U.S. Limits Travel After W.H.O. Cites Pandemic
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C M Y K Nxxx,2020-03-12,A,001,Bs-4C,E2 Late Edition Today, mostly cloudy, high 50. To- night, cloudy, rain late, low 46. To- morrow, windy, very mild, clouds, rain early then afternoon sun, high 67. Weather map is on Page B14. VOL. CLXIX ... No. 58,630 © 2020 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2020 $3.00 U.S. LIMITS TRAVEL AFTER W.H.O. CITES PANDEMIC Trump Suspends Most Flights From Europe for 30 Days, but Excludes the U.K. By PETER BAKER WASHINGTON — President tor Tom Hanks announced that he Trump on Wednesday night and his wife, Rita Wilson, had blocked most visitors from conti- been infected with the virus. nental Europe to the United States The cascade of announcements and vowed emergency aid to felt like a turning point in the cri- workers and small businesses as sis, when the real-world effect on the World Health Organization de- people in the United States and clared the coronavirus a global around the globe came into stark pandemic, stock markets plunged relief. Ordinary life in many places further and millions of people cut will no longer be the same for the themselves off from their regular foreseeable future as society ad- lives. justs to a new reality that trans- In a prime-time address from forms everything including the the Oval Office, Mr. Trump out- global economy and everyday so- lined a series of measures in- cial interactions — not just in far- tended to tackle the virus and its off places on newscasts, but in the economic impact as he sought to community right at home. reassure Americans that he was Mr. Trump and other world taking the crisis seriously after leaders grappled for a way for- previously playing down the ward, but there was no clear end scope of the outbreak. He said he in sight as one of America’s top would halt travelers from Europe scientists, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, other than Britain for 30 days and predicted the outbreak would only asked Congress to support meas- grow worse. He spoke on the same ures like a payroll tax cut. day that India joined countries “The virus will not have a like China, Italy, Iran, Japan and chance against us,” Mr. Trump de- Israel in imposing drastic travel clared in his 10-minute speech, limits. reading from a teleprompter in an Italy went further by ordering uncharacteristic monotone. “We almost all nonessential busi- are all in this together.” nesses to close, including restau- JIM URQUHART/REUTERS The president’s address came rants, bars, cafes, beauty salons A drive-through testing station in Denver on Wednesday as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic began to come into stark relief. as the virus sent stock markets and most stores. In Germany, deeper into a meltdown, Chancellor Angela Merkel prompted the N.C.A.A. to bar warned that about two-thirds of crowds from its iconic March her country’s population may A Global Chorus of Responses, Without Harmony or a Conductor Madness annual basketball tour- eventually be infected, a predic- nament and forced the N.B.A. to tion that rattled many in Europe British prime minister rolled out tion and rising death toll. suspend its season altogether af- and across the ocean. By MARK LANDLER a nearly $40 billion rescue pack- The choir also lacks a conduc- ter one of its players tested pos- With the virus now in more than A Baffling Virus Results 100 countries, the W.H.O. cited the LONDON — In Frankfurt, the age to cushion his economy from tor, a role played through most of itive. Schools, universities, busi- “alarming levels of inaction” in de- president of the European Cen- the shock. in a Leadership Void the post-World War II era by the nesses, theaters and sports stadi- tral Bank warned that the coro- As the toll of those afflicted by United States. ums shut their doors. And the ac- Continued on Page A10 navirus could trig- the virus continued to soar and President Trump has failed to financial markets from Tokyo to work with other leaders to fash- ger an economic a cacophony — a dissonant bab- TRACKING AN OUTBREAK NEWS New York continued to swoon, ion a common response, prefer- ANALYSIS crash as dire as that ble of politicians all struggling, in of 2008. In Berlin, world leaders are finally starting their own way, to cope with the ring to promote his border wall N.B.A. HALTS SEASON Games were put off after a player tested pos- over the scientific advice of his the German chan- to find their voices about the manifold challenges posed by the itive. The N.C.A.A. tournaments will go on without spectators. PAGE B8 cellor warned the virus could gravity of what is now officially a virus, from its crushing burden own medical experts. In an Oval infect two-thirds of her country’s pandemic. on hospitals and health care Office address on Wednesday SEEING ‘HOAX’ Some conservative pundits say the response to the population. In London, the Yet it remains less a choir than workers to its economic devasta- Continued on Page A18 crisis is overblown. Do millions of fans agree with them? PAGE A12 30,000 Colleges Tell Students to Pack and Go, but Some Can’t Go Home Feb. 12 peak Dow Industrials 28,000 Wednesday: By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS 26,000 Correction down 20.2% from peak The day after colleges across the country suspended classes 24,000 over fears of the coronavirus, Abi- Source: Refinitiv Bear market gail Lockhart-Calpito, a freshman from San Antonio, ran across the Harvard campus trying to get an- Dow Ends 11-Year Win Streak swers. Her lectures were being re- As Outbreak Menaces Economy placed by online classes. Her resi- dence hall was being cleared out. She, like thousands of others in her shoes, had a million ques- By BEN CASSELMAN tions: What was going to happen The coronavirus outbreak The broader S&P 500 was off to her financial aid? Where would ended one of the longest winning nearly 5 percent for the day, she stay? What about her credits? streaks in market history on though down less than 20 percent The abrupt disruption of the se- Wednesday as the Dow Jones in- from its peak less than a month mester caused widespread con- dustrial average plunged and ago. cern and a feeling of chaos on campuses across the country. Ad- KATHERINE TAYLOR FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES global policymakers grappled The full economic toll of the out- ministrators saw spring break as with the growing economic crisis. break will not be clear for months. Mitchell Saron, a freshman at Harvard, prepared on Wednesday for his departure from campus. a chance to reset the clock in the The Dow closed with a loss of But there is mounting evidence that it will be severe. battle against the coronavirus. nearly 6 percent. That brought the Airlines are warning of empty One after the other, like dominoes, to go home. International stu- making. assuming that it, too, would be decline from its most recent peak planes and huge financial losses. they announced they were sus- dents had questions about their Dance, theater and music stu- canceled, and that the Class of to more than 20 percent, the A sharp drop in oil prices is threat- pending classes and asking stu- visas, which usually did not per- dents fretted that after months of 2020 might be together for the last threshold that defines a bear mar- ening to put energy companies dents to pack up and go. mit online learning. Graduate stu- rehearsals there would be no per- time. ket, after the Dow’s 11-year run in Low-income students won- dents worried about the effects on formances. Seniors were already Some altruistically minded stu- bull-market territory. Continued on Page A10 dered whether they could afford research projects years in the mourning their commencement, Continued on Page A11 Odds Longer, Sanders Pushes On From the Left In Defining #MeToo Case, 23 Years for Weinstein he addressed reporters at an af- eral women openly accused him of This article is by Sydney Ember, ternoon news conference in Bur- By JAN RANSOM A First Conviction, but sexual assault and harassment. Reid J. Epstein and Glenn Thrush. lington, he did not directly attack Their stories led women around Mr. Biden or vow to carry his fight Harvey Weinstein, the movie ‘Not a First Offense’ the world to speak about mistreat- BURLINGTON, Vt. — Senator to the end, instead signaling he producer who dominated Holly- ment at the hands of powerful Bernie Sanders on Wednesday was ready for a de-escalation in wood for decades, was sentenced men, shifting the cultural land- made a defiant case for his liberal their rivalry. on Wednesday to 23 years in pris- scape with the #MeToo move- policy agenda despite suffering In one striking sequence that on for sex crimes, as the six wom- had said that he was remorseful ment. big losses in the Democratic pri- highlighted his ideological re- en who had testified against him but also “totally confused” about Justice James A. Burke, who maries this week, saying he solve, Mr. Sanders ticked off a list watched from the courtroom’s what had happened to him. He lik- presided over the trial in State Su- planned to continue his bid for the of policy issues and challenged front row, holding one another, ened his experience to that of Hol- preme Court in Manhattan, could some in tears.