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Governor Mike DeWine has restricted all nursing home visits in the state to prevent the spread of coronavirus to seniors, who are a high-risk group.

Young people in the Cleveland area will have access to three free meals a day during the extended spring break that begins next week. Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon said Friday that the district will host 22 sites where any person under the age of 18 can pick up a two-meal package containing breakfast and lunch. The service will operate between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., Monday-Friday. CMSD will provide shuttle service to the nearest host site from all its pre-K thru 8 school buildings.

Lakewood is offering relief for small businesses in financial trouble due to the coronavirus, creating a fund to cover rent costs for the next month. The fund has grants of up to $3,000 to help with rental costs. The money will come from the city’s economic development fund, or in the form of a community development block grant in cases where the business owner’s income is 85 percent or less of the median income for Lakewood. To qualify, a business must be locally owned, operate a storefront in the city and employ 50 or fewer people.

ArcelorMittal is furloughing nearly 250 employees from its Cleveland plant due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company announced this week, in addition to the 48 employees already furloughed from the company's Eggers Avenue site earlier this month.

Many kids infected with COVID-19 don’t show any symptoms, but for some, the infection is linked to serious illness. Children's hospitals in Ohio have formed a new working group to allow them to better diagnose and treat this disease, called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, or MIS-C. Kids with MIS-C will have high fevers, gastrointestinal issues, and rashes. Internally, the kids will have clotting disorders, dehydration, and cardiac issues.

A new study published in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine warns that health care providers may be experiencing increased burnout due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cleveland Clinic anesthesiologist and study co-author Dr. Praveen Chahar said provider burnout isn’t new, but dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has caused even more stress. “One of the biggest reasons of increased stress in healthcare providers was a fear of getting infected themselves and a fear of infecting their loved ones,” he said.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with David Lillie of Buffalo, New York.

While library branches are closed people can still access books, movies and music online. Cuyahoga County Public Library has seen a spike in people utilizing its digital materials, according to collections manager Wendy Bartlett. “People are definitely turning to our digital resources, which we are thrilled about,” Bartlett said. “That’s what they are there for.”

Nearly 3 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department says. It's the latest grim sign of the economic damage from the coronavirus crisis.

On Friday, Ohio’s two U.S. senators will hear from workers, retirees and employers whose pension plans are facing a financial crisis. A joint House and Senate committee is trying to figure out how to rescue plans that benefit Teamsters, miners, carpenters and other union workers. The pensions took financial hits during the recession and have big liabilities coming due as people retire.