the rationale for possible widespread use of face coverings.Cruise ships canceled orders. Then hotels. Now, a linen company is making medical masks.Follow The Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic here. Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

What coronavirus means for crowded prisons, from reporter Kimberly Kindy. The tension in a community that’s dealing with a deadly outbreak but reluctant to shut down its economy, from Cleve Wootson. And, how the virus is separating extended families, from Caitlin Gibson.Read more:Amid fears that the coronavirus will be particularly deadly in the crowded prisons and jails, counties and states are releasing thousands of inmates.A pro-Trump community in Florida, hit early by virus, sits at emotional nexus of national debate over reopening economy amid health crisisKids are coronavirus carriers. Their grandparents are their caretakers, and they’re vulnerable.Follow The Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic here. Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

White House economics reporter Jeff Stein explains how corporations are benefiting from the stimulus package. And Hannah Dreier on why “sheltering in place” isn’t really an option for people who are homeless.Read more:What’s in the Senate’s $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package?For the homeless, coronavirus is a new menace in a perilous life.Follow The Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic here. Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

School closures are a big deal for kids and parents, says education reporter Moriah Balingit. How the shift to online learning has exposed America’s deep digital divide from Tony Romm. And an audio diary of working from home with kids, from Alexis Diao.Read more:The unintended consequences of closing schools.The move to online learning is exposing Internet-access inequality among kids in the U.S.Online learning has a curve.Post Reports producer Alexis Diao keeps a diary of working from home with kids. Here are tips for working from home and keeping your sanity.Follow the Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic here. Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

Many Americans will receive a check during the pandemic –– but how much, and when? Heather Long explains the federal relief package. Emily Heil checks in with laid-off restaurant workers. And, Abha Bhattarai on those who can’t afford to stock up.Read more:Who’s set to receive a check from the government during the pandemic? Find out here.Laid-off restaurant industry workers are trying to find a way to live during this pandemic.Imagine a 69-year-old woman unable to buy the groceries she needs during the outbreak. She’s not alone.Follow the Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic here. Do you qualify for a stimulus check? Find out with this calculator.Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

Cruise ships continued to sail as the coronavirus spread. Beth Reinhard explains why. Michael Scherer reports on the awkwardness of campaigning during a pandemic. And Simon Denyer on how Japan is handling covid-19.Read more: Cruises didn’t stop operations until it was too late. Health experts are asking why.How do you campaign for president during a pandemic?Japan is handling the coronavirus in its own way. Here’s what that looks like.Follow the Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic here. Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

Brady Dennis reports on the growing number of cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States. Sarah Kaplan explains the science of why this virus is so dangerous. And, Rick Maese on the Tokyo Olympics, now postponed until 2021. Read more:‘It’s going to get bad’: As outbreak surges, nation faces tough start to a grim week.The science behind what makes this coronavirus so sneaky, deadly and difficult to defeat.The 2020 Olympics will be postponed. We talked to athletes about how they’re feeling.Follow the Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic here. Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

Shane Harris on what U.S. officials knew about the global threat of the novel coronavirus, and when they knew it. Chris Mooney on why the coronavirus is killing more men. And, Dan Zak reflects on our shifting sense of time and space during the pandemic.Read more:U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic. Why was the government so slow to respond?The coronavirus is killing far more men than women. Epidemiologists are trying to figure out why.Coronavirus is a test that no one knows how to pass.Follow the Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus here.Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

William Wan on how the novel coronavirus will radically alter the United States. Maura Judkis on social distancing with roommates. Plus, Julie Zauzmer’s dispatch from churches deciding what’s more important: fellowship and prayer, or public health?Read more:Here’s what may lie ahead based on math models, hospital projections and past pandemicsWhose bedroom becomes the infirmary? Group-house living just got a whole lot trickier.Without guidance from the top, Americans have been left to figure out their own coronavirus solutions - including whether or not to hold church services.Follow the Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus here.Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

Phil Rucker on how Republicans are throwing out the political playbook by supporting a massive bailout for the economy. Chris Rowland on the search for a treatment for the coronavirus. And Min Joo Kim reports on how South Korea got testing right.Read more:Trump’s $1 trillion stimulus package composed of bailouts and personal checks is gaining support from Republicans, a tactic the party has traditionally opposed.As scientists race to find a treatment for the novel coronavirus, they’re looking at experimental drugs from past outbreaks.How South Korea got testing right. Follow the Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus here. Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer