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Wednesday 11 March 2020

Coronavirus clusters swell on both sides of the U.S.

Continued from Front causes only mild or moder-
ate symptoms such as fe-
The moves came as the ver and cough. For some,
battle to stop the virus from especially older adults and
spreading intensified. More people with existing health
schools and universities problems, it can cause
sent students home, while more severe illness, includ-
conferences and other ing pneumonia. Most peo-
events were canceled. ple recover in a matter of
The United Nations an- weeks, as has happened
nounced it would close its with three-quarters of those
New York headquarters to infected in China.
the public and suspend all On Wall Street, stocks
tours. The Coachella music surged Tuesday after suf-
festival that draws tens of fering staggering losses the
thousands to the California day before, with the Dow
desert near Palm Springs Jones Industrial Average
every April was postponed gaining more than 1,100
until October. And one of points on hopes the Trump
the biggest resort operators administration would take
in Las Vegas, MGM Resorts steps to cushion the econ-
International, said it would omy from the damage
close buffets at all of its Las caused by the outbreak.
Vegas Strip casinos as a Pedestrians pass New Rochelle City Hall, Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in New York. State officials In Oakland, California,
precaution. are shuttering several schools and houses of worship for two weeks in the New York City suburb thousands of restless pas-
A top federal health of- and sending in the National Guard to help with what appears to be the nation's biggest cluster of sengers who have been
coronavirus cases, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
ficial pointed to Europe, Associated Press stuck aboard a cruise ship
rather than the virus' point hit by the coronavirus wait-
of origin in China, as the 24 deaths in the state, 19 about holding large, indoor visitors to the community ed their turn to get off the
likely source for the infec- have been tied to a single events during the coro- of 79,000 will be able to vessel and go to U.S. mili-
tion's continued spread to nursing home, Life Care navirus outbreak," Sand- come and go freely, with tary bases or back to their
the U.S. "Right now the epi- Center of Kirkland. But the ers campaign spokesman no checkpoints, and busi- home countries for two
center — the new China — state officials said they are Mike Casca said in a state- nesses can remain open, weeks of quarantine.
is Europe," Robert Redfield, now working with 10 nursing ment. "All future Bernie 2020 officials said. "I'm bored and frustrated,"
director of the Centers for facilities where residents or events will be evaluated on "It is a dramatic action, but said Carolyn Wright, 63, of
Disease Control and Pre- workers have been tested a case-by-case basis." it is the largest cluster of Santa Fe, New Mexico. "All
vention, said on Capitol Hill. positive. New York Gov. Andrew cases in the country," Cuo- of a sudden a two-week
"And there's a lot of peo- Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Cuomo said three schools mo said. "The numbers are vacation has turned into a
ple coming back and forth announced new nursing- and other gathering plac- going up unabated, and five-week vacation."
from Europe that are now home rules that would limit es will be shut down for two we do need a special pub- After being forced to idle
starting to seed these com- visitors and subject health weeks in a containment lic health strategy." New for days off the California
munities." care workers to screening. zone in New Rochelle, the Rochelle and surrounding coast, the ship docked
Authorities in Washington Similarly, in Kentucky, Gov. epicenter of an outbreak Westchester County ac- Monday in Oakland with
state reported two new Andy Beshear said state- of more than 100 cases. count for the majority of about 3,500 passengers
deaths from the virus — a run nursing homes will se- Officials said the Nation- the state's 173 coronavirus and crew, including at
man and woman, both verely restrict visitors, with al Guard troops will help cases. New York City, with least 21 who tested posi-
in their 80s, who were resi- private operators strongly clean public spaces and 100 times the population tive for the virus. Authori-
dents of a nursing home urged to follow suit. Six cas- deliver food to people of New Rochelle, has 36 ties said foreign passen-
and a senior center. Of the es have been diagnosed in quarantined at home in known infections. gers would be flown home,
the state. the zone, which extends a The virus has infected more while Americans would
The decisions by both Dem- mile in all directions from a than 800 people in the U.S. be flown or bused to mili-
ocratic presidential can- synagogue connected to and killed at least 29, with tary bases in California,
didates to call off rallies in some of the cases. one state after another re- Texas and Georgia. About
Cleveland came as voters Officials would not say cording its first infections in 1,100 crew members, 19 of
headed to the polls for a how many National Guard quick succession. New Jer- whom tested positive for
primary election in neigh- members would be in- sey reported its first corona- the virus, will be quaran-
boring Michigan. volved, and there was virus death Tuesday. World- tined and treated aboard
"We are heeding the pub- no immediate sign of any wide, about 118,000 have the ship, which will dock
lic warnings from Ohio troops on the streets. Apart been infected and over elsewhere after passengers
state officials, who have from those who are under 4,200 have died. are unloaded, Gov. Gavin
communicated concern quarantine, residents and For most people, the virus Newsom said.q