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06 APRIL 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: GLENNA CALHOUN, a volunteer, packs food boxes before a drive through emergency food distribution at First DSM Church in Des Moines. On Monday, 06 April, Iowa reported 946 confirmed cases of the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19. There have been 25 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Iowa. Most non-essential businesses are closed until 30 April. Well over 100,000 Iowans filed first time claims for unemployment in the last three weeks, more than applied during the peak of the Great Recession of 2008. Local food banks have seen an equal spike in people seeking nutritional assistance. First DSM Church has increased their food pantry from one day weekly to three days per week. Hundreds of people lined up Monday to get a box of food and one roll of toilet paper at the church's drive through pantry. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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Iowa in the Time of Coronavirus, Upper Midwest of the US
06 APRIL 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: GLENNA CALHOUN, a volunteer, packs food boxes before a drive through emergency food distribution at First DSM Church in Des Moines. On Monday, 06 April, Iowa reported 946 confirmed cases of the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19. There have been 25 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Iowa. Most non-essential businesses are closed until 30 April. Well over 100,000 Iowans filed first time claims for unemployment in the last three weeks, more than applied during the peak of the Great Recession of 2008. Local food banks have seen an equal spike in people seeking nutritional assistance. First DSM Church has increased their food pantry from one day weekly to three days per week. Hundreds of people lined up Monday to get a box of food and one roll of toilet paper at the church's drive through pantry. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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