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• Watch live: Utah governor asks Utahns to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus

  27-03-2020 23:54
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Gov. Gary Herbert asked Utahns Friday to immediately begin staying home to slow the spread of the coronavirus.“I recognize we’re asking you to do some things that are uncomfortable, that are disruptive,” Herbert s
  
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• Watch live: Utah governor to issue new guidance on slowing the spread of the coronavirus

  27-03-2020 23:13
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Gov. Gary Herbert is expected to provide new guidance at a news conference Friday afternoon on how Utahns can slow the spread of the coronavirus.The announcement comes as Utah’s total confirmed cases of COVID-19 have risen to
  
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• Nicole Dicou: Time to rally around Utah’s breweries to keep them afloat

  27-03-2020 23:00
  
  If you love cracking open a local lager that’s been brewed with an artisan’s touch, Utah is a pretty great place to live. Especially recently. Today our state is home to more than 30 craft breweries. Amazing, right? Now consider this: Two-thirds of them opened in the last five years alone. Even if you’re not a beer fan yourself — just a Utahn who wants to see our economy thrive — you can likely appreciate this surging industry.Dreams, life savings, sweat — the
  
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• $2 trillion in relief coming to an America infected by coronavirus. Here’s how Utah’s members of Congress responded.

  27-03-2020 22:58
  
  Washington • To expand resources to hospitals and health workers, lend a hand to small businesses, boost struggling corporations and flood the economy with cash, Rep. John Curtis remained seated.The Utah Republican joined scores of his House colleagues on Friday to make their vote count in passing the largest piece of economic stimulus in U.S. history. And they did so by refusing to stand, derailing an effort by one colleague that could have delayed, or possibly doomed, a $2 trillion relief
  
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• [Sporting News] - Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, rest of Jazz cleared after coronavirus quarantine

  27-03-2020 22:37 via sportspyder.com
  
  Jazz players and staff have been cleared by medical personnel after observing 14-day periods of self-isolation.
  
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• Some who live around Zion National Park are rooting for it to close due to coronavirus

  27-03-2020 22:37
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Zion National Park is the biggest attraction in southwestern Utah, and Lori and Tim Sherbeck don’t want anyone to go there for a while.“We would really love to see the park close down for a couple weeks,” Lori She
  
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• All Utah Jazz players cleared by Utah Department of Health; here’s what else they’ve been up to during the NBA hiatus

  27-03-2020 22:29
  
  It’s been a long couple weeks for the Utah Jazz, who were subject to not only mandated two-week quarantines, but also all sorts of unwelcome attention as a result of having the first two NBA players to be publicly diagnosed as testing positive for COVID-19 on their roster.Friday, however, featured some welcome news, for a change.Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, those aforementioned players infected by the novel cornanvirus, were medically cleared (alomg with the rest of the team) by the U
  
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• [Oregon Live] - ESPN’s Doris Burke tests positive for coronavirus - oregonlive.com

  27-03-2020 22:18 via sportspyder.com
  
  ESPN NBA analyst Doris Burke revealed Friday that she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
  
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• Tribune staffer captures first place in Associated Press Sports Editors contest for feature writing

  27-03-2020 22:13
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune’s Courtney Tanner won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors contest for feature writing, the organization announced Friday.Tanner’s story about a Utah high school lacrosse team rocked by a pair of suicides, and the coach and community’s efforts to hold the team together, resonated with APSE judges, who chose it over more than 100 entries nationally in the "B" category for midsize newspapers.Tanner, who covers education for The Tribune, earned
  
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• Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes

  27-03-2020 22:09
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress this week to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the deepening coronavirus epidemic.Acting with unity and resolve unseen since the 9/11 attacks, Washington moved urgently to stem an economic free fall caused by widespread restrictions meant to slow the spre
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Potential lottery pick Killian Hayes declares for NBA draft

  27-03-2020 22:04 via sportspyder.com
  
  Killian Hayes was born in Florida. He grew up in France, where his father played professionally and his mother is from. He declared for the NBA draft,
  
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• Study: Shrinking national monuments could cost hundreds of jobs

  27-03-2020 21:48
  
  While rural Utah leaders have long derided national monument designations as an unacceptable drag on their area economies, a new study by a nonpartisan think tank indicates that large monuments, including Grand Staircase-Escalante, on balance, have helped drive economic activity in adjacent communities.And, it warns, reducing them in size, as has happened in Utah, could cost hundreds of jobs.These are the findings of Resources for the Future, a long-established nonpartisan organization, based in
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, March 27: Another Utahn has died as cases reach 480; Delta Air Lines workers get some good news

  27-03-2020 21:30
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Friday, March 27. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----2:30 p.m.: San Juan says no more camping by outsiders; move will affect
  
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• Undocumented ‘dreamers’ say they are needed as front-line fighters against coronavirus

  27-03-2020 21:13
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Utahn Ciriac Alvarez was brought from Mexico at age 5 by her parents without papers. She was among “dreamers” who warned Friday that Trump administration efforts to deport them and others could deprive the nation of man
  
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• A second Utahn, a woman under age 60, has died from the coronavirus

  27-03-2020 21:13
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.A second Utahn has died of COVID-19, and the state’s total number of cases has reached 480.The state’s second victim is a woman from southwestern Utah who was under age 60. She died Thursday at a Salt Lake City area hos
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Report: Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera inquired last summer about moving franchise

  27-03-2020 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  
  Grizzlies owner Robert Pera has been, at different times, both overbearing and distant in Memphis. What's clear: Pera owns the Memphis Grizzlies.
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, March 27: Another Utahn has died as cases reach 480; county councilman tests positive

  27-03-2020 21:04
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Friday, March 27. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----2:05 p.m.: County councilman tests positive, urges state to step up its
  
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• Luciano S. Martinez: Don’t forget Vietnam War Veterans Day

  27-03-2020 21:00
  
  “Where have all the young men gone? Gone for soldiers everyone.”So sang the the Kingston Trio in “Where Have All The Flowers Gone”, in 1962, during an early stage of the Vietnam War.Now, 45 years after the end of the war, our country commemorates the sacrifice of the soldiers who served in Vietnam with a National Vietnam War Veterans Day each year on March 29.Who were these soldiers? Let me tell you about three of them who were friends at Salt Lake City’s East High
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell’s serious message after getting cleared from coronavirus

  27-03-2020 20:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz All-Star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell has been cleared from the coronavirus, as has teammate Rudy Gobert. However, the Jazz high-flyer still has a serious message for the public as the rest of the world continues to fight this...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell’s immediate GIF reaction to being cleared of coronavirus

  27-03-2020 20:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz All-Star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell is a happy guy after getting cleared from the coronavirus. 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/3JkZXqGr8U — Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) March 27, 2020 Both Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert have been cleared...
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, March 27: Another Utahn has died as cases reach 480

  27-03-2020 20:48
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Friday, March 27. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----1:45 p.m.: Soda shops seeing a pop in businessUtahns love their soda, a
  
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• [The Spun] - Athletes Who Have Tested Positive For Coronavirus In The United States

  27-03-2020 20:39 via sportspyder.com
  
  Here is a list of athletes that have tested positive for the coronavirus that has spread around the world.
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Doris Burke tests positive for coronavirus, doing well

  27-03-2020 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  Doris Burke, beloved NBA analyst for ESPN, tested positive for coronavirus. She began feeling symptoms while working the Mavericks-Nuggets game on March 11.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Rudy and Don cleared from COVID-19, what’s next?

  27-03-2020 20:20 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz star players Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell were officially cleared from the novel coronavirus this morning. What's next for the All-Star duo a...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Rudy and Don cleared from COVID-19, what’s next?

  27-03-2020 20:16
  
  Utah Jazz star players Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell were officially cleared from the novel coronavirus this morning. What’s next for the All-Star duo and for this team? After hearing an optimistic update on the Utah Jazz Tuesday, there is more good news on the horizon for the team. Two weeks have come and gone, […]
  Utah Jazz: Rudy and Don cleared from COVID-19, what’s next? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, March 27: Another Utahn has died, cases reach 480

  27-03-2020 19:57
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Friday, March 27. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----12:50 p.m.: Utah has another coronavirus death, total cases reach 480Ut
  
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• For Utah’s hardcore downhill skiers, and even those with cabin fever, heading uphill is now the only way to go

  27-03-2020 19:46
  
  Alta • Forget Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer and even toilet paper. The hardest thing to find in the Central Wasatch right now? Climbing skins for skis.Will Hodgman of Park City can understand why they are such a hot commodity in the time of closed ski resorts and COVID-19.“If you don’t have skins, you don't have anything when you're going uphill,” he said of the nylon straps that help skis grip the snow.And these days, Hodgman, who spent Wednesday alpine touring around the
  
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• [Fadeaway World] - Breaking: Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell Have Been Cleared From Coronavirus

  27-03-2020 19:10 via sportspyder.com
  
  Great news from the Utah Jazz and the NBA in general; Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell have been cleared from coronavirus. This
  
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• Timothy Egan: Seattle is living your coronavirus future

  27-03-2020 19:04
  
  You relish the little things here in Seattle: Toilet paper is back on some shelves, the hoarders sated for the moment. Instead of making vodka, distilleries are rolling out hand sanitizer. The dreaded daily number of new coronavirus cases shows that while the curve is not yet flat, the rate has gone both down and up on different days this week, carrying our hopes on the bumpy ride.As for the tally of the dead: Instead of doubling every five days in Washington state, as it was just two weeks ago,
  
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• House passes $2.2T rescue package, rushes it to Trump

  27-03-2020 18:46
  
  Washington • Acting with exceptional resolve in an extraordinary time, the House rushed President Donald Trump a $2.2 trillion rescue package Friday, tossing a life preserver to a U.S. economy and health care system left flailing by the coronavirus pandemic.The House approved the sweeping measure by a voice vote, as strong majorities of both parties lined up behind the most colossal economic relief bill in the nation's history. It will ship payments of up to $1,200 to millions of Americans,
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Jazz Players, Personnel Cleared of Coronavirus

  27-03-2020 18:38 via sportspyder.com
  
  All Jazz players and team personnel have been cleared of the coronavirus, according to Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix. Rudy Gobert tested positive for the
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Report: NBA could hold play-in tournament, shortened playoffs in Las Vegas

  27-03-2020 18:30 via sportspyder.com
  
  The NBA is committed to finishing this season, which is currently paused due to the coronavirus pandemic. Could that happen in Las Vegas?
  
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• [Uproxx] - Rudy Gobert And Donovan Mitchell Were Both Cleared After Their COVID-19 Scares

  27-03-2020 18:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  After their positive tests led to the NBA hiatus, Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell recovered from COVID-19 this week, the Utah Jazz said.
  
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• [Uproxx: Dime Magazine] - Rudy Gobert And Donovan Mitchell Were Both Cleared After Their COVID-19 Scares

  27-03-2020 18:26 via sportspyder.com
  
  After their positive tests led to the NBA hiatus, Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell recovered from COVID-19 this week, the Utah Jazz said.
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Coronavirus: Utah Jazz say Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell cleared of COVID-19, pose no risk to others - CBSSports.com

  27-03-2020 18:20 via sportspyder.com
  
  Gobert and Mitchell were the first two players to test positive for the coronavirus
  
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• [USA Today: For The Win] - Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert are cleared of coronavirus

  27-03-2020 18:19 via sportspyder.com
  
  They tested positive just over two weeks ago.
  
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• With ridership down 65%, UTA announces wide service cuts due to coronavirus

  27-03-2020 18:18
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.With ridership down by 65% because of coronavirus restrictions, the Utah Transit Authority moved Friday to cut its service significantly beginning on April 5.Bus and trains will come less frequently, although the agency says it is
  
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• I-15 to go down to one lane in each direction for months near Tremonton

  27-03-2020 18:18
  
  The Utah Department of Transportation plans to shift traffic and close some lanes on Interstate 15 near Tremonton beginning next week — reducing traffic to one lane in each direction there for months.Beginning Monday, all traffic will be shifted to the southbound side of the freeway until June. Then traffic will shift to northbound lanes until October.The shift will occur from the Bear River bridge at milepost 375 to the junction of I-15 and Interstate 84 at milepost 379. It will allow wor
  
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• [USA Today] - Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell and rest of Utah Jazz staff have been cleared of the coronavirus

  27-03-2020 18:13 via sportspyder.com
  
  Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell and the rest of the Jazz players were cleared by the state’s department of health following there exposure to COVID-19.
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Jazz Players, Team Personnel Cleared of Coronavirus by Utah Department of Health

  27-03-2020 18:09 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Department of Health determined that "no Jazz player poses a risk of infection to others."
  
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• [Fansided: Sir Charles In Charge] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert ‘cleared’ from COVID-19

  27-03-2020 17:58 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz players Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert have been cleared from COVID-19; Christian Wood was cleared earlier this week. If you're looking for a s...
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz Stars Gobert, Mitchell Cleared Of Coronavirus

  27-03-2020 17:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  All of Utah's players and staff have been medically cleared and "no longer pose a risk of infection to others."
  
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• [Deseret News] - Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, Utah Jazz deemed healthy by Utah Department of Health

  27-03-2020 17:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell were cleared by the Utah Department of Health and no longer pose any risk of transmission of the coronavirus to others as of Friday March 27, the...
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Jazz stars Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell cleared of coronavirus

  27-03-2020 17:53 via sportspyder.com
  
  Jazz stars Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell tested positive for coronavirus.They follow Pistons big Christian Wood in getting cleared.
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, March 27: The virus has reached San Juan County

  27-03-2020 17:43
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Friday, March 27. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----10:40 a.m.: San Juan County has its first confirmed casePublic health o
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - All Utah Jazz players, including Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, cleared by Utah Department of Health

  27-03-2020 17:40 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz players Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, the first two NBA players to be publicly diagnosed as testing positive for COVID-19, have been medically cleared by the Utah Department of Health, the team announced Friday morning.
  
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• [ESPN] - Jazz players, staff now cleared of coronavirus

  27-03-2020 17:39 via sportspyder.com
  
  After completing their respective periods of quarantine and isolation following exposure to the coronavirus, the Utah Department of Health has cleared all Jazz players and staff.
  
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• [Larry Brown Sports] - Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell cleared from coronavirus

  27-03-2020 17:33 via sportspyder.com
  
  The first known NBA player to contract the coronavirus has finally been cleared. The Utah Jazz announced on Friday that Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell and all of the team's players and personnel have been cleared by the Utah Department of Health to...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, rest of Jazz cleared of coronavirus

  27-03-2020 17:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  All Utah Jazz players and personnel, including Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, have been cleared from the coronavirus by the Utah Department of Health, according to the team. The DOH has determined that no Jazz player or staffer poses a risk of...
  
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• All Utah Jazz players, including Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, cleared by Utah Department of Health

  27-03-2020 17:28
  
  Utah Jazz players Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, the first two NBA players to be publicly diagnosed as testing positive for COVID-19, have been medically cleared by the Utah Department of Health, the team announced Friday morning.“The Utah Department of Health has determined that all Jazz players and staff, regardless of prior testing status, no longer pose a risk of infection to others,” the team said in a statement.The organization added that though the entire team has now compl
  
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