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Virus Outbreak New York

A street in New York's Chinatown is empty on March 28, 2020, the result of citywide restrictions calling for people to stay indoors and maintain social distancing in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

President Donald Trump says he is considering a quarantine affecting residents of the state and neighboring New Jersey and Connecticut amid the coronavirus outbreak, but New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that roping off states would amount to "a federal declaration of war."

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