Chicago's mayor said she couldn't risk the kind of gathering that scientists warn could hasten the further spread of the coronavirus
Chicago on Wednesday joined the ranks of cities around the world to scrap St. Patrick's Day parades amid concerns about spread of the new coronavirus, calling off an event that attracts tens of thousands of revelers who line the streets, pack themselves into pubs and peer into a river that every year is turned bright green.
Indeed, it was deemed the right call in cities from Boston and Philadelphia to Denver and San Francisco. The cities of Dublin — the one in Ohio and the one in Ireland — also pulled the plugs on their parades. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.
Some cities were still considering what to do about their St. Patrick's Day parades. The City Council in Savannah, Georgia, planned to discuss the city's 196-year-old parade at meeting on Thursday. Savannah and surrounding Chatham County so far have no confirmed COVID-19 cases.
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