COVID-19 updates from the county, state, country and afar

Editor's Note: Written Wednesday, March 25 and updated on Monday, March 30.

The Phillips County Health Department on Thursday night has recommended that anyone who has traveled out of county to a location where more than five positive COVID-19 virus cases have been discovered should self-quarantine for 14 days.

This announcement comes hours after Montana Governor Steve Bullock's "stay-at-home" order keeping residents indoors with limited travel allowed for essential trips such as picking up groceries or seeking medical care and hours before Gov. Bullock announced the first death in Montana of...