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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, businesses and communities are finding creative ways to help out one another.

Phoebe Memorial Hospital, based in Albany, has opened a drive-thru testing branch in Americus.

Henderson said he wants to practice what health officials have been preaching after coming into contact with someone who has been tested for COVID-19.

An Associated Press review has found that a series of missteps at the top public health agency in the United States created a critical shortage of reliable tests for the coronavirus.

British Prime Minster Boris Johnson has ordered the closure of most retail stores and banned public gatherings of more than two people in a stepped-up response to slow the new coronavirus.

Officials said we are in a severe critical shortage of blood. More than 6,000 blood drives across the country have been canceled resulting in more than 200,000 lost blood donations.

An Aflac spokesperson confirmed the case Monday evening.

The East Alabama Medical Center-Lanier Campus is now offering drive-thru collection for COVID-19 testing.

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Columbus police are releasing surveillance photos of a man wanted for questioning.