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Face masks
Retailers are requiring customers to wear masks. Who should enforce it?
Jul 27, 2020
Some confrontations with customers have turned ugly.
Local governments and companies encourage masks in absence of federal policy
Jul 13, 2020
New York, California and Oregon have put out public service ads to get people to wear masks.
How one artist expanded her role during the pandemic and protests
Jul 6, 2020
Multimedia artist Atiya Jones says she makes art about “small, accumulative actions.” But the form of that art has changed during COVID-19.
How are mask-wearing policies changing as U.S. COVID-19 cases spike?
Jun 30, 2020
Businesses of all kinds are facing pretty much the same mess of overlapping federal, state and local guidelines.
The new workflow for plumbers means turning some jobs down
by
Alli Fam
May 20, 2020
The owner of a plumbing company won't serve clients who are ill, and both plumbers and clients must wear face masks.
How to choose a cloth face mask (and avoid the long wait for it)
May 15, 2020
It can be hard to know what you’re getting, whether it will be effective, and whether it will arrive at all.
What role should employees play in enforcing social distancing rules?
May 15, 2020
Employees may face tense situations with some customers.
For public good, not for profit.
China COVID-19 shut-in tunes in to the world via radio
by
Jennifer Pak
Mar 9, 2020
Our Shanghai correspondent, forced to stay home like so many others, shares what she's hearing about the virus on the airwaves.
China back to work, not back to normal
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Jennifer Pak
Feb 10, 2020
China is officially back at work but most enterprises not essential to containing the new coronavirus aren't up and running just yet.
Shanghai and coronavirus: living in a ghost town
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Jennifer Pak
Feb 4, 2020
Our China correspondent takes us on a tour of the usually bustling financial center, where fears and precautions have made it eerily quiet. You can even hear the birds sing.