NYC Closes Schools Until April 20, US Death Toll Hits 64: Live Updates
Summary:
- NYC Mayor says NYC schools will close for at least a month starting Monday
- NY Gov Cuomo says NYC schools will close “early this week”
- Mayor reports 4 new deaths
- Italy reports largest one-day jump in cases; France also reports highest daily jump
- CDC recommends postponing all gatherings for 8 weeks
- US death toll hits 64
- Pentagon says sailor aboard Navy ship has tested positive
- Germany reports 1,000+ new cases bringing total to 5,813
- Acting Homeland Security Secretary says lines at O’Haire are “unacceptable”, says wait times have been fixed
- Illinois Gov closes all bars & restaurants for dining in
- US death toll hits 58, 1st death confirmed in Oregon
- Google CEO says country-wide virus info site to launch Monday
- LA Mayor orders bars to close, may also close dine-in restaurants
- NFL season start likely won’t be postponed, ESPN says
- California confirmed cases climb 14% to 335
- US confirmed case total hits 2,952
- Wal-Mart, Stop & Shop cut hours
- Connecticut, Mass. close schools
- Case in Conn. double over night
- Netherlands closes schools, restaurants
- Germany closes borders to neighboring states
- Poland bars foreigners
- West Virginia last US state that’s virus-free
- Iran reports largest daily jump in deaths
- Ohio closes bars, restaurants at 9pm Sunday
- Trump speaks with grocery chain CEOs
- Pence says he won’t be tested
- NYC Mayor says ‘every option on the table’ when asked if considering complete shutdown of city + schools
- Washington DC mayor orders nightclubs to close and imposes new restrictions on bars and restaurants
- Federal limits on trucker hours suspended to help hospitals and supermarkets alleviate shortages of critical items
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Update (2000ET): After cutting off domestic travel for all military personnel, the Pentagon has just confirmed that a US sailor aboard a ship has tested positive, according to Reuters.
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