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'New normal': distancing, masks likely needed for months

by Associated Press
| April 16, 2020 12:03 AM

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Even once the broad restrictions currently in place in Washington state in response to the coronavirus are lifted, health officials said Tuesday that for months to come the “new normal” will continue to look a lot like daily life does now: teleworking, physical distancing and use of masks in public.

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