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New York Put Recovering Virus Patients in Hotels. Soon, 4 Were Dead.
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Jobless Numbers Are 'Eye-Watering' but Understate the Crisis

Jobless Numbers Are 'Eye-Watering' but Understate the Crisis

By PATRICIA COHEN

With 4.4 million added last week, the five-week total passed 26 million. The struggle by states to field claims has hampered economic recovery.

New York Put Recovering Virus Patients in Hotels. Soon, 4 Were Dead.

New York Put Recovering Virus Patients in Hotels. Soon, 4 Were Dead.

By ASHLEY SOUTHALL and NIKITA STEWART

The deaths revealed lapses in the monitoring of people sent to isolation, a critical part of the city's efforts to slow the outbreak.

1 in 5 New Yorkers May Have Had Covid-19, Antibody Tests Suggest

1 in 5 New Yorkers May Have Had Covid-19, Antibody Tests Suggest

By J. DAVID GOODMAN and MICHAEL ROTHFELD

Accurate antibody testing is a critical tool to determine if the pandemic has slowed enough to begin restarting the economy.

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