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In his Tuesday afternoon briefing with the coronavirus task force, President Trump couched earlier comments about the need to reopen the U.S. economy within weeks, emphasizing that the decision would ultimately be data driven and made in consultation with public health experts

Across the country, employees have been told to work from home in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus. However, people who work outside of the traditional office setting often don’t have that option.

On Today's 21st: We talked about how the coronavirus has impacted some of the industries that rely on people being able to leave their houses, like restaurants and music venues.

The White House is scheduled to convene another update about the coronavirus disaster on Monday afternoon as officials across the country struggle to keep pace with the spiraling outbreak.

As we continue to navigate coronavirus and everything that goes along with it, it’s easy to feel like things are out of our control. But, there are little things we can do to help us feel like we’re getting back some of that control including helping our communities.