PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — With schools and many businesses closed down and people being urged to stay home, avoid crowds and practice social distancing to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Southern New Englanders are finding different ways to pass the time.

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Coronavirus: Latest Headlines

• ‘People don’t want to eat outside’: Langevin concerned for restaurant industry as winter approaches
• Infante-Green on rising COVID-19 cases in RI: ‘This is what we expected’
• Mayor: Spike in Fall River’s COVID-19 cases was expected
• Cluster of cases prompts external review of RWU lab’s protocols
• Experts warn financial damage to travel, hotel industry could cause ripple effect in RI