FILE - In this March 14, 2020 file photo, a cleaning crew wipes down table surfaces at the Transportation Security Administration's checkpoint at Terminal 5 at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. As the global viral pandemic grows, the need for cleaning and disinfecting has surged. Cleaners and domestic workers are essential in the effort to contain the virus. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
March 19, 2020
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March 19, 2020 10:48 a.m.
Vital but vulnerable, cleaners hold the line against a virus
NEW YORK (AP) — When hospitals need to prep a room for the next coronavirus test, when jetliners discharge their passengers at the gate, when suburbanites start to take sanitary precautions more seriously, the call goes out: