California's governor said nail salons were the site of the state's first known community spread of COVID-19 — and they won't be allowed to re-open just yet

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• California Governor Gavin Newsom said nail salons are high-risk for the spread of the new coronavirus and will reopen during the states' phase three of reopening, CNBC reported.
• Newsom said the first known community spread in the state was in a nail salon. 
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California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that a nail salon was the first known site of community spread in the state and that those businesses would not be a part of the reopening phase set to begin tomorrow, CNBC reported. 

"This whole thing started in the state of California, the first community spread, in a nail salon," Newsom said at a news briefing, according to CNBC. "I'm very worried about that."

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