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Limited closures and shorter hours may be required due to low staffing levels.

Small businesses reported the largest gain.

Nearly 10 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits in the last two weeks of March.

The bureau has yet to account for how hiring could be affected by novel coronavirus concerns.

Neil Theobald is serving as the school's interim president.

The number of job openings has declined from a record 7.6 million in November to 7.4 million in April.

Hiring was driven partly by a big gain in construction, ADP said, which added 49,000 jobs.

The largest decreases occurred in Lincoln, Hot Springs and Johnson counties.