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Coronavirus postpones Alabama GOP runoff, closes auto plant.

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Alabama is postponing its Republican U.S. Senate runoff race between Jeff Sessions and former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville because of the Coronavirus. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says the runoff is being rescheduled to July 14th because it's too risky for voters to go to the polls and stand in line right now. The winner will face Democratic U.S. Sen. Doug Jones in November. The Hyundai automobile plant in Montgomery is closed after a worker tested positive for the Coronavirus. The factory is the biggest private employer in Alabama’s capitol city with just under three hundred workers. Twenty two people also tested positive for the illness at Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal. The pharmacy at Fox Army Health Center will reopen Monday after an employee was found to have Coronavirus. Overall, State health officials report 46 cases of the illness in Alabama

Pat Duggins is news director for Alabama Public Radio.
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