Ten People Max, Primaries Postponed & St. Patrick's Day- Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 17 March 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Tuesday, March 17th, 2020!
What to know about another set of new guidelines and mandates, some telling Americans to shelter in place. Why our day-to-day lives are being impacted by COVID-19, and how long it might last.
Plus: tech giants fight fraud, 'help wanted' at Amazon, and a unique St. Patrick's Day.
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Bay Area Mandatory Lockdown: SF Chronicle, SF Gate
PA Businesses Shut Down: WTXF, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Trump's New Coronavirus Guidance: WhiteHouse.gov, CBS News, USA Today
U.S. Death Toll/COVID-19 Cases: NBC News, Johns Hopkins, NYT, ScienceMag
National Guard Mobilized: Business Insider
Coronavirus Economic Fallout: AP, WaPo, Politico, CNN, CNBC
More European Countries on Lockdown: Al Jazeera, CNN
Canada Closing Border: Bloomberg, BBC
Tuesday Primaries: WaPo, Fox News
Biden wins Washington: AP, The Hill
Supreme Court Postponed: NBC News, CNN
Fake Texts & Misinformation Crackdown: NBC News, Bloomberg
Amazon Hiring: TechCrunch, WSJ, CNBC
Celebrities with COVID-19: LA Times, NBC News
Sporting Events Postponed: CBS Sports, Fox Sports, NYT
Animals Streaming: CNN, Chicago Tribune, Daily Hive
Recently-Released Movies Streaming: The Verge, USA Today
St. Patrick's Day: History, Insider, Fox News, Irish Recipes, Ways to Celebrate at Home
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, March 17th. |
| 0:02.1 | What to know today about another new set of guidelines and mandates, |
| 0:05.5 | some telling Americans to shelter in place, |
| 0:07.8 | why our day-to-day lives are being impacted by COVID-19 |
| 0:10.8 | and how long it might last. |
| 0:12.2 | And what else is postponed now, |
| 0:13.7 | including more presidential primaries? |
| 0:15.7 | Plus, tech giants fight fraud, help wanted at Amazon, |
| 0:19.1 | and a unique St. Patrick's Day. |
| 0:25.0 | Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:27.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:31.0 | Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:35.0 | There's been a noticeable shift in the world this week as people work together to stop the spread of COVID-19. |
| 0:43.6 | First in the San Francisco Bay Area, nearly 7 million people were told to go home |
| 0:47.8 | and stay there for at least three weeks if they aren't providing essential services. |
| 0:51.9 | That mandatory order to shelter in place started at midnight. |
| 0:56.0 | In Pennsylvania, the governor ordered all businesses shut down, |
| 0:58.8 | with only a few exceptions like grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations, |
| 1:02.3 | and of course, doctors offices. |
| 1:04.2 | Nationwide, the Trump administration |
| 1:06.0 | issued the strictest guidelines yet saying, |
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