Mass protests over police brutality have shuttered coronavirus testing sites, complicated efforts to track people who have been exposed and set off fears among local officials that the unrest could spark fresh waves of virus infection
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after attending a White House meeting on the protests. Adams, among the few high-ranking African American health officials in the Trump administration, saidThose concerns were palpable in hard-hit New York, where a few private testing sites New York City's health department was among several that tweeted out advice to protesters to protect themselves and each other from the virus, includingPolice advance on protesters in Washington, D.C. | M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO
The state’s public labs were evacuated on Friday and effectively shut down due to safety concerns, but officials say they resumed testing Monday.
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