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Your Monday at a glance:

Greetings, Chattanooga!

Our latest issue of Chatter magazine is now on stands and online. And guess what our April theme is? Wait for it . . . Travel. (It’s OK to laugh.) We plan our issues many months in advance and, at the time, the coronavirus still felt like a far-off concept. Anyway, let us remember a world where we could roam and wander!

Here, writer Dana Shavin shares the story of when she introduced her 79-year-old mother-in-law to NYC for her first time.

And now, today’s top stories:

Tennessee’s biggest health insurer announced Thursday it will cover all expenses for COVID-19 treatments, including hospitalizations, for the next two months.

What’s it like to be a young person in your corner of the world, in the midst of the coronavirus crisis? Here, youth from all over the world describe life.

If you’ve just lost your job, here’s what you need to know.

– Sunny Montgomery, smontgomery@timesfreepress.com

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