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BY KATHY GANNON Gold Star families hold out The deal calls for the eventual with- gency visit to Kabul this week. AND TAMEEM AKHGAR drawal of all 13,000 U.S. troops from Af- Pompeo held talks with Ghani and Associated Press hope for peace in Afghanistan ghanistan in exchange for guarantees from Abdullah, who has also declared himself Page 3 the Taliban to fight other militant groups, president in a parallel inauguration cer- KABUL, Afghanistan — After months including Islamic State. The deal has been emony this month, but made no headway of deliberation, Afghan President Ashraf touted as Afghanistan’s best chance yet of in reconciling the two. Washington subse- Ghani on Friday announced his 21-mem- peded each tentative step toward negotia- ending its relentless wars. quently said it would cut $1 billion in as- ber team to negotiate peace with the Tal- tions with the Taliban — negotiations that Ghani and his opponent, Abdullah sistance to Afghanistan if the two leaders iban, only to have his political opponent are supposed to come next under a peace Abdullah, have been locked in a power couldn’t “get their act together.” reject it as not inclusive enough. deal that Washington signed with the in- struggle that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Afghanistan’s political turmoil has im- surgents last month. Pompeo could not resolve during his emer- SEE KABUL ON PAGE 3 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, March 28, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Stocks surge again as relief package nears passage Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9625 Euro costs (March 30) ...... $1.07 Thailand (Baht) ...... 32.60 Dollar buys (March 30) ...... €0.8852 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.4482 British pound (March 30) ...... $1.20 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those day because Wall Street knew the response to these numbers may Japanese yen (March 30) ...... 108.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (March 30) ...... 1,186.00 bad news on unemployment was differ than what people might Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance NEW YORK — Stocks marched for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3767 coming, analysts said, and the expect.” Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For higher for a third straight day British pound ...... $1.2242 Senate finally passed a $2.2 tril- Despite the big gains, the S&P nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Friday as a massive coronavirus Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.4115 lion economic aid package as part 500 remains 22% below its Feb- China (Yuan) ...... 7.0959 purchasing British pounds in Germany), relief bill moved closer to passing of an astonishing amount of sup- ruary high and analysts expect Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7943 check with your local military banking Congress and Wall Street took Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7526 facility. Commercial rates are interbank port by politicians and the Fed- more dire economic headlines, Euro ...... $1.0982/0.9106 rates provided for reference when buying some historically bad unemploy- eral Reserve. and market turbulence, in the Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7518 currency. All figures are foreign currencies ment figures in stride. “There is no sugar coating days ahead. Hungary (Forint) ...... 323.73 to one dollar, except for the British pound, Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5893 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, The S&P 500 rose 6.2%, bring- these numbers — they are bad,” Companies are also expected Japan (Yen) ...... 108.48 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) ing its three-day rally to 17.6%. said Jamie Cox, managing part- to report discouraging results as Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3090 INTEREST RATES The Dow industrials have risen ner for Harris Financial Group. earnings season begins. Very few Norway (Krone) ...... 10.5958 Philippines (Peso)...... 51.12 Prime rate ...... 3.25 an even steeper 21.3% since “Markets have had several days have dared to issue forecasts cap- Poland (Zloty) ...... 4.13 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Monday. to digest what everyone knew was turing how big a hit the virus will Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7568 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.10 Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4343 3-month bill ...... 0.00 The market shot higher Thurs- coming; therefore, the market inflict on their profits. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,225.78 30-year bond ...... 1.39 WEATHER OUTLOOK SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY IN EUROPE SUNDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN Stars and Stripes KABUL, Afghanistan — For- mer Marine Javier Gutierrez says he often prays that his son’s death on the battlefield in Afghanistan will be the last an American fam- ily must bear. Sgt. 1st Class Javier J. Guti- errez, 28, of San Antonio, who shared his father’s name but went by Jaguar — his middle name — was one of two American sol- diers killed in early February. His death came weeks before the U.S. and the Taliban signed a deal Feb. 29 that could lead to the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan by next spring. Legna Aponte Hundreds have already returned home. Sgt. 1st Class Elis A. Barreto Ortiz, 34, from Morovis, Puerto Rico, Some critics have warned that holds his son, Jacknel Barreto-Aponte, now 4. the Taliban would rise to power after foreign forces leave, threat- teen, Jaguar Gutierrez frequently ening U.S. national security and talked about joining the military undermining what U.S. troops like his dad, a former Marine sacrificed. Domestic politics, combat engineer who served dur- Taliban attacks on Afghan forces ing the Persian Gulf War, and and potential delays caused by great-grandfather, an Army bom- the coronavirus have all emerged bardier during World War II. as challenges to moving ahead He rarely spoke about the war with the accord, though the op- that was raging in Afghanistan, posing Afghan sides, in a sign of his father said. progress, agreed to prisoner ex- U.S. Army Gutierrez’s son Jaguar and changes Thursday. Sgt. Maj. Wardell Turner was Antonio R. Rodriguez — both of Gutierrez, like other Gold Star killed by a roadside bomb in whom were assigned to 3rd Bat- families, has begun to hope that talion, 7th Special Forces Group Javier Gutierrez 2014 in Kabul, Afghanistan. an end to the conflict is in sight. (Airborne) — were the last American troops to die in combat “It’s influenced my perspec- Javier Gutierrez, right, poses for a photo with his son Javier Jaguar Wardell Turner, 48, was killed in Afghanistan, when a gunman tive, my son’s death,” Gutierrez Gutierrez, at the Track Family Fun Park in Destin, Fla., during in a roadside bomb blast in the dressed in an Afghan army uni- said during a phone call. “I want Memorial Day weekend in 2018. Afghan capital, about a month form opened fire in eastern Nan- them to come home. I don’t want before the combat mission there garhar province Feb. 8, wounding anyone else to have to go through transitioned to one primarily fo- promises such as breaking ties father, who also served. six other U.S. personnel. this. cused on training Afghan forces. with terrorist groups like al- Ortiz is survived by two sons Both men were 28, posthu- “I wish for victory there, but Turner, of Nanticoke, Md., was Qaida and preventing them from and a daughter, in addition to his mously promoted to sergeant 1st whatever happens, their deaths assigned to U.S. Army Garrison using the country to attack the widow, Legna Aponte, who said class and awarded Bronze Star have not gone in vain, none of Fort Drum, N.Y., and had served U.S. and its allies. she welcomed the peace deal. Medals and Purple Hearts. them,” he said, referring to the in several military police units A drawdown expected to bring “I am not into politics, but ev- The elder Gutierrez said he’s roughly 2,400 American ser- throughout his 21-year career in the number of U.S. forces from erything that guarantees the safe often thought about whether vicemembers killed throughout the armed services. about 13,000 to 8,600 by mid-July return of our troops feels right,” they’ll be the last combat fatali- the war, who he said helped pre- His son, then-Spc. Devin Turn- was a result of more than a year Aponte said during a March 9 ties of the war. serve stability and freedom in er, was also deployed to Afghani- of direct negotiations. The talks online chat. “In my opinion, each “While it hurts, it would be an America. stan when he died. Devin Turner stalled briefly in September after fallen soldier contributed big to honor if my son and that other Those sentiments — a desire to escorted his father’s body back a bomb attack in Kabul killed Sgt. make this peace deal a reality.” brave solider would be the last bring the troops home and a be- to the United States and attended 1st Class Elis A. Barreto Ortiz, Since ousting the Taliban in ones to die in that country,” Guti- lief that their loved ones’ deaths the funeral with his family. 34. 2001, the U.S. has struggled to errez said. “And that is my hope made positive contributions — “I know how my husband felt Ortiz, of Morovis, Puerto Rico, find an exit from the conflict, and and my prayer, that they will be were shared by three Gold Star about serving his country and was a wheeled vehicle mechanic despite billions in aid Afghani- the last ones to come back in a families who talked about the making life better for the people and described as a “mainstay” in stan’s government hasn’t been coffin, that everybody else will prospect of the U.S.’s longest war over there,” Katherine Turner the 82nd Brigade Support Battal- able to secure the country itself. be on a plane sitting in their seats said. “He gave his life for them. If coming to an end. ion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, The Taliban has been resurgent coming home.” Under the U.S.-Taliban deal, 82nd Airborne Division by the following the last major coalition one person’s life is better, it’s not all international forces will with- unit’s leadership. withdrawal in late 2014. in vain.” Stars and Stripes reporter J.P. Lawrence contributed to this report. draw from Afghanistan within He joined the Army in 2010, That same year, Katherine Gutierrez said his son was also [email protected] 14 months if the Taliban meets following in the footsteps of his Turner’s husband, Sgt. Maj. passionate about his work. As a Twitter: @pwwellman Kabul: Ghani dismisses US threat of funding cuts over impasse

FROM FRONT PAGE last year by the Human Rights Afghans. cessive Afghan governments, ghan troops held captive by the Ghani’s 21-member team is led Watch, which documented what In a televised speech a day including Ghani’s, have been ac- Taliban. by the Masoom Stanikzai, former it says are mounting atrocities after Pompeo’s visit, Ghani dis- cused by international watchdogs The visit to Bagram will be the by U.S.-backed Afghan special missed the threat of funding cuts of widespread corruption. first time Taliban representatives head of Afghanistan’s intelligence forces. and claimed that Afghanistan can Meanwhile, Taliban political have officially visited Afghani- agency, who was forced to resign Abdullah seeks a power-shar- manage without the $1 billion in spokesman Sohail Shaheen said stan since being thrown out of last year. ing deal with Ghani, something U.S. aid. the group would send four mem- power in 2001 by the U.S.-led co- He quit after a CIA-trained the Afghan president has so far Despite 18 years and billions bers to the U.S.-led coalition base alition after they had sheltered al- team under his command was rejected. Abdullah accuses Ghani of dollars in international aid, in Bagram, north of Kabul, to Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. found to have killed four brothers of being unwilling to compro- Afghanistan remains desperately oversee the release of their pris- Meanwhile, the Afghan gov- they falsely accused of being ISIS mise while Ghani says his rival’s poor. The poverty level soared oners, also part of the deal signed ernment Friday ordered a three- operatives. power-sharing demands will re- from 35% of the population in with the U.S. week lockdown for Kabul to stem The special forces unit known quire a constitutional change and 2012 to more than 55% last year. That deal calls for the re- the spread of the new corona- as Unit 02 still operates despite that can come only by holding a Poverty level counts those who lease of 5,000 Taliban and 1,000 virus. Pharmacies and grocery reports of abuses, including one loya jirga, or grand council, of all survive on $1 or less a day. Suc- government personnel and Af- stores will be allowed to open. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, March 28, 2020 MILITARY Rapidly deployed paratroopers unsure of return

BY CHAD GARLAND commanding general Maj. Gen. Stars and Stripes James J. Mingus said in a post on the “All American Division” Some 2,500 Army paratroop- Facebook page this week, re- ers who were rushed to the Mid- ferring to the 1st Brigade and dle East just days after Christmas other elements of the division in remain separated from their CENTCOM. friends and families indefinitely Meanwhile, quality of life has as the rapidly spreading corona- shifted dramatically for the sol- virus prevents them from return- diers and others at posts in the ing home. region, with base gyms and some Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne dining facilities closed, and other Division’s 1st Brigade Combat services limited to try to slow the Team had just days to say good- coronavirus’ spread. bye to loved ones before they “Deployments are always hard were sent to bolster security in for paratroopers and their fami- HUBERT DELANY III/U.S. Army U.S Central Command after a lies,” said Lt. Col. Mike Burns, A soldier assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division waits to board an aircraft bound rocket attack killed an American the division’s spokesman. “And for the Middle East, from Fort Bragg, N.C., on January 5 . Some 2,500 soldiers rapidly deployed days contractor in Iraq and retaliatory especially hard with the ongoing U.S. strikes led a militia to storm after Christmas and are now separated from their families indefinitely as the military works to fight the coronavirus pandemic.” spread of the coronavirus. the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The unit’s 3rd Brigade Combat Though about 800 of the troops Team has begun redeploying to which used it to sponsor militias returned to Fort Bragg, N.C., in the U.S., where soldiers have been like Kataeb Hezbollah. February, before the coronavirus quarantined on their return, after Similar events in December led pandemic forced widespread re- a regular 9-month rotation in Af- Esper to order the 1st Brigade’s strictions on civilian and military ghanistan. Their travel won’t be rapid deployment in the first movement around the world, the affected by Esper’s order, Burns place. rest remain in Kuwait without said in an email Thursday. The brigade continues to play clear answers on when they’ll But the 1st Brigade’s deploy- a “vital role in the defensive pos- be sent home or why they’re still ment, the “most significant no- ture in the region,” and officials deployed. notice deployment of combat frequently assess its continued “We have to wait until next forces in more than 30 years,” presence there, said a defense of- week to learn what CENTCOM was “open-ended” and subject to ficial who asked not to be named wants to do with us,” said one of CENTCOM’s needs, he said. the soldiers, who was not autho- Tensions in the region remain in order to discuss the matter. rized to discuss the matter and high, following rocket attacks in CENTCOM leaders are also asked not to be named. “My wife Iraq this month, including one grappling with the question of is trying to take care of our [in- on Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, whether to “backfill” the soldiers fant] during the quarantine by that killed two American service when they are sent home, the of- herself when we were originally members and a British soldier, ficial said by email. told we would only be gone two and wounded more than a dozen “Those that remain in theatre months.” others. The U.S. responded by may understandably feel ‘stuck’ A 60-day halt Defense Secre- striking sites in Iraq the Pentagon in a deployment that they and tary Mark Esper ordered this said were used by Iran-backed their families did not have the week on overseas travel, includ- Shiite militia Kataeb Hezbollah. luxury of planning for,” the offi- ing deployments and redeploy- On Thursday, the State De- cial said. “While it’s completely ments, would not apply to them, partment ordered some U.S. dip- understandable for many 1BCT the soldier was told Thursday. lomatic personnel to leave Iraq Soldiers and Families to feel ‘in But because of the COVID-19 and announced new sanctions on limbo,’ rest assured they are most ANDREW ZOOK/U.S. Army restrictions, division officials organizations and people it said definitely not.” “simply do not know when they were funneling money out of that [email protected] A soldier from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne will begin their redeployment,” country to the Iranian military, Twitter: @chadgarland Division jumps from a CH-47 Chinook over Kuwait, on March 11. Fort Hood soldier charged in killing of former soldier

BY ROSE L. THAYER and in Bell day to the 3700 block of Dustin eral shots at Wardrobe and fled Shaquan Markell Allred, 23, Stars and Stripes County jail Court at about 10:55 p.m. for a the area. Officers found Roy at a were two victims in a triple kill- with a $1 911 call about a shooting victim, nearby convenience store and he ing March 14 at a Killeen apart- AUSTIN, Texas — A Fort Hood million bond, according to the release. When was taken into custody, according ment complex. Both men died of soldier was charged Wednesday according to officers arrived, they found Ward- to the release. gunshot wounds. with shooting a former soldier police. robe unresponsive with multiple Bell County Justice of the Spc. Shelby Tyler Jones, 20, was and killing him two days earlier Roy, who gunshot wounds and lying in Peace Daryl Peters ordered an found dead with a gunshot wound during a late-night argument, ac- served with the front of a residence. He suc- autopsy performed at the South- March 1 outside of a convenience cording to local police. Fort Hood’s Spc. Jovino Jamel Roy, 22, 69th Air De- cumbed to his injuries and was western Institute of Forensic Sci- store but police believe he was was charged with murder after fense Artil- pronounced dead at the scene at ences in Dallas. shot at a nearby strip club. allegedly shooting Michael Ste- lery Brigade Roy 11:22 p.m. This is the third killing to No arrests have been made in ven Wardrobe, 22, Monday at a and Ward- The preliminary investigation involve soldiers this month in either case, according to Ofelia Killeen residence, according to robe, left the Army at the end of revealed Wardrobe and Roy were Killeen, located just outside the Miramontez, spokeswoman for a news release from the Killeen January as a specialist, according involved in a verbal argument gates of Fort Hood. the Killeen Police Department. Police Department. to information from Fort Hood. that became physical. During the Spc. Freddy Beningo Dela- [email protected] Roy was arraigned Wednesday Officers were dispatched Mon- fight, police believe Roy fired sev- cruz Jr., 23, and Army veteran Twitter: @Rose_Lori Saturday, March 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK Army set to operate field hospital in NYC

BY COREY DICKSTEIN Diego en route to Los Angeles, where the Stars and Stripes ship’s some 1,000 medical personnel will treat non-coronavirus patients. The USNS WASHINGTON — More than 600 medi- Comfort will deploy this weekend from cal soldiers from Fort Campbell, Ky., and its homeport in Norfolk, Va., to New York, Fort Hood, Texas, are expected to begin Navy officials said. caring for patients on Monday in New York But the Army leaders on Thursday said City, where hospitals have become over- none of its three remaining active-duty whelmed by the coronavirus crisis, Army hospital center units had been ordered to officials said. prepare to deploy. The Army has 15 more The soldiers will operate a field hospital field hospital units in its reserves, which alongside Federal Emergency Manage- could potentially be activated, Flynn said. ment Agency personnel out of the Jacob Defense Secretary Mark Esper is weary of K. Javits Convention Center in Manhat- deploying those reserve units, which could tan, treating non-coronavirus patients to potentially pull medical professionals from lighten the burden on local hospitals that local communities where they are likely must free up bed space for people suffer- already battling the disease. ing from the new virus, said Gen. James The Army additionally has to ensure it McConville, the Army chief of staff. The can treat its own people. McConville said, soldiers from Fort Campbell’s 531st Hos- as of Thursday, 100 soldiers had tested pital Center and Fort Hood’s 9th Hospital positive for the coronavirus worldwide. Center will bring with them 284 hospital The general did not provide specific loca- beds, but will likely be responsible for even tions that have been especially impacted more beds provided by other government agencies, he said. by the virus, but he said data did not show any clusters of the virus so far. Lt. Gen. Charlie Flynn, the Army’s chief SEAN MADDEN/U.S. Air National Guard for operations, plans and training, said the On Wednesday, the service reached out short-notice deployments of medical per- New York Army National Guard Soldiers warehouse and inventory the initial shipments to retired soldiers who previously served sonnel showed the military commitment of a FEMA field hospital for setup at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York on active-duty in a medical field to gauge to helping the U.S. civilian community in City on Wednesday. interest in temporarily rejoining the force desperate times. to aid in efforts to slow the pandemic. “They are taking pressure off the local of Thursday morning, and 5,327 of those heading to New York, the more than 300 The service is seeking retired officers and noncommissioned officers who served and state health care systems — moving people were hospitalized. Cuomo said 385 soldiers from the 627th will likely build a as critical care officers, anesthesiologists, patients into that facility so we can help people had died in New York of the virus, hospital out of tents. nurse anesthetists, critical care nurses, those patients — people with broken legs, including 100 between Wednesday and Washington state, especially the Seattle nurse practitioners, emergency room car accidents, everything else that needs Thursday morning. area, is another area of the United States care,” Flynn said during a Pentagon news nurses, respiratory specialists and medics, Soldiers with the hospital units deploy- hit hard by the fast-spreading disease, McConville said. Those individuals would briefing. ing to New York began arriving Wednes- which has caused crises across much of New York has been the hardest hit of any likely be placed at Army hospitals to fill day at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst the globe. Health officials in Washington U.S. state, with the nation’s outbreak epi- in gaps for medical troops sent elsewhere in central New Jersey, and they will begin reported 2,580 coronavirus cases as of center now in New York City, according to during the coronavirus response, the gen- federal health officials. moving into New York City throughout the Wednesday evening, including 132 deaths. eral said. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said weekend. Top Pentagon leaders have said they McConville said it was too early to deter- Thursday that the crisis was deepening. Meanwhile, soldiers with a third hospital were poised to send more medical help to mine how many individuals would volun- The number of New Yorkers hospital- unit, the 627th Hospital Center from Fort communities in need, if they were deemed teer for such an assignment, but he added ized by the coronavirus shot up 40% since Carson, Colo., began deploying this week necessary. The Navy’s two hospital ships “so far the initial responses have been Wednesday, Cuomo said during a news to Seattle, and were in the process Thurs- are set to perform missions similar to very, very positive.” conference. The state reported 37,258 con- day of finding a location to place a field the deploying Army field hospitals. The [email protected] firmed cases of the virus in the state as hospital, McConville said. Unlike the units USNS Mercy deployed this week from San Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Military medical school to graduate 200 doctors, nurses by next week

BY ROSE L. THAYER field exercises. Our students are of the F. Edward Hebert School Stars and Stripes uniquely prepared to meet and of Medicine at the university, said address the readiness needs of the future medical doctors of the More than 200 military doc- the Department of Defense and program are now taking final tors and nurses will be allowed our nation the moment they step electives that aren’t essential to to graduate early in an effort out of our doors.” degree requirements. to get more medical staff to the The students, who are all ac- Dr. Carol Romano, dean of the frontlines of the coronavirus pan- tive-duty uniformed officers in Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School demic, the Uniformed Services the Army, Navy, Air Force or Pub- of Nursing at the university, said University of the Health Sciences lic Health Service, will have com- nursing students are working in announced Thursday. pleted all of their requirements close collaboration with program Following the federal emer- to be awarded a degree and will directors and faculty mentors to gency declaration to combat the be available for reassignment by complete all their academic re- fast-spreading virus, the decision their respective services, accord- quirements and meet the accel- SHARON HOLLAND/Uniformed Services University was made to move up the gradua- ing to an university news release. erated graduation date. Students tion date for most students by six They include physicians, fam- studying for a Doctor of Nursing Medical students from the Uniformed Services University’s F. weeks to April 1. ily, mental health and women’s Practice degree must complete Edward Hebert School of Medicine class of 2020 will be graduating “Our curriculum has a specific health nurse practitioners, clini- and disseminate a project, she early to join the ranks of the military health system. focus on threats like emerging cal nurse specialists and certified said. infectious diseases and disas- registered nurse anesthetists. “All the projects had been com- Students studying to become sciences university. It educates, ters that our military and Public “This is exactly what they pleted and students were in the a registered nurse with a focus trains and prepares uniformed Health Service forces are likely were educated and trained to process of polishing their final on anesthesia were restricted by services health professionals, of- to encounter in the course of do. The surgeon generals of the project summary document and their professional accrediting ficers and leaders to directly sup- their careers,” said Dr. Richard Army, Navy, Air Force and Pub- preparing posters and podium body from graduating in April, port the Military Health System. Thomas, president of the univer- lic Health Service will receive a presentations,” Romano said. but they will still graduate nearly The nursing and medical school sity, which is based in Bethesda, competent cadre of health care “The faculty elected to waive our three weeks early on May 1, Ro- combined have more than 800 Md. “This instruction is based on professionals who can augment internal requirement for poster mano said. students, according to the univer- real-life lessons learned, is woven current resources available to and presentations and accept the The Uniformed Services Uni- sity website. throughout the curriculum and them,” Thomas said. final document as the only dis- versity of the Health Sciences is [email protected] incorporated into our medical Dr. Arthur Kellermann, dean semination deliverable.” the nation’s only federal health Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, March 28, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Air Force restricts Tokyo personnel movement

BY SETH ROBSON Tokyo counted 47 new coronavirus cases Lt. Col. Kenji Takano, 42, chief of aero- Stars and Stripes Thursday, up from a record 41 new cases space medicine at Yokota and the base’s Wednesday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Gov- disease containment incident commander, YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The Air ernment reported on its website. said Thursday no one at Yokota, which has Force has ordered American personnel at The Tokyo governor asked residents to a population of about 11,500, has tested the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western work from home if they can and to stay positive for coronavirus. Tokyo to stay on or close to base following home at night. Koike said people should re- However, more than 100 people there a call by the city’s governor for residents to frain from having gatherings that involve have been quarantined or isolated due to stay home this weekend to slow the spread eating and drinking, even in small groups. travel or contact with infected people out- of the coronavirus. “Cooperation by Tokyo residents is most side of the base community, either in Japan In a video posted Friday, 374th Airlift important in preventing explosive increase or overseas, according to 374th Airlift Wing Wing commander Col. Otis Jones ordered in infections,” she said. spokeswoman Kaori Matsukasa. U.S. personnel attached to the wing — Yokota personnel are authorized travel “We test people with symptoms associ- troops, civilian employees and dependents to and from essential services within the ated with COVID-19 such as fever, cough — not to leave the area surrounding the local area, Jones said. and shortness of breath,” Takano said. “If base, other than on official business, ef- People who live outside the local area someone has a known exposure to a con- fective immediately. Master labor contract may travel near their home for essential firmed case, they are down for 14 days.” and local national employees were strongly services such as local dining facilities, gro- The base has set aside two empty apart- recommended to follow the measures. cery stores, shopping, schooling and medi- ment towers to quarantine and isolate “All mission partners/tenant units are cal facilities, he said. people whose homes aren’t suitable for the highly encouraged to adopt this guidance “All DOD uniformed members must purpose, he said. in order to protect our installation person- remain in the above defined local area People can isolate at home if they have nel,” he wrote in a memo about the restric- whether on duty, on leave, in liberty status, accommodation where they have access to tions dated Wednesday. or on pass,” Jones said in his memo. a separate bathroom and aren’t near high Yokota’s local area includes the towns of Mission-essential travel outside the area risk individuals, he said. Ome, Iruma, Tachikawa, Fuchu, Tama and is authorized. This includes medical ap- Maj. Stephanie Degen, 31, of Warrens- Hachioji, Jones said. pointments, duty at another installation burg, Mo., director of internal medicine for “Areas in downtown metropolitan Tokyo and visiting the U.S. Embassy. Private or the 374th Medical Group, said anyone who such as Shibuya, Shinjuku and Roppongi THERON GODBOLD/Stars and Stripes government transport is highly encour- contracted the virus and showed severe are NOT considered part of the local area,” aged, he said. symptoms would be sent to a Japanese he wrote. Maj. Stephanie Degen, director of “Fight the urge to focus on the minute hospital for care. This might include being internal medicine for the 374th Medical The measures will remain in place for details of where the local area is on the given oxygen and fluids and watching for Group at Yokota Air Base in western 30 days, according to the order. “We will map and why,” Jones said in the video post- other infections. Tokyo, discusses measures underway to also be doing periodic assessments within ed Friday. “The intent is not to play gotcha Takano helped treat measles among prevent the coronavirus from spreading the 30-day period to determine required with this.” local nationals in Afghanistan and cared on base Thursday. Behind her is Lt. adjustments,” he wrote. He also ordered members of the wing for passengers from diverted passenger Col. Kenji Takano, chief of aerospace On Thursday, a sailor at Yokosuka Naval to avoid gatherings with more than 20 planes that landed at Yokota following a medicine. Base tested positive for the virus, becom- people. massive earthquake that struck Japan in ing the first U.S. service member in Japan “This includes larger public establish- March 2011, he said. confirmed to have the illness. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has asked city ments such as sit-down restaurants, night “We have a very finely tuned emergen- The Army installation at Hardy Bar- residents to stay home over the coming clubs, movie theaters and Pachinko halls,” cy management process on the base,” he racks in central Tokyo, home to Stars and weekend following a surge of newly re- he said. said. “Our focus is on social distancing and Stripes’ Tokyo headquarters, has also re- ported coronavirus cases. Members can still enjoy outdoor activi- handwashing, personal hygiene and stay- stricted operations. Guests at Hardy Bar- “We are at a critical phase,” which could ties such as hiking, running, biking, park ing at home if you have symptoms.” racks lodging will be restricted to the post, determine whether the city can prevent activities and walking a pet, he said. if they choose to stay. The Navy Exchange an explosive increase in infections or “The ability to sign visitors onto base Stars and Stripes reporter Hana Kusumoto con- tributed to this report. operation there will be curtailed, and no not, she said during a press conference is being removed for the duration of this [email protected] contractors will be allowed access. Wednesday. order,” he said. Twitter: @SethRobson1 Coronavirus cases in Stuttgart military community soar to 69

BY JOHN VANDIVER The expanded testing at Stutt- ened threat level. Stars and Stripes gart found that, along with the But the tougher restrictions more usual fever, cough, sore have hardly impacted the gar- STUTTGART, Germany — throat and body aches, loss of rison in Stuttgart, where normal Expanded testing for the coro- taste or smell appears to be a life ground to a halt three weeks navirus at the Army’s garrison symptom of coronavirus infec- ago after the first cases of coro- in Stuttgart has confirmed more tion in some cases. navirus were diagnosed in the infections there than in the mili- “The people that we’ve tested community. tary communities in Japan, South that didn’t have any symptoms, Many base services have shut- JOHN VANDIVER/Stars and Stripes Korea and the rest of Germany we found that … in many of tered, food courts have been combined, and found some un- them,” garrison commander Col. cleared of tables, chairs and sit- The food court at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, is deserted usual virus symptoms. Jason Condrey said in a virtual down customers, and numerous on Wednesday as coronavirus cases continue to climb. At least 69 members of the town hall Thursday. personnel have been ordered to military community in Stuttgart The American Academy of telework. Community members Barracks, and then parked across able,” garrison spokesman Larry were infected with coronavirus Otolaryngology called on medi- have been told to stay home unless the street at the commissary, pre- Reilly said Friday. as of Friday, the garrison said, cal workers to watch for the same they’re shopping for essentials. sumably to go shopping. At least one health clinic worker citing results from tests con- symptoms in a statement earlier But there are concerns that “If I find those individuals, you has tested positive for the virus, ducted since last weekend that in- this week. some people with symptoms of won’t be allowed back on the in- which in some cases can lead to cluded around 250 people without Stuttgart expanded testing days the virus are still venturing out stallation,” Condrey warned. severe lung illness and death, symptoms. before the Pentagon this week el- into public rather than isolating Health workers continue to test and several personnel, including The number of infections was evated the health threat at bases themselves, or ignoring social symptomatic people at the Patch the clinic commander, are in self- more than double what it was worldwide to the second highest distancing guidance, which calls Barracks drive-thru, but it wasn’t isolation and having to telework, Monday, when the garrison re- level, “Charlie.” Under HPCON for people to stand at least 6 feet clear Friday if there are plans to Condrey said. ported 31 cases of the virus. Charlie, access points to bases apart from each other. also keep testing those without “The clinic has, not surprising- Four cases have been reported are limited and only essential Anyone caught flouting the symptoms. ly, been a very hot spot,” Condrey in the military in Japan, 12 in personnel are allowed on base. rules, which aim to slow the For now there are no im- said. South Korea, and 45 in the rest of Personnel are expected to con- spread of the virus, will be pun- mediate plans to resume test- Germany, according to a rapidly tinue to follow social distancing ished, Condrey said, citing the ing on asymptomatic people. Stars and Stripes reporter David Edge contributed to this story. changing tally compiled Friday guidance, the Army said Tuesday case of a couple who got tested Future testing “may depend on [email protected] by Stars and Stripes. when it announced the height- at the drive-thru center on Patch the amount of testing kits avail- Twitter: @john_vandiver Saturday, March 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Pandemic slows Space Force growth

BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON – The coronavirus pan- demic has delayed the planned doubling in size of the U.S. military’s newest branch though Space Force has conducted criti- cal missions amid the global crisis, its first general said Friday. Gen. John Raymond, the chief of space operations and Space Force’s sole official member, told reporters Friday that coro- navirus-related global travel restrictions on the military have forced him to delay

SAMANTHA SACHEZ/U.S. Marine Corps swearing-in his senior enlisted adviser. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Roger Tow- U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alexandria Aglio berman was expected to be sworn in as the speaks to a Marine last August. The second official member of the Space Force Marine Corps may change the way it late this month, but it has been indefinitely holds selection boards to allow them to delayed by the distance between the two respect social distancing rules, which are leaders. key to fighting the coronavirus. “We’re going to swear Chief Master Sgt. Towberman into the Space Force,” Ray- mond said during a news briefing from the Pentagon. “The challenge is he’s in Colo- CARLOS BONGIOANNI/Stars and Stripes Separating, rado and I’m here.” U.S. Space Force Commander Gen. John Raymond attends a House Armed Services Despite that delay, Raymond played Subcommittee on Strategic Forces hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington last month. down other impacts the pandemic has had special duty on the building of his new service as Space Force nears its 100th day, which will be ‘ Monday. Even if Towberman’s swearing- We’re going to swear Chief Master Sgt. Towberman into the Marines get in is delayed for months, the general said, Space Force. The challenge is he’s in Colorado and I’m here. Space Force will grow in May when it adds Gen. John Raymond’ some 64 new second lieutenants set to grad- U.S. Space Force Commander, meeting with reporters Friday in Washington uate from the U.S. Air Force Academy. exemption About 16,000 individuals — a combina- tion of Air Force uniformed personnel BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON and defense civilians — are now tempo- released Friday. Space Command officials have been Stars and Stripes rarily assigned to Space Force to conduct Even with those impacts, Raymond said helping broaden communications for an- space-related military missions. Many of operations conducted just this week prove other critical military mission, the general Marines who are leaving the service or those individuals will eventually transfer the value of Space Force and the sepa- said. Those personnel worked this week on special duty assignments have been into the new service. Raymond said Fri- rate U.S. Space Command, the combatant to increase communication bandwidth to exempted from a far-reaching stop move- day that he did not believe the coronavirus command that controls all military space- ment order issued by the Pentagon to help help the Navy’s hospital ship USNS Mercy outbreak would impact those moves, which based missions. Space Command is also as it deployed from San Diego to Los An- halt the spread of the coronavirus. are planned to transition several thousand commanded by Raymond. The stop movement order bars interna- geles to aid in coronavirus relief. The ship Air Force members into Space Force later Space Force on Thursday conducted its arrived in L.A. on Friday morning, where tional travel, including permanent chang- this year. first space launch — sending an Advanced it will treat non-coronavirus effected hos- es of station, temporary duty assignments The space chief said his service has Extremely High Frequency, or AEHF, pital patients to lighten the burden on local and leave. It runs through May 24. taken a variety of precautions to protect communications satellite into orbit from hospitals. The exemption was issued in a Marine its force during the outbreak — social dis- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Flori- Raymond said he expects to unveil in administrative memo Thursday. It in- tancing, enhanced cleaning of work areas, da. The service took precautions to protect “the near future” items in which troops cludes recruiters, drill instructors, combat and moving as many people as possible to its people from contracting or spreading instructors, security forces and others in telework. Three airmen assigned to Space coronavirus during the mission, including are particularly interested, including commands that “fill a vital need,” a Marine Force have tested positive for the corona- closing the launch to the public. Space Force insignias and uniforms. The spokesman said in a statement Friday. virus, Raymond said. He said all of those “We are safely and effectively conduct- pandemic, he said, should not delay those Meanwhile, Marines who are due to individuals were based in Colorado, and ing our missions,” Raymond said. “I would announcements. leave the Corps this fiscal year — which they have been isolated from the rest of the use the launch of a communications satel- “There is not a more exciting place to be ends in September — but haven’t met all force since testing positive. The airmen lite to underscore the important role that in the Department of Defense than in the the transition requirements, which include are among 343 American service mem- space plays in support of our national de- U.S. Space Force right now,” he said. obtaining their medical and dental records bers to contract the disease since the out- fense, especially at times when communi- [email protected] and conducting a final interview with their break began, according to Pentagon data cation and information is critical.” Twitter: @CDicksteinDC career planner and commander, may re- quest an extension from their local career planner, a separate administrative mes- sage issued March 17 said. “The extension is to help Marines com- Hospital ship to ease burden on California plete the transition readiness seminar and all other requirements,” said Sgt. Jorge Ri- Associated Press bera Pedraza, a career planner for Marine fornia, where thousands of businesses have DID YOU KNOW ? been forced to close following Newsom’s Aircraft Group 49. LOS ANGELES — A military hospital The Marine Corps is also considering order for people to stay at home unless ship that arrived in Los Angeles on Friday About a third of the nation’s record 3.3 making changes that would affect selec- will provide 1,000 beds for non-coronavi- their jobs are deemed essential or they are million unemployment claims are in California, tion boards in light of the coronavirus. rus patients to relieve over-burdened med- buying food, medicine, visiting a doctor or The format could be modified to allow for ical centers expected to be hit with a surge where thousands of businesses have been exercising. social distancing, an essential tool against of COVID-19 cases in the coming days. forced to close following the governor’s order In Los Angeles, the number of virus coronavirus, which in some cases causes The US Naval Ship Mercy pulled into for people to stay at home. cases jumped Thursday from about 800 to severe lung illness and death. port a day after Los Angeles saw a 50% SOURCE: Associated Press over 1,200 in 24 hours, which was directly “Instead of ... everybody being in one jump in coronavirus cases. California has correlated to an increase in the availability room staring at a computer screen, dis- a total of 4,040 cases and deaths increased first day, then doubling that and doubling of test kits, public health Director Barbara Ferrer said. Deaths in the nation’s most cussing one Marine at a time, we’re now to 82, according to numbers kept by Johns again. A number like that would be a rea- populous county jumped from 12 to 21. looking at ... is it possible to spread (the Hopkins University. sonable start.” board) across two or three rooms elec- Based on a projection that each infected Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Meanwhile, California has hired retired tronically with video teleconference capa- California Gov. Gavin Newsom are expect- person spreads the virus to two others, the state workers and transferred other em- bility?” Marine Corps Commandant Gen. ed to visit the Mercy, which could begin re- number of patients could quickly over- David Berger said at a news conference ceiving patients over the weekend. ployees to help process an avalanche of whelm hospitals, Ferrer said as she urged Thursday at the Pentagon. “The proposal we’re recommending is over 1 million unemployment claims amid people to avoid exposure. As of Thursday, 44 Marines had tested that we do a slow ramp up” with patients, a surge of job losses. “We have to assume that the spread of positive for the virus, said acting Secre- ship Capt. John Rotruck said. “We would About a third of the nation’s record 3.3 COVID-19 is happening all across the tary of the Navy Thomas Modly. start slowly with a number like five for the million unemployment claims are in Cali- county,” Ferrer said. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, March 28, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK House passes $2.2T rescue bill

BY ANDREW TAYLOR, ALAN ers at the end of each aisle in the FRAM AND LAURIE KELLMAN chamber, where most lawmak- Associated Press ers sat scattered apart from one another. WASHINGTON — Acting with There was no doubt the House exceptional resolve in an extraor- would give overwhelming final dinary time, the House rushed congressional approval to the President Donald Trump a $2.2 largest economic bailout legisla- trillion rescue package Friday, tion in U.S. history. For the most tossing a life preserver to a U.S. part, Democrats who saw a tax- economy and health care system payer giveaway to big business left flailing by the coronavirus and Republicans who considered pandemic. it ladened with waste were set to The House approved the sweep- back the measure for the greater ing measure by a voice vote, as good of keeping the economy strong majorities of both parties alive. HOUSE TELEVISION/AP lined up behind the most colossal But libertarian Rep. Thomas Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Texas, left, and Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, stand as they speak on the floor of economic relief bill in the nation’s Massie, R-Ky., threatened to slow the House of Representatives in Washington on Friday. history. It will ship payments of action by demanding a roll call up to $1,200 to millions of Ameri- vote. The debate was mostly con- Friday’s House session fol- and family leave may be revisited larger businesses. cans, bolster unemployment ben- ciliatory, with members of both lowed an extraordinary 96-0 efits, offer loans, grants and tax parties praising the measure as a in subsequent legislation. Policymakers worry that bu- breaks to businesses large and rescue for a ravaged nation. The Senate vote late Wednesday. The The legislation will give $1,200 reaucracies like the Small Busi- small and flush billions more to lecturns in the chamber’s well bill’s relief can hardly come soon in direct payments to individuals ness Administration may become states, local governments and were wiped down between many enough. and make way for a flood of subsi- overwhelmed, and conservatives the nation’s all but overwhelmed of the speeches. Federal Reserve Chairman Je- dized loans, grants and tax breaks fear that a new, generous unem- health care system. “While no one will agree with rome Powell said Thursday the to businesses facing extinction in ployment benefit will dissuade “Today we’ve all acknowledged every part of this rescue bill, we economy “may well be in reces- an economic shutdown caused as jobless people from returning to our nation faces an economic and face a challenge rarely seen in sion” already, and the govern- Americans self-isolate by the tens the workforce. A new $500 billion health emergency of historic pro- America’s history. We must act ment reported a shocking 3.3 of millions. It dwarfs prior Wash- subsidized lending program for portions,” said House Speaker now, or the toll on lives and live- million burst of weekly jobless ington efforts to take on economic larger businesses is unproven as Nancy Pelosi. lihoods will be far greater,” said claims, more than four times the crises and natural disasters, such well. Democratic and Republican Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas. previous record. The U.S. death as the 2008 Wall Street bailout The bill finances a response leaders worked in tandem to “We have no time to dither,“ toll from the virus rose to 1,300. and President Barack Obama’s with a price tag that equals half quickly pass the measure by voice said Rep. Gerald Connolly, D- It is unlikely to be the end of the first-year economic recovery act. the size of the entire $4 trillion- vote to accommodate members Va. “We have no time to engage federal response. House Speaker But key elements are untest- plus annual federal budget. The scattered around the country and in ideological or petty partisan Nancy Pelosi said issues like more ed, such as grants to small busi- $2.2 trillion estimate is the White reluctant to risk flying back to the fights. Our country needs us as generous food stamp payments, nesses to keep workers on payroll House’s best guess of the spend- Capitol. There were hand sanitiz- one.” aid to state and local governments and complex lending programs to ing it contains. British PM tests positive, insists he’s able to lead

BY JILL LAWLESS from a series of interconnected health care workers. Slack said AND PAN PYLAS buildings centered on 10 Down- the prime minister was careful Associated Press ing St. and adjoining houses — a to observe social distancing rules warren of rooms and narrow cor- while he did so, standing several LONDON — British Prime ridors that is both the prime min- meters away from Treasury chief Minister Boris Johnson has tested ister’s home and the workplace of Rishi Sunak, who also took part. positive for the new coronavirus, hundreds of people. Earlier this week Prince the first leader of a major nation Johnson’s spokesman, James Charles, the heir to the British to contract COVID-19, but he in- Slack, said the prime minister throne, announced that he had sisted Friday that he remains in was self-isolating in his apart- tested positive for the virus. His charge of the U.K.’s response to ment, which is above 11 Downing mother, 93-year-old Queen Eliza- the outbreak. St., and would have his meals left beth II, is self-isolating at Wind- Johnson, 55, said he was tested outside his door by staff. sor Castle as a precaution. Thursday on the advice of the “For now the prime minister’s Buckingham Palace said John- country’s chief medical officer symptoms are mild and he is con- son and the Queen last met on after showing “mild symptoms” tinuing to do all of the same func- March 11. The pair have held of a temperature and a persistent tions he was performing before. their weekly audience by phone cough. The only difference is he will now for the past two weeks. “I’ve taken a test, that’s come have to do that by teleconferenc- Johnson’s diagnosis comes at out positive so I am working ing, ” Slack said. the end of a week when he effec- from home, I am self-isolating, AARON CHOWN, PA/AP Slack said several other Down- tively closed down much of the and that’s entirely the right thing ing St. staff are self-isolating but British economy and introduced to do, ” Johnson said in a video Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson stands outside 10 Downing he did not know of any other con- strict curbs on people’s day-to- message posted on his Twitter Street in London March 26 as he joins a national applause to salute firmed cases. day movements. account. the health service (NHS) workers, in London. The government said that if The pound suffered a knee-jerk “But be in no doubt that I can Johnson is unable to work, For- retreat in the immediate after- continue, thanks to the wizardry political leader to have contract- numbers of people and hold mul- eign Secretary Dominic Raab math of Johnson’s disclosure but of modern technology, to com- ed the virus, which has infected tiple meetings daily. Britain’s Par- will replace him. had soon recouped most of those municate with all my top team more than 500,000 people around liament continued to meet as the Johnson has met in person with losses and was trading 0.5% high- to lead the national fightback the world. virus spread, before it was even- some senior ministers and offi- er on the day at $1.2257. against coronavirus.” The diagnoses of Johnson and tually suspended on Tuesday. cials this week, and has appeared In his Twitter video, Johnson Health Secretary Matt Han- Hancock are the latest evidence On Friday health officials said at press conferences alongside thanked everyone in the public cock was also confirmed to have that no one — no matter how Britain had 14,579 confirmed his top medical and scientific services for their “amazing na- the virus. Hancock, 41, tweeted: high-profile — is untouched by cases of COVID-19, and 759 peo- advisers. tional effort,” and praised every- “Thankfully my symptoms are the global pandemic. ple have died — 181 deaths in 24 On Thursday evening, Johnson one who is staying at home. mild.” Politicians may be especially hours, the highest daily toll yet. stood outside his front door to join “That’s the way we’re going to Johnson is the highest-profile exposed, since they meet large Britain’s government is run in a national round of applause for win, ” he said. Saturday, March 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Game Zero: Italian soccer match led to spread of virus

Bergamo has become an epicenter of pandemic

BY TALES AZZONI to the match became the second AND ANDREW DAMPF person infected in the region, and Associated Press it didn’t take long before people who were in contact with him also ROME had the virus, as did Valencia fans t was the biggest soccer who were at the game. game in Atalanta’s history While Atalanta announced its and a third of Bergamo’s first positive case Tuesday for Ipopulation made the short goalkeeper Marco Sportiello, Va- trip to Milan’s famed San Siro lencia said more than a third of its Stadium. squad got infected, “despite the Nearly 2,500 fans of visiting strict measures adopted by the Spanish club Valencia also trav- club” after the match in Milan. eled to that Champions League As of Tuesday, nearly 7,000 peo- match. ple in the province of Bergamo PHOTOS BY LUCA BRUNO, ABOVE, AND ANTONIO CALANNI, BELOW/AP More than a month later, ex- had tested positive for COVID-19 Above: Atalanta players celebrate at the end of the Champions League round of 16, first leg, soccer perts are pointing to the Feb. 19 and more than 1,000 people had match against Valencia at San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. It was the biggest soccer game in Atalanta’s game as one of the biggest rea- died from the virus — making history. Below: More than 40,000 fans from Bergamo made the short trip to the match. More than a sons why Bergamo has become Bergamo the most deadly prov- month later, experts are pointing to the Feb. 19 game as one of the biggest reasons why Bergamo has one of the epicenters of the coro- ince in all of Italy for the pandem- become one of the epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic. navirus pandemic — a “biological ic. The Valencia region had more bomb” was the way one respira- than 2,600 people infected. By the numbers Italian newspaper Corriere della tory specialist put it — and why Luca Lorini, the head of the in- Sera. “In buses, cars, trains. A 35% of Valencia’s team became tensive care unit at the Pope John biological bomb, unfortunately.” infected. XXIII hospital in Bergamo, cur- Italian soccer players’ associa- The match, which local media rently has 88 patients under his tion president Damiano Tommasi have dubbed “Game Zero,” was care with the coronavirus; not in- believes sports authorities should held two days before the first case cluding many more in other parts 80K 7K 40K look long and hard at the Atalanta of locally transmitted COVID-19 of the hospital. match before restarting leagues. was confirmed in Italy. “I’m sure that 40,000 people “Look at what’s happening in “We were mid-February so we hugging and kissing each other Italy has the People in the Fans from China, where players are testing didn’t have the circumstances of while standing a centimeter apart most cases of Bergamo, Italy Bergamo who positive for the coronavirus now what was happening,” Bergamo — four times, because Atalanta coronavirus in provice that have attended a — despite all the safety rules and Mayor Giorgio Gori said this week scored four goals (the final result precautions being taken,” Tom- during a live Facebook chat with was 4-1) — was definitely a huge Europe with tested positive for Champions masi told the AP, referring to a the Foreign Press Association in accelerator for contagion,” Lorini 74,386 as of coronavirus with League round of recent positive test for former Rome. “If it’s true what they’re said. Friday morning. more than 1,000 16 game on Feb. Manchester United midfielder saying that the virus was already “Right now we’re at war. When deaths. 19 in Milan. Marouane Fellaini with Chinese circulating in Europe in January, peace time comes, I can assure club Shandong Lunen. then it’s very probable that 40,000 you we will go and see how many Over the past month, Atalanta Bergamaschi in the stands of San of the 40,000 people who went to SOURCE: Associated Press, Johns Hopkins has mourned the deaths of five Siro, all together, exchanged the the game became infected,” Lori- former staff members. While an- virus between them. As is pos- ni added. “Right now we have trucks began transporting bod- San Siro,” the Argentine said. “It nouncements on the club website sible that so many Bergamaschi other priorities.” ies to a neighboring region for was a historic match for Atalanta, made no mention of the virus, that night got together in houses, Silvio Brusaferro, the head cremation. something unique. To give you an local media have reported that bars to watch the match and did of Italy’s Superior Institute of Italy remained the European idea, my wife took three hours to at least four of them died with the same. Health, said over the weekend at country with the most cases, get to Milan, when that trip nor- COVID-19. “Unfortunately, we couldn’t the nightly nationally televised more than 80,000 as of Friday, mally takes 40 minutes.” “Some squads have chosen not have known. No one knew the briefing by the civil protection and with more than 8,200 deaths The game was played in Milan to test their players unless they virus was already here,” the agency that the game was “one — the most worldwide and more because Atalanta’s stadium in show symptoms,” Tommasi said. mayor added. “It was inevitable.” of the hypotheses” being evalu- than twice as many as China. Bergamo didn’t meet the require- “Other squads tested everyone. Less than a week after the ated as a source of the crisis in Spain is the next country in Eu- ments set by European soccer These are individual choices. game, the first cases were report- Bergamo. rope with the most cases, nearly governing body UEFA. “The head of the civil protec- ed in the province of Bergamo. By last week, Bergamo’s cem- 64,000, and it has surpassed Before the match, Valencia tion agency has talked about the At about the same time in Va- etery became so overwhelmed by China in the number of deaths fans freely roamed around Milan likelihood that for every proven lencia, a journalist who traveled the number of dead that military with more than 4,858. and gathered at some of the city’s positive case there are probably More than 558,000 people plazas, including the Piazza del 10 actual positives. ... The high worldwide have been infected Duomo, drinking and chanting number of positives at Valencia and the number of dead was more team songs. makes you wonder.” than 25,000, according to the run- Looking back, the conditions With the Champions League ning count kept by Johns Hopkins for virus contagion were high, suspended because of the pan- University. Overall, more than with thousands of people gather- demic, Atalanta has no idea when 114,713 have recovered. ing without much concern — at it might play in the quarterfinals The official attendance for the a time when the outbreak in Eu- — which again would be the club’s Feb. 19 game was 45,792 — a rope wasn’t yet known — and then biggest game in its history. In the “home” record for Atalanta, a traveling back home. Nearly 30 meantime, both the Bergamo small club making its debut in busloads of fans made the 37-mile team and Valencia are left won- Europe’s top club competition. trip from Bergamo to Milan. dering about the unforeseen ef- Atalanta captain Alejandro “I have heard a lot (of theories), fects of their match in February. “Papu” Gomez told Argentine I’ll say mine: Feb. 19, 40,000 Ber- Azzoni reported from Madrid. daily Ole it was “terrible” to have gamaschi went to San Siro for Associated Press writers Daniella played that game. Atalanta-Valencia,” Fabiano di Matar in Milan and Joseph Wilson in Barcelona, and reporter Patricia “It’s a city of 120,000 people Marco, the chief pneumologist Thomas in Rome contributed to this and that day (40,000) went to the at the hospital in Bergamo, told report. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, March 28, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Florida’s Broward County told to stay home as other states consider next steps

Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE — Miami-area hospitals were treat- ing about a dozen crew members from two cruise ships and Flor- ida’s second-largest county or- dered residents to stay home as the state’s number of corona- virus cases jumped sharply on Thursday. The state health department said more than 2,350 people had tested positive for the new coro- navirus, a 35% increase from Wednesday’s total. The number of deaths jumped from 21 to 27. Miami-area hospitals received crew members Thursday from two Costa Cruise ships, the Mag- ica and Favolosa. Carnival Corp., which owns the cruise line, said in a statement that the ships were empty except for crew members. They remained offshore. Both vessels were both last in port at the Caribbean island of St. Maarten: the Magica on March 17 and the Favolosa on Satur- day, according to vesselfinder. com. About 30 crew members had shown flu-like symptoms, but only about a dozen required hos- pitalization, Carnival said. Meanwhile, the second-largest county in the state, Broward, is- LYNNE SLADKY/AP sued an order requiring residents A life boat, right, carrying ill crew members from Costa cruise ship Favolosa arrives at U. S. Coast Guard Base Miami Beach as medical to stay home starting Friday un- personnel stand by Thursday in Miami Beach, Fla.. Miami-area hospitals received crew members from two Costa Cruise ships, the Magica less they were getting food or and Favolosa. Carnival Corp., which owns the cruise line, said the ships are empty except for crew members. other essentials, headed to work or had an emergency. forts to bolster the supply of food Digital Transformation and Ad- closed because of the new corona- the family, friends, and commu- Counties in the Tampa Bay area Thursday as a few dozen soldiers ministration David Ostrowe has virus, as the death toll in the state nity of our fellow Montanan.” and central Florida had already packed boxes at food banks see- the virus and is quarantined at rose to at least 56. On Saturday, a two-week stay- imposed orders to stay home. ing a surge in demand and others home. Ostrowe has not had con- Kemp’s latest order keeps K- at-home order goes into effect Cities in the county had been prepared to move goods between tact with Stitt in more than two 12 public schools across the state for the state’s 1 million residents pushing for such a measure, and warehouses and grocery stores. weeks, Baylee Lakey said, adding closed through April 24 and clos- in the latest attempt to fight the some had already issued their Thursday’s food bank missions that Stitt hasn’t been tested for es public colleges and universities spread of the coronavirus. own orders. The county had pre- in Mesa and Tucson were among the virus and has no plans to do for the rest of the semester. Many But he said this additional step viously issued orders that closed the first since Gov. Doug Ducey so at this time. school districts had already de- was needed to ensure the state nonessential businesses and activated the Guard last week All staff who may have had cided to extend closures on their does “everything we can to cut off beaches. in response to the coronavirus contact with Ostrowe have been own, after an earlier order signed the chain of transmission.” outbreak. asked to quarantine themselves by Kemp that banned gatherings “I’d rather be accused of over- A labama For now, the Guard has about for 14 days, she said. of 10 or more people. reacting than to have the health 750 members activated and its With schools closed, the Geor- care system overwhelmed,” he MONTGOMERY— Alabama mission is limited to assisting Delaware gia state Board of Education on said. Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday di- grocery stores and food banks. Thursday waived a series of state The state had 90 cases as of rected public schools to finish But Ducey last week said he may DOVER— Officials on Thurs- rules and laws in moves that will Thursday night. the academic year with students need to activate as many as 5,500 day announced Delaware’s first let school districts graduate se- taking lessons at home through guardsmen for missions such as two coronavirus deaths, includ- niors and promote other students Nevada distance learning as the state building hospitals, organizing a ing one that occurred after the even if coursework is incomplete. tries to slow the spread of the medical corps or assisting law first known outbreak at a long- Many of Georgia’s 180 local RENO — The coronavirus has coronavirus. enforcement. term care facility in the state. school systems were already claimed 10 lives in Nevada, in- Ivey, who had closed schools “The ability for me to actually The death of an 86-year-old man exempt from most of the rules cluding the first person younger through April 5, said it became come and help and do things like who had lived at Little Sisters of under earlier flexibility agree- than 50, state health officials said clear that schools cannot reopen this is — not to sound too cliche the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence ments, but the move extends the Thursday. yet. She signed an order saying — but what I’m meant to do. This in Newark was announced Thurs- flexibility to all. The four new deaths confirmed school systems should implement is what I see as my purpose,” said day night in a news release from The state also changed the fee Thursday were the most in a sin- plans beginning April 6 to finish Staff Sgt. Nicholas Munos, 29, state health officials. The man structure for enrolling students gle day. the school year through alternate a Northern Arizona University had underlying medical condi- in online classes offered by the All 10 deaths have occurred in means of instruction. student who joined the National tions, officials said. Six residents Georgia Virtual School. the Las Vegas area, with the first Alabama Superintendent of Guard after finishing a nine-year of the nursing home have tested confirmed on March 16. Education Eric Mackey said the active duty stint with the Army. positive for COVID-19, the dis- Montana The disclosures came as a state is developing plans for how ease caused by the virus. report was released ranking the distance learning would work. Oklahoma Earlier in the day, a 66-year- HELENA — A Montana resi- Nevada among the three worst Mackey said lessons may be con- old man from southern Delaware dent who had COVID-19 has died, states nationally in hospital pre- ducted online , and students who OKLAHOMA CITY — A mem- had been announced as the state’s marking the state’s first death re- paredness for the coronavirus do not have internet access may ber of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s cabinet first coronavirus death. The Sus- lated to the disease caused by the outbreak based on the number of get take-home materials. is among the 84 new coronavirus sex County man with underlying coronavirus, Gov. Steve Bullock hospital beds and physicians per “We are working diligently cases reported Thursday in Okla- health conditions died while hos- said. 1,000 people. The other two are with our local superintendents homa, bringing the state’s tally of pitalized out of state. Bullock announced the death Utah and Idaho. and their teams to make sure infections to at least 248. Officials did not provide fur- Thursday night, but did not re- The new study by QuoteWizard, there is a plan in place for every Oklahoma’s death toll rose to ther details, including where the lease the person’s identity or an online insurance advertising school, for every child to continue seven. The virus has now been man was hospitalized, what day where the person lived. Health marketer owned by Lending- their learning, to close out their detected in 33 of the state’s 77 he died or whether he contracted officials were contacting rela- Tree, is based on an analysis of school year, to graduate our se- counties, and health officials have the virus in Delaware. tives, he said. Kaiser Family Foundation data niors on time,” Mackey said. consistently said that, because of “Especially during these times, that shows Nevada’s average is a lack of testing supplies, the ac- Georgia Montana truly is one big small two physicians and two beds per Arizona tual number of infected persons town — this news hits us hard, but 1,000 people. Nationwide, there is likely significantly higher. ATLANTA — Georgia’s gover- we’re in this together,” Bullock are an average of 2.96 physicians MESA— The Arizona Na- A spokeswoman for the gov- nor Thursday extended an order said in a statement. “My family and 2.4 hospital beds per 1,000 tional Guard stepped up its ef- ernor said State Secretary of to keep the state’s public schools and I send our love and support to people. Saturday, March 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 NATION Trump camp Venezuelan leader warns local TV stations threatens Trump over Dem ad Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s reelection cam- after drug charge paign is threatening legal ac- tion against local TV stations in BY JOSHUA GOODMAN railed during his televised ad- Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, AND SCOTT SMITH dress. “You manage international Pennsylvania and Wisconsin if Associated Press relations like a New York mafia they don’t pull a Democratic anti- extortion artist you once were as Trump commercial that uses clips MIAMI — Venezuelan Presi- a real estate boss.” of the president talking about the dent Nicolas Maduro stood defi- What was some of Maduro’s coronavirus outbreak. The cam- ant in the face of a $15 million most venomous rhetoric ever paign says the ad is false. bounty by the U.S. to face drug against Trump also came with a Priorities USA Action Fund, trafficking charges, calling Don- threat of military force: “If one the Democratic super political ald Trump a “racist cowboy” and day the imperialists and Colom- action committee that created warning that he is ready to fight bian oligarchy dare to touch even the 30-second spot and supported by whatever means necessary a single hair, they will face the Barack Obama and Hillary Clin- should the U.S. and neighboring Bolivarian fury of an entire na- ton, responded by soliciting fi- Colombia dare to invade. tion that will wipe them all out.” nancial contributions to keep the Maduro’s bellicose remarks Earlier, Venezuela’s chief pros- ad on the airwaves. Thursday night came hours after ecutor opened an investigation Trump’s campaign said the the U.S. announced sweeping in- against opposition leader Juan commercial contains the “false dictments against the socialist Guaido for allegedly plotting a leader and several members of coup with retired army Gen. Cliv- assertion” that Trump called the his inner circle for allegedly con- er Alcala, who after being named coronavirus a “hoax.” verting Venezuela into a criminal The ad strings together audio in the U.S. indictments said he DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/AP enterprise at the service of drug had stockpiled assault weapons of recent comments by Trump in traffickers and terrorist groups. in Colombia for a cross-border A reward poster for Nicolas Maduro that was released Thursday . The which he attempts to minimize One indictment by prosecutors incursion. Without offering evi- U.S. Justice Department has indicted Venezuela’s socialist president the seriousness of the coronavi- in New York accused Maduro and dence, Maduro said the Drug and several key aides on charges of narcoterrorism. rus outbreak, including a snippet socialist party boss Diosdado Ca- Enforcement Administration was in which he says, “This is their bello, head of the rubber-stamp behind a plan by Alcala to as- Attorney General William Barr Venezuelan regime,” including new hoax.” constitutional assembly, of con- sassinate him and other political estimated the conspiracy helped the Maduro-dominated judiciary Trump’s campaign said spiring with Colombian rebels leaders. smuggle as much as 250 metric and the powerful armed forces. Wednesday that it had delivered and members of the Venezuelan The indictment of a function- tons of cocaine a year out of South In Miami, prosecutors charged “cease and desist” letters to the America. Supreme Court Chief Justice military “to flood the United ing head of state is highly un- stations demanding that they “The Maduro regime is awash Maikel Moreno with laundering States with cocaine” and use the usual and is bound to ratchet pull the ad or face legal action. in corruption and criminality,” in the U.S. at least $3 million in drug trade as a “weapon against up tensions with Washington as The stations were not named in a America.” Barr said in an online news con- illegal proceeds from case fixing the spread of the coronavirus news release announcing the ac- Maduro, a former bus driver ference from Washington. “While in Venezuela, including one in- threatens to collapse Venezuela’s tion or in a copy of the letter ac- who fashions himself an every- shortage-plagued health system. the Venezuelan people suffer, this volving a General Motors factory. cessed by a hyperlink included in man icon of the Latin American Maduro has ordered Venezuelans cabal lines their pockets with Much of the money he spent on the emailed release. left, said the charges were po- to stay home in an effort to curb drug money, and the proceeds of private aircraft, luxury watches litically motivated. He said they the spread of the virus, which their corruption. And this has to and shopping at Prada, prosecu- Guy Cecil, chairman of Pri- ignore U.S. ally Colombia’s role officials say has infected 107 come to an end.” tors allege. orities USA, tweeted Wednesday as the main source of the world’s people and claimed its first death The coordinated unsealing of “This announcement is a major that Trump wants to block the ad cocaine and his own role in fa- Thursday. indictments against 14 officials blow for Maduro, who has been “because he doesn’t want Ameri- cilitating peace talks between Criminal acts to advance a drug and government-connected indi- running Venezuela like a mafia cans to know the truth.” He in- Colombia’s government and that and weapons conspiracy that dates viduals, along with the announce- state, with rampant corruption cluded a link for donations to pay country’s rebels over the past back to the start of Hugo Chavez’s ment of rewards of $55 million and widespread atrocities, and to keep the ad on the air. decade. revolution in 1999 occurred as far against Maduro and four oth- absolute impunity,” said Jose Priorities USA said Thursday “Donald Trump, you are a mis- afield as Syria, Mexico, Honduras ers, attacked all the key planks Miguel Vivanco, the Americas di- that the ad will begin airing in erable human being,” Maduro and Iran, the indictment alleges. of what Barr called the “corrupt rector of Human Rights Watch. Arizona. Nation’s longest-serving legislator to retire from Wis. post

BY TODD RICHMOND 14 minority Democrats in the Senate who line rush. In an interview with the National Confer- Associated Press fled the state in a futile attempt to prevent “There’s nothing more fascinating than ence of State Legislatures in 2009, Risser a vote on then-Re- dealing with human beings,” he said. “It lamented how divisive politics had become MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin state Sen. publican Gov. Scott keeps you energized.” and the cost of campaigns. Fred Risser, the longest-serving legislator Walker’s contentious Risser served as a Navy medic in Pana- “The worst part is the excessive parti- in the nation’s history, said Thursday that plan to strip public ma during World War II, then earned his sanship that I believe has trickled down he plans to retire. workers of their union bachelor and law degrees from the Univer- from Washington, D.C.,” he said. “Also the Risser, 92, announced that he won’t rights. sity of Oregon in the early 1950s. He and cost of running for the Legislature has got- seek re-election this fall. The Democrat Though never a his wife, Nancy, have three children. ten way too expensive. We have some races has represented Madison in the Wiscon- flashy orator, Risser When he jumped into public service, he in Wisconsin that run into the millions of sin Legislature for 64 years. He’s the last was a constant pres- became the fourth generation of his family dollars. I believe this discourages a lot of World War II veteran remaining in any ence in the Capitol, to represent Madison in the Legislature. good people from running for office.” of the state legislatures and Congress, ac- strolling the halls His great-grandfather was a Unionist fol- Risser said he had thought about run- cording to his office. Risser in his red beret and lowing the Civil War, his grandfather was Born in 1927, Risser was first elected this past year with a a Republican and his father was a Pro- ning for higher office but the timing was to the Wisconsin Assembly in 1956 and pair of walking sticks. But as an expert in gressive. The Wisconsin Department of never right and the opportunity never pre- moved to the Senate in 1962. He served as parliamentary procedure, he would often Justice’s headquarters is named the Risser sented itself. But he said he was happy with Senate president 15 times over 25 years stand and lecture Republicans on proper Justice Center to honor the family. how his career turned out. and worked with 13 different governors. Senate protocols, even when he was in the His legislative district included the core State Rep. Chris Taylor, a Madison Dem- Risser has said one of his greatest leg- minority party. of Madison, the most liberal city in the ocrat, issued a statement moments after islative accomplishments was crafting He told The Associated Press in 2007 state that includes the University of Wis- Risser announced his retirement that she a bill in 2009 that banned smoking in all that serving in the Legislature could be consin-Madison and the largest number of would not seek re-election to the Assembly workplaces. Two years later he was one of frustrating but the job gave him an adrena- state employees in Wisconsin. or any other legislative seat. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, March 28, 2020 WORLD Israel takes step to end deadlock; Gantz is speaker

BY RUTH EGLASH on March 2. In that vote, neither The Washington Post Netanyahu’s Likud party and its right-wing, religious bloc of par- JERUSALEM — Israeli law- ties nor Gantz’s Blue and White, makers took what could be a sig- together with a mix of opposition nificant step Thursday toward forming an emergency govern- parties, had the 61 seats, out of a ment and ending the country’s possible 120, to form a governing year-long political deadlock by coalition. electing opposition leader Benny Last week, even as Gantz re- MICHAELA HANDREK-REHLE/Bloomberg Gantz as speaker of parliament. ceived recommendations from The unexpected development a slim majority of lawmakers to Richard Yu, chief executive officer of consumer business at Huawei Technologies Co., in Munich on looks to be part of a deal between be given the mandate to form the Sept. 19. Huawei is testing if Chinese consumers are ready to buy its new phones. Gantz and Prime Minister Ben- next government, it was unclear jamin Netanyahu to form a unity how he would cobble together a government as Israel battles the coalition from four very diverse Huawei tests appeal of new phones coronavirus pandemic. Under the parties. deal, Netanyahu could remain Still, Gantz and his backers suc- BY NATE LANXON prime minister for now. ceeded in reviving the parliament, been battling global scrutiny makers, including Huawei. In February, it announced a The sudden turn of events or Knesset, despite resistance Bloomberg over its telecom equipment and prompted the breakup of Gantz’s was added to a U.S. government second-generation version of its from the right-wing bloc, filing a Blue and White party. Two of the Huawei Technologies is about blacklist that blocked it from Mate X folding phone, which up legal petition in Israel’s Supreme three factions comprising that to test the demand for flagship using popular versions of the An- to that point had been sold mostly party have consistently said they Court that demanded the creation smartphones in China, and the droid operating system. in its home country. Yu said the will not join a governing coali- of four key parliamentary panels chief executive officer of its con- In the first quarter of 2020, phone isn’t profitable, but demand tion or participate in a political to oversee the government’s work sumer business said he’s confi- amid the novel coronavirus’s is outpacing supply. scenario that allows Netanyahu and a vote that would replace dent markets and manufacturers rapid spread across the globe, “With time and more produc- are ready. to remain in office while he faces Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, shipments of Huawei’s wearable tion we can bring the cost down Richard Yu said that the Chi- criminal indictment. Netanyahu who is a member of Likud. devices grew 75%, while PCs and and make it more competitive,” nese government’s strict limita- was formally charged in No- On Wednesday, Edelstein an- wireless earphones grew about he said. tions on public mobility at the start Yu also said that the P40 vember in three criminal cases nounced his resignation, saying 110% and 150% respectively, a of the year to bring the spread of — which comprises three mod- involving allegations of bribery, spokeswoman for the company that he would not allow the courts COVID-19 under control are be- els with a range of features and fraud and breach of trust. said. to have such a great hand in the ginning to relax as the virus has price points — is the first Huawei Gantz lost support from some workings of the legislature. He died down, and the country is Yu said one significant con- smartphone to only support fifth- members of his own faction, as refused to table the vote for a re- open for business again. tributor to the growth of these generation, or 5G, networks. well as a group of Arab Israeli placement candidate agreed upon “It’s under control and most products was the large number He said he was confident that Knesset parliamentarians who of people working and going to by the opposition factions. stores are open,” he said in an “2020 is the first year 5G will had been willing to back him school from home. As Israel moved to emergency interview Thursday ahead of the take off, so that’s why the P40 is for prime minister. But he won Still, demand for smartphones footing Wednesday, tightening company’s launch of its P40 range purely a 5G phone.” the speaker’s job with the votes of flagship smartphones. “The is slowing, and manufacturers Ben Wood, chief of research at restrictions on public movement of lawmakers from Netanyahu’s supply chain and manufacturing are trying to find new ways to analyst group CCS Insight, said Likud party. amid the coronavirus outbreak, it in China has recovered.” convince consumers they should that although “arguably there Israeli politicians are still try- was reported that Netanyahu and The COVID-19 outbreak is just upgrade their devices. Bendable could not be a worse time to ing to straighten out the political Gantz had spoken by phone and the latest in a number of high- products are an increasingly pop- launch a set of premium smart- situation after an unprecedented that their negotiating teams met profile existential challenges ular strategy being tried out by phones, Huawei may be in a bet- third general election was held Thursday. to Huawei. The company’s also some of the world’s biggest device ter position than some rivals.” Venezuela’s only telecommunications satellite is lost in space

BY MANUEL RUEDA before its planned expiration date ExoAnalytic Solutions, a Califor- Associated Press of 2023. nia company that tracks global The satellite was helping to satellite traffic, reported that BOGOTA, Colombia — Vene- provide internet services to rural VeneSat-1 had veered away from zuela’s only telecommunications areas that are not connected to satellite has veered off its orbit its position at 78 degrees west lon- fiber optic cables, and also was gitude above Venezuela and was and stopped working, creating a also being used to broadcast logistical headache for the cash- tumbling westward. Venezuela’s heavily politicized strapped South American nation. Venezuela’s Ministry of Sci- state-run television channels into The Chinese-built satellite was ence confirmed in a statement poor or rural homes that have no launched among much fanfare in on Wednesday that the Simon access to cable TV. 2008 under the watch of former Bolivar Satellite — named after “Now the government will need President Hugo Chavez, who said Venezuela’s independence hero to resort to international satellite that the six-ton machine would — was no longer operational. But help to “construct 21st-century providers to distribute its con- tent” to the poorest Venezuelans, it did not provide details on why it socialism” and contribute to had gone haywire. Venezuela’s “independence and said William Pena a Venezuelan William Therien vice president sovereignty.” journalist who specializes in tele- But as Chavez’s socialist revolu- communications. But migrating of engineering for ExoAnalytic HOWARD YANES/AP tion decays under U.S. sanctions to commercial satellites will cost Solutions said that satellites could A man walks past a satellite dish station, Oct. 28, 2008, in El and years of economic misman- millions of dollars and could be be forced out of their planned or- Sombrero, Venezuela. Venezuela’s only telecommunications agement, the nation’s prized sat- hindered by U.S. sanctions. bits by factors that include over- satellite has veered off its orbit and stopped working, according to a ellite is tumbling in space and The satellite’s problems were heating, component failure or government statement Thursday. has become useless three years first noticed on March 13, when impact from micro meteors. Saturday, March 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 VIDEO GAMES Delay of games? Virus concerns complicate production schedules Modern-day video game consoles, from their packaging to controllers and especially the devices themselves, are made up of many disparate parts from all over the world. These compo- nents could soon become a big problem for console makers planning to release their next generation of products this holiday season. The spread of coronavirus, classifi ed March 11 as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, stands to threat- en the normal production of many of these components. Running the gamut from heat management components to voice sensors, from haptic feed- back motors to power cords, from the console’s plastic shell to the cardboard packaging it is sold in, these parts are manufactured by and supplied to con- sole makers by companies all over the world. These companies are, in turn, supplied parts by other companies. These links of companies and shipping intermediaries are known as the sup- ply chain. A complication at one point in a sup- ply chain can have signifi cant rami- fi cations for companies downstream. But this effect is amplifi ed during a global pandemic, when containment efforts can slow down production in many countries at once. This is al- ready true of supply chains with links Application Systems Heidelberg, Coconut Island Games running through Southeast Asia and Luna The Shadow Dust enchants with hand-drawn visuals as it sends players through a mysterious storyline. China. When examining the types of intermediate products that China pro- duces, “electronics and just electrical equipment in general were the most vulnerable segments of the supply chain,” said Gregory Daco, the chief Illuminating the dark shadows U.S. economist at Oxford Economics in an interview last month with The Washington Post. “If you look at some of the employment data for the region, Point-and-click puzzler Luna the Shadow Dust you see that essentially, everything that pertains to electronics and I.T. builds intrigue, interest without using dialogue equipment — and semiconductors are in there — are some of the most BY CHRISTOPHER BYRD a rock on the ground. Its surface bears exposed.” It is diffi cult to predict how coro- Special to The Washington Post the shadow of the gnarled plant that’s next to it on which rests the shadow of an navirus will impact the production uring the early 1990s, point- otherwise unseen bird. When the boy tries of video game consoles, especially and-click adventures made by to walk past the rock, the shadow bird the next generation of consoles like companies such as LucasArts squawks, causing the luminous entity to Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Sony’s Dand Sierra Entertainment were shrink back. PlayStation 5, tentatively slated for the 2020 holiday season. But the pandemic among the most visually arresting games The boy swiftly fi xes the situation by is already proving to be a test for available. I used to persevere through kicking over the plant, ridding the rock of the companies involved. Last month, their (sometimes obscure) puzzles the offending shadow. A few paces away, Bloomberg reported that Nintendo because I wanted to see what sights lay the boy comes upon a door that’s not at- would have diffi culty supplying Switch beyond the next bend. (Back then, I used tached to any building. Opening it, one consoles to the U.S. and Europe due my uncle’s CompuServe account to check sees nothing but the nearby area beyond message boards for tips.) to coronavirus-related supply chain its frame. Seizing the initiative, the entity freeing the creature, players can click complications. Developed by a small team of four fl ies over to a lantern that hangs from back and forth between the boy and the people, Luna The Shadow Dust is an “Everyone is panicked,” said Rui a branch of a leafl ess tree. Lighting the animal. The animal can dive into the enchanting point-and click adventure Zhang, general manager at Lorom, lantern causes a sprawling tower to rise shadows and become a living shadow that reminded me of the old “let me just which makes cords and is listed as a up around the door. It’s only at the end of itself. As such, a number of the game’s get to the next screen” impulse. From top supplier to Microsoft. “I don’t even the game, when the boy reaches the top puzzles require players to manipulate the the start, its beautiful hand-drawn visu- know who has the time to forecast or als, dreamlike puzzles and mysterious of the tower, that the simple but carefully shadows along a wall so that the critter look at the next four or fi ve months.” storyline — which unfolds without a word obscured story becomes clear. can get around to different places. In Working from a list of Microsoft’s of dialogue — drew me in and held my in- Entering the building, the boy comes shadow form, the animal can only move top 100 suppliers, The Post contacted terest until the credits. Perhaps not since to a room where a faded mural runs the where other shadows exist. The puzzles in 38 companies around the world in- “Forgotton Anne” has a game so skillfully length of a wall. Standing in front of the the game are cleverly conceived. I liked, volved in some part of the video game adopted the texture of animated fi lms in mural’s various sections causes them for example, sending the furry critter into console or peripheral manufacturing its moment-to-moment gameplay. to effl oresce with color, which in turn the pages of an illuminated manuscript. process. When asked about anticipated Luna The Shadow Dust opens with a unlocks a door at the end of the cham- There, it meets people who make requests delays, answers ranged from cautious boy plunging through the air from a great ber. It struck me as fi tting that a game for specifi c texts, which the boy must then optimism, to boilerplate wait-and-see height as a ghostly entity tries to catch up so distinguished by its art style should retrieve from a cavernous library by hop- “we’re monitoring” language, to con- with him. Closing the distance between incorporate a mechanic of looking. Thus, ping on a small track cart. cerns regarding months-long delays them, the entity transforms into a bubble in another close-by room, adorned with Although in the interest of time, I and a possible recession. that encapsulates the boy and slows the framed paintings along its walls, the boy looked up a couple of puzzle solutions Lack of information is a key chal- velocity of his fall before depositing him must stand before four different paintings online, I never felt the solutions to be lenge. Understandably, no company gently on the ground amid a desolate, then exit the room, either to the left or the unduly unfair. This is not a game infl ated had a clear sense of how its business nocturnal landscape. The bubble reverts right, in a manner specifi c to each paint- by needless fi ller to infl ate its running would be impacted by the outbreak. into a small, glowing light that follows the ing, to unlock another portion of the tower. time. Luna The Shadow Dust belongs in That uncertainty alone may hurt com- boy as he gets to his feet and moves about. On a balcony, the boy encounters a the spotlight. panies and workers down the line. Players are introduced to the game’s shad- magical catlike creature buried beneath Platforms: Mac and PC — Mikhail Klimentov ow mechanics when the boy approaches the debris from a collapsed shelf. Upon Online: lantern-studio.com The Washington Post PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, March 28, 2020 LIFESTYLE & TECHNOLOGY

If you’ve got an internet connection and a webcam, you can still host dinner parties, karaoke sessions, happy hours, game nights while under quarantine

BY JESSICA ROY AND DORANY PINEDA Getting set up Time. The app is free to download. Up to 8 the top of the shared screen. (For more people can join a Duo call. information, visit skype.com.) Los Angeles Times Phone call Skype Google Hangouts You can always call people and use taying socially isolated Up to 10 people can join a Skype group If you have Gmail, that means you al- speakerphone. If you have friends or rela- video call. Skype is free to download and ready have a Google account you can use doesn’t mean you have to tives who don’t feel confi dent setting up a works on phones, tablets to set up Hangouts for free. cancel your social plans. webcam, hearing their voice is better than and computers with Go to hangouts.google. You just need to adjust nothing. S webcams. If you’re com and click “Start them a bit. playing host, it’ll be a new hangout.” If you’ve got a webcam and an easier to set up You can invite internet connection, you can still the call if you’re other people host and partake in virtual hang- on a laptop or by their Gmail addresses or by outs with your friends in the time desktop com- puter, but other emailing them of coronavirus. We’ve got some participants a link. (That’s technical advice for ways to get set don’t have to be. especially handy up and share your screen — and Add your friend’s if you want to set then some ideas for what to do. Skype contact name. up the Hangout link ahead of Before you begin, know to expect Then click on their name from your contacts list before time for a large group or if some technical diffi culties. Try TNS photos clicking the camera button in the upper- you expect some people to be dropping in to have a sense of humor about FaceTime right corner to start the video call. later.) You can set it up as a voice or video the whole thing. Most of us aren’t If you both have Apple devices, you can To share what’s on your screen, hover hangout. Up to 25 people can join a video FaceTime. You can set it up as a one-to- your mouse in the video and click the Hangout and up to 150 people can join a video-conferencing pros. It’s likely voice-only Hangout. going to take a little trial and error one video call or set up a Group FaceTime icon that looks like two stacked squares with up to 32 people. (Group FaceTime re- on the bottom right of the video call To share your screen once the Hang- to get set up the fi rst time. quires newer devices and an updated iOS .) screen and click the “Share screen” out has begun, hover your mouse in the Once you’re ready to go, here’s If your hands are going to be occupied and button. (If you’ve never done this before, call and click the three vertical dots on how to get started. you’re joining from a phone or iPad, make your computer may prompt you to adjust the upper-right hand side of the screen sure you’ve got a stack of books ready to your system preferences, relaunch Skype and click “Share screen.” (You may be lean your device up against. and start the call again.) You will be prompted to adjust your system’s prefer- Google Duo prompted to click “Start sharing” on a ences to allow this if you’ve never done If anyone in your planned get-together button at the bottom of the screen one it before, and then you might have to doesn’t have an Apple device, Google Duo more time. You and your group of friends restart the Hangout.) is basically an Android version of Face- will be able to see each other’s videos at CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 Saturday, March 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 LIFESTYLE & TECHNOLOGY

FROM PAGE 14 Unlike on Skype, if you are sharing your screen in Google Hangouts, other participants will not be able to see video of your face at the same time, so this option is less preferable if you want to be in on the “It’s just like game night in real life” feeling. (For more information, visit hangouts.google.com.)

Zoom Zoom allows free one-on-one video meetings for as long as you want or for three or more people for up to 40 min- utes with their free plan. The next tier at $14.99 a month lets you set up video calls doesn’t mean game night has to be. for up to 100 participants and for up to 24 You’ve got a few different options hours long. for re-creating your weekend plans Download the Zoom application at here. Pro tip: If you’re playing a game zoom.us, open it from your desktop and you’ve never played before, you might click “Launch meeting.” Click “Invite consider watching a YouTube video of participants” and either email them someone playing it and explaining it. or add them from your Zoom contacts. Game night idea: Analog board After everyone has joined, you can share games your screen by clicking the green “Share If you and your friends have a copy screen” button in the bottom center of the of the same board game on your shelf video. Participants will be able to see your at home — say, Monopoly — you can all face in a windowed video and you’ll be set it up and just move the pieces at the able to see theirs. (For more information, same time. Think of it as the modern TNS photos visit zoom.us.) version of chess by mail. (Incidentally, What to do this would also work if you and a friend both have a chessboard.) This is easiest Dinner party/happy hour with games that only require dice rolls. This one is pretty straightforward. Ev- Something where you’d all have to dig eryone joins the videoconference and then the same unique card out of a pile to eats or drinks. keep things moving will be too slow. Karaoke Something like Cards Against Hu- All your favorite karaoke haunts are manity or Apples to Apples could work closed, but that doesn’t mean the singing too if you all have it. One player would has to stop. Gather your friends for some hold up the prompt card, and everyone karaoke through Google Hangouts or would pick an answer card from their Skype. hand. Then players would hold up their answers to the camera for the judge to decide. You lose the anonymity of the regular version of these games, but these are challenging times. And we all have to make adjustments. With word games like Scattergories, only one person needs to own the game. Everyone else just needs a pen and paper. The host can share his, her or their screen with the categories listed somewhere like a Google Doc. The host rolls the dice to decide the letter, opens are already into “Overwatch” and “Fort- the categories screen so everyone nite,” you don’t need us to tell you what to can see them, sets the timer and then you’re off. do. Have fun. Book club Game night idea: App games If you and your friend both have a Nin- Pick a book to read with loved ones and It’s 2012 all over again. Words With tendo Switch, you can get classics such as head to come up with the funniest answers; video call each other to chat about it. If Friends, Draw Something and other “Mario Kart” and play together. and Trivia Murder Party, which is like if the you don’t want to wait for Amazon to ship app games are still kicking around and If you want to play with a group, the classic “You Don’t Know Jack” trivia game you books, or Amazon isn’t shipping non- just waiting for you to challenge some- Jackbox Party Pack is a crowd-pleaser was hosted by the guy from “Saw.” (It’s much essential goods to your area right now, you one. You can be on a video call from perfectly suited to social isolation. Six ver- funnier than it sounds.) The sophistication can purchase ebooks online. If your group your computer and playing together on sions of the Jackbox Party Pack have been level and occasional adult humor of most of doesn’t have the attention span for a whole your phones at the same time. released, each with a different variety the Jackbox games make them suited to an book — or if you want to get together The Los Angeles Times has free of trivia, drawing and word games. The older crowd — teenagers and up. sooner — you can all decide to read the games too. You can challenge a friend to packs are $12.49 to $29.99 and available How to set it up: Launch Jackbox from same longform article. do the day’s crossword puzzle or Sudoku on multiple platforms including Steam, whatever platform you’re using. Start a new Watch party with you. Go to latimes.com/games, Playstation 4, Xbox One, Apple TV, Ama- game of whichever you want to play. Set up Social distancing doesn’t mean you have select the puzzle you want to play, click zon Fire TV and Android TV. If you’re on a video conference and share your screen. to Netfl ix and chill alone. The streaming “start,” and after it loads, click the icon a computer, Steam is probably the easiest Other players can be on video or voice-only, service has a Google Chrome extension on the upper left that resembles a per- way to go and free to download. (You still as long as they can see your screen and called Netfl ix Party where friends can son with a plus sign. That will generate have to pay for Jackbox, though.) have a phone or tablet on which to play. No watch movies together and share their a link that you can copy and paste and Everyone plays using their phone as a one else needs to download or buy anything reactions through a chat room. All you email them. (This only works with one controller, so you can all be in the same to join in. After you start the game, go to need is Google Chrome browser, an exten- other player at a time.) Games on lat- room or on opposite sides of the planet. jackbox.tv and you’ll be prompted to enter sion and a Netfl ix account. You can do the imes.com are free, so the other player Some favorites include Fibbage, where the room code (you’ll see it on your screen) same on Facebook. does not need to be a subscriber. you try to fool other players by fi lling in and your name. You, as the host, will have Game night Game night idea: Social games the blanks on noteworthy new stories; the power to start the game once everyone Just because going out is canceled Obviously, if you and your friends Quiplash, where you compete head-to- is ready. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, March 28, 2020 HEALTH & FITNESS

Free virtual exercise classes, workouts to do while quarantined

BY CHRISTEN A. JOHNSON Los Angeles Times The spread of COVID-19 has caused countless estab- lishments to temporarily close their facilities, includ- ing many gyms and fi t- ness studios. If recent gym closures have you feeling stuck on what to do for a home workout, these virtual classes could be your fi x. Many of the workouts are put on through the gyms via social media, and there are also countless apps to use as well. We’ve tried to make sure the classes on this list are free to every- one, whether you’re a mem- Cleaning products line the ber of a gym or not. Online classes help you wall as Mariam Sufi, from THINKING stay fi t during outbreak left, Lara Atella and Lashone Gyms Wilson hold an online Planet Fitness yoga class via webcam at Tune into the “no judg- Hot Yoga Capitol Hill in ment” gym’s Facebook page every day at 6 p.m. for a live Washington on March 18. 20-minutes-or-fewer “work OUTSIDE THE GYM ANDREW HARNIK / AP in” led by personal train- ers, and even special guests. Taking part is free, and you don’t have to be a member. BY KELLI KENNEDY Planet Fitness, Equinox and Life Time No equipment required. If Fitness have all said they’re closing Associated Press you can’t make the time, the outlets for several weeks or indefi nitely workout will be available for teve LaTart in Minnesota is think- in response to the coronavirus. playback on the Facebook ing of installing a space heater To make up for it, Planet Fitness page and the gym’s YouTube in his basement to re-create the started “Home Work-Ins,” a series of channel. Satmosphere of his hot yoga classes free, 20-minute classes that don’t require now that his gym has closed due to coro- equipment. Erica Lugo, a trainer on the Core Power Yoga navirus fears. reality television show “The Biggest The studio has put together LaTart says it’s part of the “new, weird, Loser,” was scheduled to lead one of the a collection of free classes strange workout plan” he has devised workouts. available anytime. Classes during a nationwide trend of self-isola- National chain CorePower Yoga closed vary in length. tion and social distancing as the govern- its 200 studios, but is offering online 305 Fitness ment recommends limiting gatherings to classes free until May 31. Taryn Toomey Known for making cardio a 10 or fewer people. closed her New York studios, but is of- raging dance party, 305 Fit- Gyms, yoga studios and CrossFit fering two weeks of free streaming as a ness has about 20 free classes centers around the country are fueling public service, which she said has drawn on its YouTube channel while the drive to stay active by offering online participants from around the globe. its studios are closed. classes, some free of charge, or extend- ing trial periods for at-home workouts. “Lebanon, Germany, Spain, Italy. It’s Studio Three Studio owners and fi tness instructors overwhelming,” Toomey said. Three takes a unique ap- are having to adjust too as they make the Fitness operations whose core business proach in combining cycling, shift to teaching online. The Coalition has always been online or home-based yoga and interval training in of Health and Fitness Leaders, a group are also stepping up their game, using the the same gym. The gym is of fi tness, nutrition and wellness indus- opportunity to capture new clients. Alo- hosting classes on Instagram try representatives recently formed in Moves, an online fi tness service linked to Live multiple times during response to the new coronavirus, hosted the popular apparel line, has seen a 40% the day, typically in the morn- an online panel last week to provide guid- increase on its YouTube channel, where it ing, during the lunch hour ance for instructors. is offering some free workouts. and early evening. If you miss Countless people around the country Beth Berglin The at-home workout company obe a session, the workouts are who have been cooped up inside as their Beth Berglin displays a screen where she joins has had 10 times the number of sign-ups available for playback on the companies mandate work-at-home poli- a Burn Boot Camp livestream workout from her this month compared to last, according app. cies and their fi tness centers shut down home in Coral Gables, Fla., on March 20. to co-Founders Mark Mullett and Ashley LA Fitness are getting creative with their workout Mills. They said the company also has Download the gym’s app for routines. received tons of requests from desperate parents now that schools free workouts using the Stu- Many are turning to online classes, grabbing bleach bottles as are being canceled. Last week, obe launched four 10-minute dance makeshift weights, or taking cues from YouTube challenges show- dio Zone feature, which is a and strength workouts for kids 10 and under. free amenity for members. ing how to do crunches with furniture or turn a kitchen fl oor into a Peloton, a company that sells high-end stationary bicycles and treadmill by soaping up the tiling. treadmills featuring instructors who give live and videotaped Apps LaTart’s yoga and warrior sculpting instructors at Life Time in classes, has extended its free trial period to 90 days. Minneapolis are still teaching classes. They’ve just moved them For most people, coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symp- Nike Training Club from the gym to cyberspace, where they are livestreaming instruc- toms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults Designed for full workouts at tions from their website. LaTart says knowing he can still partici- and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe home or at the gym, with or pate in the classes is keeping him sane. illness, including pneumonia. The vast majority of people recover without equipment, this app “I like the idea that this is something that’s normal,” the 38-year- from the new virus. offers countless free workouts old radio producer said. “This is someone I know. This is something Still, good diet and exercise can be crucial — for the young and led by trainers. that’s familiar.” old alike — to maintain sanity and keep the immune system strong FitOn Beth Berglin, 40, a director at a charity in Miami, was used against COVID-19. In addition to taking online courses, gym rats This app is free to download to going to boot camp-style classes four mornings a week until might now consider getting outdoors to exercise if they can, said Dr. and the workouts, which vary authorities began urging residents to avoid gatherings and she and Joe Khabbaza, a pulmonologist at Cleveland Clinic. from cardio to weight training her husband decided to stay at home as much as possible. Her gym “Simply walk outside in nature,” Khabbaza said. “People can use to Pilates, are free to access closed this month, but she is staying active through online classes this as an opportunity to exercise in other ways.” and use at any time. Just sign from Burn Boot Camp. Toomey encourages those fi lled with fear over the virus to use up, answer questions based on “Part of the reason we exercise is to have that mental break,” exercise as both a physical and spiritual balm. One of the best ways your fi tness levels and goals, she said. “I can’t imagine getting through this without having some to fi ght the stagnation of home quarantine, she says, is to “continue and you’re set. form of physical activity.” to breathe and keep moving and use the medicine of that.” Saturday, March 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, March 28, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Who can lead a post-coronavirus America? Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY DAVID IGNATIUS Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff sharpen during the hiatus. our list of heroes these days are the doctors Washington Post Writers Group Biden has coasted toward the nomina- and nurses who are risking their lives to tion, propelled initially by the enthusiasm keep patients alive; they’re the truck driv- EDITORIAL WASHINGTON of African American voters, and then most ers who are bringing food to our grocery hen America wakes up from everyone else in the party, because he ap- stores, and the checkout clerks who show Terry Leonard, Editor its enforced hibernation some- peared to have the right stuff — namely [email protected] up faithfully for work each day so that we time later this year, will Joe a seeming ability to beat Donald Trump. all can stay fed. Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Biden and the Democrats look W But a nagging question remained as Biden Among our heroes, too, are the experts [email protected] like the team that can manage a trans- disappeared into lockdown in Delaware: Is to whom we turn for their clear, compe- formed, post-coronavirus country most this garrulous white-haired gent perhaps Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content tent guidance. When people look back on effectively? out of sync with a hyper-anxious nation in [email protected] this time, I suspect they’ll remember Dr. The Democrats will resume campaign- quarantine? Or is his Irish grandpa man- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation ing with a discordant but perhaps benefi- ner just what the country needs? Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx more [email protected] cial mix of candidate and base. They have Trump has often been at his worst during fondly than the man in front of them at the a genially reassuring, 77-year-old former his near-daily coronavirus briefings. To his podium (who seemed disappointed that a Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital political rival didn’t get sick). [email protected] vice president standing atop a party whose detractors, he looks vain, petty and some- progressive ideas for health care and guar- times downright deceitful. But it shouldn’t The Democrats should aim to be the anteed income fit the nation’s needs better be surprising that even with these embar- party that celebrates working-class heroes BUREAU STAFF now than they perhaps seemed to even a rassing performances, Gallup polling this and scientists alike: The party of faithful month ago. Did the Democrats stumble Europe/Mideast week recorded Trump’s highest approval nurses, firefighters, truckers and clerks; Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief into the right combination of old and new? rating ever, with 49% support and 60% and the experts’ party, too, that promotes [email protected] But here’s a caution for the Democrats endorsing his handling of the pandemic fact-based climate science and global pub- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 about coronavirus politics. Americans threat. Any president commands loyalty in lic health. There’s no contradiction; we’re want calm and competence, but they also crisis; he’s the head of state, who symbol- all in service of a larger cause. Pacific want decisive leadership. When people are izes the country itself; we rally round as an Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief And the Democrats should be the fair- [email protected] scared (and the fear factor is just begin- act of solidarity. ness party, as well. 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[email protected] haven of sanity and expertise in this storm. to make sure that identity politics doesn’t They’ve got those soft subjects covered. But get in the way of the politics of collective Coronavirus could kill the age of popu- CIRCULATION do they have the toughness to power Amer- survival. Another test for Democrats is to lism, wrote Walter Russell Mead in The ica through a political landscape that’s make sure that their critique of Trump Wall Street Journal this week. But that Mideast very different from what it looked like on isn’t so reflexive and vitriolic that it turns won’t happen unless Biden and the Demo- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager crats can show they have the guts to get the [email protected] “Super Tuesday,” which already seems a off folks who just want to get through this [email protected] lifetime ago? This strong leadership style, mess. job done — that they are the smart, tough DSN (314)583-9111 the kind that can effectively manage a war Who symbolizes the values of a nation managers who can keep the country alive Europe economy, is what the Democrats need to that will triumph over coronavirus? Atop and well. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager [email protected] [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific US, China must unite enough to fight coronavirus Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 BY MICHAEL MCFAUL learn similar habits for managing compe- 2008 global financial crisis — and the U.N. Special to The Washington Post tition and cooperation in the 21st century. Security Council. Over the short term, as CONTACT US Fighting COVID-19 together is a no- the two great powers in these multilateral he coronavirus pandemic has brainer. 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LINCOLN — A thief NE made himself or her- self at home after breaking into a house in central Lincoln, authori- ties said. The resident called police Mon- day evening and said that when she got home from work, she found her back door broken and several items missing, the Lin- coln Journal Star reported. “It appears the (thief) spent a lot of time in the house. There were cigarettes found all over the house, items moved from upstairs to downstairs,” Officer Erin Spilker said. The thief even prepared food in the kitchen before leaving with the woman’s wedding rings and a ruby ring, plus groceries, a cof- fee pot and two garbage cans. The total loss was estimated at $9,000. Man trying to save dog breaks through ice, dies

TOWN OF WEYAU- WI WEGA — Sheriff’s offi- cials say a man has died after he broke through the ice on a pond in Waupaca County while trying to rescue a dog. Dispatchers received a 911 call about a man in distress on a pond RICK BOWMER/AP on private property in the Town of Weyauwega on Wednesday afternoon. Bubble bound Sheriff’s deputies and Weyau- wega police and fire responded. Audree Bermudez, 4, chases a bubble at the Utah State Capitol on Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Firefighters were able to locate the man, get him to shore and he was rushed to Theda Care Medi- to keep endangered whales safe. THE CENSUS Police identified the man ar- cal Center in Waupaca where he The National Oceanic and At- rested as Zachary Rhodes, 26, was pronounced dead. mospheric Administration said The number of new additions at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Staff and said he was jailed on sus- The dog made it out of the pond the area will be in use through picion of multiple counts of at- before first responders arrived recently welcomed a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine and a baby zebra April 7. It’s designed to protect to the Florida theme park. A female Hartmann’s Zebra foal was born tempted first-degree murder and on scene, officials said. North Atlantic right whales, 2 early to first-time-mom Heidi, according to a Disney release. The baby aggravated assault with a deadly which number only about 400 zebra is nearly 65 pounds. A female porcupette was born to mother Peri on Feb. weapon. Official: Bears soon to and are vulnerable to collisions 25, a release said. Porcupettes are covered in a fine red fur coat, officials said. wake from hibernation with ships. 3 hikers’ call for rescue NOAA said private citizens saw ends in arrests for 2 KETCHIKAN — Alas- an aggregation of the whales from The car had gotten high-cen- AK ka residents need to a Boston-area beach on March 23. Officers rescue man tered on tracks on the city’s PORTLAND — Three prepare for bears emerging from The agency is asking mariners to from burning garage southwest side, authorities said. OR hikers were stranded winter hibernation, a state wild- route around the area or proceed A passenger got out upon seeing in the Coast Range, and their call life official warned. at 10 knots or less. WEST FARGO — Po- the train coming, but the driver for help saved them — but also Alaska Department of Fish and ND lice in West Fargo say stayed in an effort to get the car ended in arrests for two of them. Game biologist Ross Dorendorf Landmark hotel set officers rescued a man suspect- off the tracks. The Tillamook County Sher- said bears are normally expect- ed of starting a fire in a garage She failed and was injured for redevelopment iff’s Office said Steven Harrigan, ed to wake from hibernation in who was threatening to shoot when the train struck the car, Natalie Ladu and Alex Meyers March or April, The Ketchikan them if they entered the burning authorities said. The car came ARLINGTON — A land- planned to hike in the Tillamook Daily News reported Wednesday. VA mark hotel just outside structure. to rest about 100 feet from the Bears may seek food from When police responded to the intersection. Burn area. The group parked at the nation’s capital has received a locked access gate Tuesday, trash cans or other man-made the go-ahead for a partial demoli- property Wednesday afternoon The driver was taken to a hos- situations when natural sources they could hear the man in the pital. She’s been identified as Isa- entered the forest and eventu- tion and major redevelopment. ally called authorities, saying run low, said Dorendorf, who is The Key Bridge Marriott in burning, unattached garage. bella Kenley, 22, of Fairbury. Her responsible for oversight of the Assistant Police Chief Jerry passenger was identified as Dana they were “frozen and unable to Rosslyn has sat just across the Po- move,” The Oregonian/Oregon- Ketchikan, Prince of Wales Is- tomac River from D.C.’s George- Boyer told KFGO that officers Culp, 23. were able to get inside and pull Live reported. land and Hyder areas. town neighborhood since 1959. “If the berries change or if the man out. One officer was Their call for help came Tues- It is the oldest Marriott still in Police: Man arrested the salmon change, it could be treated at a hospital for smoke in- day evening, and searchers service, built just two years after an increase or a decrease in the halation. Two other officers were after many shots fired found their cars and spotted the the company — which began in amount of activity we see here in treated at the scene. group’s footprints shortly before the 1920s as a curbside stand town,” he said. The man in the garage is hos- CHANDLER — A man midnight. serving root beer and tamales AZ The first bears to emerge from pitalized and could face charges. was arrested after more They found the group about — shifted emphasis from restau- hibernation are generally males, Investigators say the fire was de- than 100 shots were fired at police 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. No one rants to hotels. followed by females without cubs liberately set. and in the air in a Chandler neigh- needed medical attention. On Tuesday the Arlington borhood early Tuesday morning and then female bears with cubs, Harrigan, 45, was arrested for County Board announced it ap- and it’s a miracle that nobody was Dorendorf said. felon in possession of a firearm, proved a redevelopment plan that Driver injured when hurt, Chandler police said. the sheriff’s office said. calls for partially demolishing locomotive strikes car The patrol car of an officer Protective zone for the hotel and renovating its 445 who responded to 911 calls about Ladu, 37, was arrested on a right whales extended rooms. FAIRBURY — A driver shots fired was riddled with bul- Washington County warrant for a More than 450 residential units NE was injured when her lets and multiple shots also were parole violation and possession of BOSTON — The will also be built, and the plan car was struck by a locomotive fired in the air before the man methamphetamine, according to MA federal government calls for constructing an espla- at a crossing in the southeast Ne- surrendered to police, police said the agency. plans to use a protective zone east nade with views of the river that braska city of Fairbury, authori- in a statement. “Miraculously, no Meyers, 31, was not arrested. of Boston until early April to try will be open to the public. ties said. injuries were reported.” From wire reports PAGE 20 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, March 28, 2020 Saturday, March 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 SCOREBOARD/NBA/SPORTS BRIEFS

Sports on AFN Source: NBA execs reduce salaries

Go to the American Forces Employees in New York Network website for the most up-to-date TV schedules. headquarters, offices myafn.net around world affected Deals BY BRIAN MAHONEY Thursday’s transactions Associated Press BASEBALL Major League Baseball NEW YORK — Top NBA executives are American League BOSTON RED SOX — Added INF/OF Yai- having their base salaries reduced by 20% for ro Munoz to the spring-training roster. the foreseeable future, a person with knowl- Optioned RHP Colten Brewer, RHP Chris Mazza, LHP Matt Hall and LHP Jeffrey edge of the details said Thursday. Springs to Pawtucket (IL). The reductions affect the roughly 100 high- CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Michael Kopech to Charlotte (IL). est-earning executives, as the NBA joins the CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP NHL and NASCAR in cutting salaries while James Karinchak, RHP Aaron Civale, RHP Zach Plesac and OF Bradley Zimmer to competitions are on hold because of the Columbus (IL). coronavirus. MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned RHP Sean Poppen and OF LaMonte Wade to The cuts are effective immediately and af- Rochester (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned INF fect NBA employees both inside the league Thairo Estrada, RHP Ben Heller and RHP headquarters in New York, and in global of- Michael to Scranton/Wilkes Barre (IL). Otioned RHP Deivi Garcia to Trenton fices, the person told The Associated Press. (EL). The person was granted anonymity because TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned OF Ran- dy Arozarena, LHP Anthony Banda, INF the reductions were not announced publicly. Mike Brosseau, 1B Nate Lowe, LHP Bren- The reductions were first reported by dan McKay, OF Brian O’Grady and RHP Trevor Richards to Durham (IL). Acquired ESPN. INF Estaban Quiroz completing a trade Health benefits remain unaffected and with the San Diego Padres. there are no changes for the rest of the orga- TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned INF BOB DONNAN, USA TODAY/TNS Santiago Espinal, LHP Thomas Pannone nization, including support and administra- and RHP Jacob Waguespack to Buffalo (IL). tive staff. Commissioner Adam Silver suspended the NBA season on March 11 due to the coronavirus. National League The NBA suspended its season on March 11 ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned RHP Taylor Clarke and 1B Kevin Cron to when Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz became with Commissioner Adam Silver saying dur- on sports leagues. The NHL is cutting sala- Reno (PCL). ing last month’s All-Star Game that the league ries for league employees 25% starting next COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHP the first player to test positive. The league is Ubaldo Jimenez, RHP Ryan Castellani, still discussing scenarios for resuming play could lose hundreds of millions of dollars. month. NASCAR officers will have a 25% re- RHP Jose Tinoco and OF Yonathon Daza, C Elias Dias and LHP Zac Rosscup to Al- once allowed. Then came the coronavirus, which for most duction in salary, while all other employees buquerque (PCL). Assigned RHP Antonio It had already been a challenging season people causes mild or moderate symptoms, will have their salary reduced by 20%. Santos to minor league camp. Optioned Michael Peterson to Lancaster (CL). for the NBA financially, with a loss of revenue such as fever and cough that clear up in two to NBA executives have given up salary be- NEW YORK METS — Optioned RHP Paul from China following Houston Rockets gen- three weeks. For some, especially older adults fore, with former Commissioner David Stern Sewald and LHP Daniel Zamora to Syra- cuse (IL). eral manager Daryl Morey’s tweet in support and people with existing health problems, taking no pay during work stoppages in 1998 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned of Hong Kong anti-government protesters. it can cause more severe illness, including and 2011. OF Nick Williams, OF Kyle Garlick, LHP Austin Davis, RHP Reggie McLain and Games were taken off the air and relation- pneumonia and death. AP basketball writer Tim Reynolds in Miami contrib- RHP Edgar Garcia to Lehigh Valley (IL). ships with business partners were damaged, The pandemic has caused a huge impact uted to this story. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Traded 2B Este- ban Quiroz to Tampa Bay. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned LHP Genesis Cabrera, RHP Junior Fernan- dez and C Andrew Knizner to Memphis (PCL). TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned LHP Briefl y Taylor Hearn and OF Scott Heineman to Nashville (PCL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned C Tres Barrera and RHP Erick Fedde to Fresno (PCL). Optioned RHP James Bourque, RHP Kyle Finnegan, INF Adrian Former Astros star Sanchez and OF Andrew Stevenson to Harrisburg (EL). FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Agreed to Wynn dies at age 78 terms with OL Marcus Gilbert on a one- year contract. Placed transition tag on RB Kenyan Drake. BUFFALO BILLS — Agreed to terms Associated Press seen around the ballpark interact- with CB E.J. Gaines on a one-year con- ing with players and fans alike. tract. Agreed to terms with OT Daryl Wil- Jimmy Wynn, the slugger who liams to a one-year contract. In other baseball news: earned his nickname of “The Toy CHICAGO BEARS — Signed TE Jimmy  Bill Bartholomay, the former Graham to a two-year contract. Signed Cannon” during his days with the QB Tyler Bray, LS Patrick Scales, DE Brent baseball owner who moved the Houston Astros in the 1960s and Urban, DB Artie Burns, DB Deon Bush and Braves from from Milwaukee to Jordan Lucas to one-year contracts. ’70s has died. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DT An- Atlanta in 1966 to become Major drew Billings and C Evan Brown. Wynn was 78. The Astros said DENVER BRONCOS — Signed RB Melvin he died on Thursday in Hous- League Baseball’s first team in Gordon III to a two-year contract. Signed the South, died Wedenesday. He QB Jeff Driskel to a two-year contract. ton, but did not provide further DETROIT LIONS — Agreed to terms details. was 91. with WR Geremy Davis. Braves Hall of Famer Hank INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Agreed to Just 5-foot-9, Wynn was a terms with CB Xavier Rhodes. power-packed outfielder. He hit Aaron said on his Twitter account NEW YORK GIANTS — Agreed to terms Bartholomay “was the greatest BLAIR PITTMAN, HOUSTON CHRONICLE/AP with DL Austin Johnson. more than 30 homers twice with SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed OT owner I ever had the pleasure to The Houston Astros’ Jimmy Wynn, top, is greeted at the plate after Brandon Shell to a two-year contract. Houston, including a career-high Signed OT Cedric Ogbuehi to a one-year 37 in 1967 at the pitcher-friendly play for. He understood the game a home run during a 1972 game in Houston. Wynn, the slugger contract. of baseball more than so many nicknamed “The Toy Cannon” died Thursday in Houston. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Re- Astrodome — that was the first of signed DT Ndamukong Suh to a one-year three seasons as an All-Star. others. I’ve known him for a long- contract. time and he’s helped me in more genuine human beings the world his jersey retired when his No. 22 TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms Wynn spent his first 11 seasons with LB Nick Dzubnar, OL Ty Sambrailo in Houston, first with the Colt .45s ways than you can imagine. I will has ever known,” Globetrotters was lifted to the rafters during and TE MyCole Pruitt on a one-year con- surely miss my friend.” tract. and then with the Astros before general manager Jeff Munn said a special ceremony at Madison WASHINGTON REDKSINS — Signed RB making stops with the Dodgers, in a statement on Twitter. “Curly’s Square Garden in 2008. Peyton Barber and RB J.D. McKissic. Braves, Brewers and Yankees in Harlem Globetrotters basketball skill was unrivaled by Neal was a star high school a 15-year major league career. great Neal dies at 77 most, and his warm heart and player in Greensboro, N.C., and Pro football Wynn left the team as the fran- huge smile brought joy to families led Johnson C. Smith University chise leader in hits, home runs, Fred “Curly” Neal, the drib- worldwide.” in Charlotte to the Central Inter- NFL calendar RBIs and walks. He finished with bling wizard who entertained Neal played for the Globetrot- collegiate Athletic Association April 17 — Deadline for restricted free 291 homers, 964 RBIs and 225 millions with the Harlem Glo- ters from 1963-85, appearing title after averaging 23 points per agents to sign offer sheets. stolen bases in his career. betrotters for parts of three de- in more than 6,000 games in 97 game as a senior. He was induct- April 23-25 — NFL Draft, Las Vegas. May 19 — Spring owners meeting, Ma- At the time of his death Wynn cades, died Thursday. He was 77. countries for the exhibition team ed into the North Carolina Sports rina del Rey, Calif. worked in the Astros’ front office The Globetrotters said Neal known for its combination of com- Hall of Fame in a 2008 class that Late July — Training camps open. Aug. 6 — Hall of Fame game, Canton, as a community outreach execu- died in his home near Houston.. edy and athleticism. He became included North Carolina coach Ohio. tive. Ever popular, he often was “We have lost one of the most one of five Globetrotters to have Roy Williams. PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, March 28, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK/MLB Part: Fanatics using material for uniforms to produce medical masks, hospital gowns

FROM BACK PAGE The production plant had been struck by the idea to turn the shut down as a nonessential busi- 360,000-square foot facility in ness but about 100 workers have Easton, Pa., into a factory for the returned to work for Fanatics. COVID-19 virus fight. The company is making Level While Rubin considered how 1 masks, used for low-risk, non- he could make it happen, St. surgical procedures that are for Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem single-use only. reached out to Fanatics late last Rubin said Wolf told Fanatics week about the possibility of the they would pay for the masks and company manufacturing masks. gowns. Rubin, though, said he Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and spoke to Manfred and Fanatics Attorney General Josh Shapiro teamed with MLB to provide hos- each contacted Rubin over the pital uniforms at no cost to those weekend and told Rubin the state in need in Pennsylvania, New AP PHOTO was in “dire need” of more masks and gowns. Jersey and New York. In this photo provided by Bauer Hockey Corp., an employee models Fanatics developed a prototype Rubin, who has a net worth of a medical face shield the hockey equipment manufacturer has begun that was approved by the state’s $2.3 billion according for Forbes, creating to help those treating the coronavirus pandemic. emergency agency and by Tues- said it would cost Fanatics about $3 million to make the masks and day the company halted produc- AP PHOTO tion of all baseball jerseys. gowns and the company would Rubin, a limited ownership Fanatics, a company in produce at least 1 million over the partner of the NBA’s Philadelphia Pennsylvania that manufactures course of several months. NHL equipment 76ers and the NHL’s New Jersey uniforms for Major League There was a bit of a dust-up Devils, said he had the blessing Baseball, has suspended this week when the Devils and of MLB commissioner Rob Man- production on jerseys and is 76ers did an about-face on cut- fred to stop producing jerseys. instead using the polyester ting salaries for employees mak- mesh fabric to make masks and “We’ve got a million yards of ing more than $100,000. A day gowns that help fill the dearth of fabric that we make these base- after announcing the temporary protective wear at hospitals in maker shifts to ball uniforms from. What would 20% pay cuts because of the eco- Pennsylvania and nearby states. you think if we take that fabric nomics effects of the coronavirus and make masks and gowns?” pandemic, the teams’ co-owners Rubin told The Associated Press brightest stars was stopped. The rescinded them. he said to Manfred. “He immedi- company makes the uniforms for ately said, ‘Great. I want to do it MLB and Nike. “As an organization, I don’t immediately. The most important Fanatics started fashioning believe we got right up front,” medical visors masks and gowns on Tuesday and Rubin said. “But I believe we got thing is we’ve got to help the he- roes on the front line and baseball Rubin hoped to produce nearly it right. I think people who know me know I’m a transparent per- BY STEPHEN WHYNO captain Nick Foligno tweeted his can help play a role in it.’ ” 15,000 masks and gowns a day. son. I believe when you get some- Associated Press support: “Awesome work @Bau- So with Manfred’s support, Rubin, whose Reform Alliance erHockey. Like many, I’m proud production on the $300 jerseys lobbies for changes to state proba- thing wrong, you just kind of fix Hockey equipment manufac- to wear your equipment! Thanks for Harper, Aaron Judge, Mookie tion and parole laws, said the de- it. Ultimately, as an organization, turer Bauer has shifted from for making a difference where it Betts and the rest of baseball’s mand was for 95 percent masks. we fixed it. ” making visors for helmets to matters!” medical visors for those fighting Spokeswoman Vanessa Mc- the coronavirus pandemic. Mains of Johns Hopkins Medical When hockey came to a halt Center in Baltimore said volun- Deal: Players keep service time if amid the global pandemic, Bauer teers are assembling face shields faced the possibility of closing its and 35,000 fanny packs with manufacturing plant in Blain- gloves, masks and hand sanitizer season canceled; draft may trim ville, Quebec, but engineers there to be distributed to those in close instead brainstormed the idea of contact with COVID-19 patients. producing medical shields to help She said Johns Hopkins was pre- Associated Press to mid-May at the earliest be- time equaling what the player ac- cause of the virus outbreak. The crued in 2019. If a partial season protect people on the front lines paring for a shortage in the U.S. NEW YORK — Players agreed spring training schedule was cut is played, service time would be of the fight against COVID-19. similar to what has happened to to a deal with Major League short on March 12 because of the the equivalent of what the player They came up with a prototype, other countries around the world. Baseball that would preserve and Bauer vice president of glob- Congress’ $2.2 trillion virus re- service time in the event this pandemic, and it remains unclear would have received over a full al marketing Mary-Kay Messier lief package earmarked $1 billion season is canceled because of the when and if baseball can resume. schedule. said there were already 100,000 under the Defense Production coronavirus pandemic, but left Both sides agreed to make a But the trade-off was play- devices ready for distribution. Act to help private industry boost open details of what a configured “good faith effort” to schedule as ers would give up their salaries They’re expected to first go to the production of medical gear. schedule would look like. many games as possible this year, if there is no season, other than doctors and nurses in Canada, “Every company has some- As part of the agreement ap- subject to government rules, trav- the $170 million being advanced then the U.S. thing that they can contribute,” proved by the union Thursday el, player health and economic to those on the low end of the The medical shields are being Messier said. “It’s just a matter of night, players will not challenge feasibility. salary scale. Different tiers of produced in Quebec and a facil- a little bit of creativity to try and the loss of their salaries if no They also agreed to consider players will receive the advance ity in Liverpool, N.Y., that pri- think about what it could be.” games are played. playing past the usual end of payments, aimed at those on the marily makes Bauer’s lacrosse Bauer is still ramping up pro- Management will advance $170 the postseason in late October lower end of the salary scale. equipment. The company, which duction of the medical shields, million in salary payments over and early November, even if it In the event of a shortened sea- is headquartered in Exeter, N.H., and Messier said she hopes other two stages, and that money does involves using neutral sites and son, 2020 salaries would be pro- said its Liverpool facility made companies follow suit. She said in not have to be returned if the sea- domes. They would consider a rated depending on how much of 1,300 face shields Thursday times of tragedy, rival manufac- son is canceled. Player salaries large increase in doubleheaders the season is played. with a goal of producing 2,000 turers should not be competitors. this year are expected to total to get as many games in as they Management has the right to more Friday and 4,000 daily next “You’re really just all in on it roughly $4 billion. can, to play without fans and to cut the amateur draft from 40 week. together in how you can help the Management was given the revise the postseason format. rounds to as few as five this year “There’s a real shortage, a dire team,” she said. “I think about right to cut the amateur draft in Players considered service and 20 in 2021, and also has the shortage of medical devices and hockey. It’s really a team sport, both 2020 and 2021, and to freeze time the key, and older players right to delay the draft to as late gear that’s needed to keep people right? And we’re fortunate to work the values of signing bonus money were willing to give up money to as July 20 this year and next. It on the front lines safe,” Messier in that kind of environment, and at 2019 levels. keep younger colleagues on track had been slated to start June 10. said. “We all want to figure out in this time it’s about how can we Details were divulged to The for big-money contracts next When the agreement is final- how we can make a difference.” support the greater community.” Associated Press by a person fa- offseason. ized, all rosters will be frozen, U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan of Fellow manufacturer Warrior miliar with the agreement. If there are no games this year, including trades, signings, op- New Hampshire said on Twit- Hockey tweeted: “In times of Teams are set to approve the anyone currently on a 40-man tional and outright assignments, ter she’s “proud to see this NH need, we’re all on the same team. roughly 17-page agreement Fri- roster, 60-day injured list or an placement on the injured lists and business adapt to help health We commend @BauerHockey’s day, the person said. outright assignment to the minor designations for assignment. A care workers’ needs during this efforts to help keep our medical Opening day was to have been leagues with a major league con- flurry of options were announced time.” Columbus Blue Jackets professionals safe.” Thursday, but was pushed back tract would receive 2020 service by teams on Thursday. Saturday, March 28, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 AUTO RACING/NFL NFL briefs Goodell: Draft going ahead as scheduled Associated Press to come to an agreement on terms of a contract.” NEW YORK — Commissioner Roger Goodell told NFL teams on Thursday that the draft will go on Raiders agree to deal as originally scheduled for next with free-agent DT Ross month. The draft will still take place ALAMEDA, Calif. — Free April 23-25. It was originally agent defensive tackle Daniel scheduled for a big outdoor pro- Ross agreed Thursday to a con- duction in Las Vegas, but those tract with the Las Vegas Raiders. plans were scrapped because of The 27-year-old Ross began his the COVID-19 pandemic. career in Canada and spent time In a memo obtained by The on practice squads in Houston, Associated Press, Goodell said Detroit and Kansas City before that “public health conditions are joining the Dallas Cowboys in highly uncertain” and there was 2017. no guarantee of significant im- Ross had 19 tackles and two provement by moving it to a later sacks in 16 games for Dallas date as reasons for not moving in 2017-18 before spending last AJ MAST, ABOVE, AND MICHAEL CONTROY, BELOW/AP the date of the draft. season on injured reserve with a shoulder injury. Cars take to the track, above, during the final practice session for last year’s Indianapolis 500 on May The draft, which has become a 24 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. France’s Simon Pagenaud, below, won the race. huge extravaganza since leaving New York in 2015, will be scaled Bills reach deals with down and “televised in a way that CB Gaints, OT Williams reflects current conditions.” Prospects and their families BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo will not be at the draft. It is pos- Bills are giving oft-injured cor- sible the draft will more resemble nerback E.J. Gaines a third op- Bumped back a studio TV show. portunity to resume his career by agreeing to a one-year contract Ravens lose Brockers, on Thursday. Buffalo also agreed to sign of- leaving void in defense fensive lineman Daryl Williams, OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The who played mostly tackle during Baltimore Ravens won’t have Mi- his previous five seasons with the Indy 500 postponed until Aug. 23 chael Brockers on their retooled Carolina Panthers. Williams’ ad- defensive line after all. dition provides the Bills experi- Baltimore reached agreement enced depth and has the potential BY DAN GELSTON on a three-year contract with of having returning starter Cody Associated Press the Los Angeles Rams free agent Ford make the switch to right guard. It was bump day for the Indy last week. But the deal was never 500. sealed in part because Brockers The Indianapolis 500 is now a could not take a physical at the Source: Rhodes another summer event. The Monster Mile team’s training facility due to re- piece of Colts’ defense could be set for a monster-sized strictions in place surrounding NASCAR weekend spectacle of the coronavirus. INDIANAPOLIS — The India- racing. And a supersized shakeup The Ravens had concerns over napolis Colts signed free agent cornerback Xavier Rhodes on of the schedule looms whenever a lingering ankle sprain after Thursday, adding another poten- NASCAR and IndyCar resume Brockers had a physical admin- istered by an independent doctor. tially key piece to their defense. in the wake of the coronavirus Unable to verify the extent of the Rhodes agreed to a one-year pandemic. injury through an examination deal, a person familiar with the The Indianapolis 500 was post- by their own doctors, the Ravens situation told The Associated poned Thursday until Aug. 23 sought to amend the proposed Press. The person spoke on con- and won’t run on Memorial Day contract. dition of anonymity because In- weekend for the first time since No settlement could be reached, dianapolis has not yet announced 1945. The Indy 500 was posi- and on Friday the Ravens wrote the deal. tioned as the middle race of a Tri- had its dates shuffled around the we’re looking broadly about what on Twitter: “The Ravens will not The seven-year veteran has ple Crown of racing on Memorial schedule. our options are. At this particular sign Michael Brockers as previ- spent his entire career with Day that kicked off the biggest “The good news is they can sit point, we would like to finish the ously reported after being unable Minnesota . day of motorsports with Formula in the grandstand and watch the season at Phoenix and keep the One’s Grand Prix of Monaco and Indy 500 and stay and watch our playoff portion intact. With that ended with NASCAR’s Coca-Cola race live,” Dover President Mike said, it will require a lot of dif- 600. The race now falls outside of Tatoian said. “What a perfect day ferent opportunities for us to look May for the first time in its 104- that would be for a motorsports at.” year history. fan. Watch it live on your phone, NASCAR had promised a “With a number of postponed sit in the grandstand and enjoy a shakeup of its staid schedule in sporting events being resched- hot dog.” 2021, but the crisis may force the uled in the summer and early Chew on this: Dover still doesn’t stock car series to offer a sneak fall, it’s frankly very difficult to have a new date for its May race, peak the rest of the summer. find three consecutive weekends one of seven NASCAR weekends Mid-week races, night races, as we traditionally have in May,” already postponed before the se- doubleheaders, nothing is off the Penske Entertainment Corp. ries is scheduled to resume May starting grid when it comes to po- President and CEO Mark Miles 9 at Martinsville Speedway. tential scenarios to squeeze in the said. As each confined weekend ticks remaining 32 Cup races. NAS- The Indy 500 now shares the off, and the death count from CAR offered a break with tradi- race weekend calendar with ... the coronavirus up to about 1,200, tion in June with Pocono Raceway Drydene 400. Yes, the crown jewel that target seems more and more set to hold a NASCAR Cup Series of IndyCar will serve as the open- unlikely. twin bill, with one race on Satur- ADRIAN KRAUS/AP ing act for the NASCAR Cup race “We intend to race all our 36 day, one on Sunday. The test run at Dover International Speedway, points races as well as the All- for ’21 could now be forced on at Buffalo Bills E.J. Gaines sits on the turf after being injured during that track better known as the Star event,” NASCAR President least another track — with Dover a game against the Miami Dolphins on Dec. 17, 2017 in Orchard Monster Mile that has suffered Steve Phelps said. “What those the top target — before this sea- Park, N.Y. The Bills are giving oft-injured cornerback Gaines a third with dwindling attendance and look like at this particular point son is over. opportunity to resume his career by agreeing to a one-year contract. S TARS AND STRIPES Saturday, March 28, 2020 The show must go on Goodell: League will hold SPORTS draft as scheduled » Page 23

CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK Doing their part

MLB uniform maker switches to medical masks, gowns

BY DAN GELSTON nia and nearby states. Associated Press Also: Hockey equipment New York Yankees and Phillies manufacturer Bauer shifts pinstripes were still in vogue on base- PHILADELPHIA — The Bryce to medical face shields ball’s scheduled opening day — only Harper jersey that could have been stitched on the protective wear made worn this baseball season by the big- Page 22 by the apparel company. gest Philadelphia Phillies fan is now Michael Rubin, the founder and a protective mask in the fight against Baseball, has suspended production executive chairman of Fanatics, was the coronavirus pandemic. on jerseys and is instead using the watching TV last week when he was Fanatics, the company that manu- polyester mesh fabric to make masks factures uniforms for Major League and gowns for hospitals in Pennsylva- SEE PART ON PAGE 22

This image provided by Fanatics, a company in Pennsylvania that produces uniforms for Major League Baseball, shows a protective mask for medical professionals made from uniform fabric. AP photo

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