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Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 126 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.

Today's main story, standing six feet apart in public, has become COVID gospel.

But where did that number come from? And how far is really far enough. But first,

here's what happened in virus news today.

U.S. hospitals have been ordered to stop sending COVID-19 related data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Instead, they will now send numbers they tally of ICU beds, ventilators, and more to a centralized health and human services database that will not be available to the public.

The government says the change will improve tracking, but experts fear this will politicize the data and obscure what's really happening with the

disease. Walmart is going to require customers to wear masks in all of its U.S. stores to protect

against the coronavirus, starting July 20th. Walmart's decision follows similar moves by Costco, Starbucks, and Best Buy.

Also today, the National Retail Federation, the country's main industry trade group,

called on retailers to set nationwide mask policies.

The NRF said in a statement that shopping in stores is a privilege, not a right.

Finally, Tokyo raised its alert level for coronavirus to the highest on a four-point scale.

The city reported 165 coronavirus cases on Wednesday.

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