State and federal officials say food poses no threat for transmitting the coronavirus, but Central Coast growers are taking steps to protect their workers from contracting the disease from each other as planting and harvesting continues.
Californians endured a weekend of stepped-up restrictions aimed at keeping them home as much as possible while hospitals and health officials scrambled Sunday to ready themselves for a week that could see the feared dramatic surge in coronavirus cases.
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
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