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Governors, Mayors in US Urge Floyd Protesters to Get COVID Tests

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   Authorities across the country are urging protesters against the death
   of George Floyd to get COVID-19 tests after more than a week of street
   marches and close contact with each other.

   "Get a test. Get a test," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says, adding
   that the state is opening 15 new testing sites and telling people not
   to take any chances.

   "I would act as if you were exposed, and I would tell people you are
   interacting with, assume I am positive for the virus," Cuomo said.

   Similar calls for testing have come from state and city leaders in
   Atlanta, San Francisco, and Seattle.

   As many as 400,000 people are expected to return to their jobs in New
   York Monday as the country's largest city begins its first phase of
   reopening. Many will be packing the subway for the first time in nearly
   three months.

   Construction workers and those with jobs in factories, wholesale
   houses, and some retailers will be returning to work. Stores are
   offering curbside pickup only.

   But the city's thousands of restaurants will remain closed at least
   through the rest of the month.

   While New York City officials appear confident enough to start to
   reopen, the Florida Department of Health announced another 1,180 new
   coronavirus cases Sunday -- saying this is the fifth straight day the
   number of new cases exceeds 1,000.

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