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Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY

| April 2, 2020 6:27 AM

The coronavirus outbreak has triggered a stunning collapse in the U.S. workforce, with 10 million people losing their jobs in the past two weeks. Meanwhile, the number of confirmed infections worldwide has hit 1 million, with more than 50,000 deaths, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. Around the world, the economic damage from the crisis is piling up. And the competition for scarce ventilators, masks and other protective gear is fierce.

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