A dispenser of hand sanitizer at his side, Brandon Scott stood outside City Hall for the first time as Baltimore’s mayor, addressing a small group of reporters positioned well away from the podium as a precaution against the dangers of Covid-19 that impacted him last week.

“I have hope, but I am not naive to the challenges we face,” Scott said, in outdoor remarks that followed a scaled-back ceremony inside City Hall in which he was sworn in as the 52nd mayor of Baltimore.

“We are in the midst of battling two public health emergencies – Covid-19 and the continued epidemic of gun violence,” he said, launching into his brief remarks.

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