A temporary field hospital was set up at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans to prepare to start accepting thousands of coronavirus patients. Louisiana Health Department Nursing Staff wait to check IDs and take temperatures of people wishing to enter. CLAIRE BANGSER/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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The Paycheck Protection Program was created to help small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. But the program got off to a rocky start, with some businesses having trouble applying for and getting the money.
In Louisiana, an alarming number of black people are dying from COVID-19.
Plus, how the coronavirus affects animals and what you can do to protect your pets.
Derek Thompson’s article in The Atlantic ‘The Four Rules of Pandemic Economics.’
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This episode was produced by Anne Li, Gabriela Saldivia, and Brent Baughman, and edited by Beth Donovan.
