The expanding coronavirus outbreak threw daily American life into turmoil as more professional sports leagues suspended their seasons, Broadway theaters canceled performances and new restrictions caused chaos in airline travel
With cancellations hitting everything from Little League baseball to school fairs, the rituals of American life started to grind to a halt.
Officials in hard-hit areas, including New York and Washington states, sought to balance the need to protect the public without crippling economic activity. The Walt Disney Company shuttered their large U.S. properties, including Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida. Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and at least one player in the National Basketball Association announced that they had tested positive for the coronavirus.The patchwork of state and local directives to stem the tide of infections came as U.S. health officials struggled to expand the country’s limited testing capacity.
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence also met the Brazilian delegation, but White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said both of them had “almost no interactions with the individual who tested positive and do not require being tested at this time.”
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