ABC News March 17, 2020

What does 'deep clean' mean with coronavirus?

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This is a Kaiser Health News story.

The Diamond Princess cruise ship. A Georgetown church in Washington, D.C. A Latin American restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina. A hotel in Oklahoma City. Two Broadway theaters in New York City.

All announced that they’ve undergone a “deep clean” in recent weeks after discovering that a person infected with the novel coronavirus had been there.

They are just the tip of a pile of businesses and consumer gathering spots that say they are stepping up cleaning protocols.