Coronavirus pandemic puts countries on lockdown

By Ben Westcott, Helen Regan, Adam Renton, Meg Wagner, Mike Hayes and Jack Guy, CNN

Updated 1:43 p.m. ET, March 17, 2020

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Trump administration working to send checks directly to Americans

From CNN’s John Harwood, Kevin Liptak, and Betsy Klein

The Trump administration is working to send money directly to Americans in a bid to curb the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis.

“We’re looking at sending checks to Americans immediately,” Treasury Secretary…