Dozens of Michael Bloomberg campaign staffers learned they were exposed to coronavirus hours before getting laid off and days before they'll lose their health insurance

Associated Press

• Staffers for former Mayor Mike Bloomberg's campaign learned in a Thursday night email they were exposed to coronavirus just hours before losing their jobs and health insurance. 
• Politico reported on Friday afternoon that staffers who worked out of the campaign headquarters in New York City were informed on Thursday that a person in the same building had tested positive for coronavirus.
• On Friday morning, Bloomberg scrapped his plans to keep staff in New York and six swing states employed through a PAC, shutting down all thec campaign offices and laying off hundreds. 
• Staffers employed in swing state offices will have health insurance through the end of April, but employees who worked in the New York headquarters will lose their insurance on March 31.
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Dozens of staffers for former Mayor Mike Bloomberg's campaign learned in a Thursday night email they were exposed to coronavirus. Hour later, on Friday morning, many of those same staffers were laid off and are now set to lose health insurance at the end of the month.

According to Politico, staffers who worked out of the campaign headquarters in New York City received an email on Thursday evening informing them that an employee who works in the same building had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

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