CDC Just Set a Much Longer Time Frame For Keeping Large Gatherings Closed

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new recommendation on Sunday that gatherings of 50 people or more should be cancelled for the next eight weeks. 

"This recommendation is made in an attempt to reduce introduction of the virus into new communities and to slow the spread of infection in communities already affected by the virus," the agency said.

Conferences, festivals, weddings, parades, concerts, and sporting events, are some examples of large gatherings the CDC listed as being affected by the recommendation.

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