California governor says state's 1st community spread COVID-19 case happened in a nail salon

A woman gets her nails done.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday said the first spread of COVID-19 in the state started in a nail salon.

State health officials consider nail and hair salons and gyms high-risk businesses, and Newsom said because "this whole thing started in the state of California, the first community spread, in a nail salon," he is "very worried about that."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.