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Las medidas de seguridad es-calaron ayer para evitar con-tagios por el Covid-19 en el País.

El titular de la SEP, Este-ban Moctezuma, informó por la tarde que las vacaciones de Semana Santa se extenderán del 20 de marzo al 20 de abril.

En conferencia conjunta con Hugo López-Gatell, sub-secretario de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud, Moc-tezuma refirió que modifi-car el calendario escolar es una de las medidas más ade-cuadas para lograr un ais-lamiento preventivo ante el aumento de casos en distin-tos estados.

“Queremos hacer énfasis en que se recomienda a todo mundo un aislamiento pre-ventivo. No se trata de que salgan de vacaciones y que todos se junten a disfrutar de las vacaciones, porque lo que se quiere es evitar la proximi-dad”, dijo.

Como medidas comple-mentarias, se implementa-rán filtros sanitarios en las escuelas para que los padres entreguen una hoja en la que confirmen que el alumno se lavó las manos al salir de ca-sa, no tiene fiebre, tos seca ni dolor de cabeza.

En los cuatro días que quedan de clase, los maestros se encargarán de vigilar que no se presente un alumno en-fermo y quienes acudan a la escuela cumplan con los pro-tocolos de limpieza en manos.

Además, se suspenderán las actividades deportivas y cívicas en los planteles de ni-vel básico y medio superior.

Por la noche, en confe-rencia en Palacio Nacional, López-Gatell reportó 41 ca-sos confirmados y la inves-tigación de 266 contactos en el País.

“Las intervenciones de sa-na distancia son medidas bá-sicas de prevención; así co-mo la suspensión temporal de actividades no esenciales; reprogramación de eventos de concentración masiva, y protección y cuidado de las personas adultas mayores”, detalló.

La Liga MX anunció que los partidos del sábado y do-mingo de Primera División, Liga Femenil, Ascenso MX y Fuerzas Básicas se jugarán a puerta cerrada, entre ellos el

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PARAÍSO, Tab.- Trabajado-res que construyen la refine-ría de Dos Bocas acusaron a Ricardo Hernández Daza, lí-der del Sindicato Estatal de la Construcción en Tabasco, vinculado a la CTM, de en-cabezar una red de extorsión.

Según testimonios y re-corridos en la zona de obra, el dirigente sindical exige hasta mil 500 pesos a quienes aspi-ran a trabajar en el proyecto para ser contratados.

Ya en nómina, principal-mente como peones, velado-res, herreros, eléctricos, plo-meros, ayudantes generales o choferes, deben pagar entre 200 y 400 pesos semanales por “cuotas o aportaciones” al sindicato.

Lo anterior con el argu-mento de que deben tener re-cursos para “defender” a los trabajadores de abusos o pro-blemas con las seis empresas

A otro ritmoMás allá de ser un puerto visitado por turistas de pisa y corre, Cozumel ofrece otras alternativas ecoturísticas a quienes lleguen por aire. DE VIAJE (GENTE 13)

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La Alcaldía de Tultepec canceló en definitiva la in-tención de abrir un relle-no sanitario en el terreno donde se hallaron restos de mamut y busca alternativas para preservar el sitio.

Trabajadores que ex-cavaban para preparar el depósito de desperdicios hicieron el hallazgo que fue anunciado en noviem-bre de 2019. La recupera-ción suma a la fecha más de mil huesos de 15 ejem-plares distribuidos en dos trampas.

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mo de Cancún, el Festival To-luca, el Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara y el Tour de Ricky Martín en 10 ciudades mexicanas. Además, la naviera Princess Cruises canceló todos sus cruceros.

En la CDMX, los parques Six Flags y Kidzania y los grupos de scouts en México anunciaron su paro de activi-

dades temporal. En tanto, el festival Vive

Latino no fue cancelado ayer y se llevará a cabo también hoy, pese a que la Secretaría de Salud ya incluyó la sus-pensión de eventos que con-greguen a más de 5 mil perso-nas en el paquete de medidas necesarias para hacer frente al coronavirus.

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Refinería de Dos Bocas para solicitar informes de empleo y laborar en la obra.

“No hay vacantes, tienes que ir a la CTM, ellos te colo-can, con los (hermanos) Da-za”, fue la respuesta de uno de los encargados del acce-so a la zona de construcción, junto al Hospital de Pemex.

Según estimaciones de los trabajadores, en las obras para la refinería laboran unos 2 mil trabajadores que fue-ron colocados por Hernán-dez Daza.

En noviembre de 2018, el líder sindical fue detenido por la Fiscalía de Tabasco en Paraíso. Según las indagato-rias, tenía más de 30 denun-cias en su contra por extor-sión y lesiones. Sin embargo, salió libre bajo fianza y sigue su proceso en libertad.

z Salud-CDMX puso filtros y tomó la temperatura a 40 mil asistentes. Sólo 27 fueron detectados con temperatura, pero, tras una revisión médica, se descartó cualquier sospecha de contagio.

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Armando Cervantes Punzo, director de Admi-nistración y Planeación de Tultepec, explicó que el Ayuntamiento esperará la liberación del espacio por parte del INAH y que su primera opción es cons-truir un parque.

“Un lugar donde haya algún monumento, una es-cultura monumental de los mamuts para hacer refe-rencia de que ahí hubo el hallazgo”, comentó.

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clásico América-Cruz Azul, hoy en el Azteca.

En los estados, múltiples eventos fueron suspendidos, como la Feria de San Mar-cos, en Aguascalientes, y las Ferias de Tabasco, Puebla y Nayarit, así como el Festival Cultural Zacatecas.

También el Festival Pa’l Norte, en Monterrey; el Fron-terizo Fest, de Tijuana; la Cumbre Mundial de Turis-

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cardiacas.n Los mayores de 60 años.n Hipertensos.

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en 2013.n Tiene 66 años de edad.n Presión arterial alta.

Pese a las advertencias de las autoridades de evitar contactos físicos, besos y abrazos, el Pre-sidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador besó, abrazó y acarició ayer a simpatizantes en una gira por Guerrero.

Una recomendación, no dejen de leer la novela de García Márquez, quizá su mejor obra, ‘El amor en los tiempos del cólera’, bálsamo para serenarnos”. Andrés Manuel López Obrador

pIErDEN lA brúJulAPumas fue superado anoche 3-1 por el León, con lo que el cuadro universitario liga cuatro partidos sin victoria en las que ha obtenido un punto de los últimos 12 disputados. En Guadalajara, Rayados le arrebató un punto a Chivas al empatar 1-1.

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Haddad. “Es tiempo de ellas”, celebra la autora libanesa PAG. 34

Liga Mx. Chivas no carbura y empata 1-1 con Rayados PAG. 43

ESCRIBEN HOY

Érika MontoyaJC y El Travieso, campeones aún

en el retiro P. 47

Pérez-RevertePleito con el cine español y algunos

representantesP. 37

Blanca L. IbarraLa difusión de mentiras daña

más que el virus P. 10

Rafael Inclán. “Soy mal papá, pero buen amigo de mis hijos”

P. 4

GERSAIN GRANDE, CIUDAD DE MÉXICO

Las mujeres y los millen-nials lograron mayor relevancia en el mercado del arte el año pa-sado, pese al entorno complica-

do que enfrenta el sector. La obra elaborada por ellas ya represen-tan 40% del total, mientras que la generación geek gastó 3 mdd en piezas de galerías. PAG. 24

Aumenta la relevancia de mujeres y millennials en el mercado del arte mundial

El Presidente no rehuyó los abrazos en Guerrero; en el Vive Latino, el festejo predominó sobre las medidas sanitarias. NOTIMEX Y ALEJANDRO MELÉNDEZ/AFP

Anticipan las vacaciones para prevenir contagios

Coronavirus. Sube a 41 cifra de casos positivos y la Ssa recomienda guardar “sana distancia” con otraspersonas en espacios comunes; en el Vive Latino detectan a 27 con fi ebre, pero sin otros síntomas

F. MIRANDA E H. ROBLES, CDMX

Como parte de las medidas de la fase dos para enfrentar el co-ronavirus, la SEP y la Ssa adelan-taron las vacaciones de Semana Santa, cuyo periodo será ahora del 23 de marzo al 19 de abril.

En tanto, la Liga Mx ordenó que los juegos restantes de la Jor-nada 10 del futbol mexicano fue-ran disputados a puerta cerrada, mientras el Senado analizará en las siguientes horas si suspende sus actividades. PAG. 6, 7, 28 Y 40

El factor Covid-19Retrocede la BMV a la era de las “hipotecas basura”JESÚS RANGEL - PAG. 27

Gira por Guerrero“Desespera que el cambio tarde aún en llegar”: AMLOSILVIA ARELLANO - PAG. 12

Medidas preventivasEl brote suprimió hasta el placer de tocarse la caraEMILIA VEXLER / CLARÍN - PAG. 9

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Para prevenir contagios de COVID-19, más de 250 mil escuelas de todos los niveles pararán labores entre el 23 de marzo y el 20 de abril

EL GOBIERNO LLAMA A EVITAR VIAJES INTERNACIONALES NO ESENCIALES

Adelantan vacaciones por virusPOR RAÚL FLORES

La amenaza del coronavirus obligó al gobierno mexicano a tomar las primeras medi-das de distanciamiento so-cial contra la pandemia.

La SEP adelantó y amplió el periodo vacacional de Se-mana Santa, originalmente previsto del 6 al 20 de abril. Ahora el receso empezará el lunes 23 marzo y las clases se reanudarán el 20 de abril.

“Se recomienda a todo mundo un aislamiento pre-ventivo, no se trata de que salgan de vacaciones”, dijo Esteban Moctezuma, titu-lar de la SEP. Agregó que se suspenden actividades no esenciales, como actos cívi-cos y deportivos, en 250 mil escuelas de todos los niveles.

Otra medida es que los papás garanticen seguir las medidas contra el CO-VID-19: a través de un reca-do firmado, que entregarán a diario al ingresar a la es-cuela, deben señalar que sus hijos no tienen síntomas y les lavaron las manos ade-cuadamente antes de clases.

En tanto, el gobier-no de México sugirió a los connacionales evitar viajes internacionales no esencia-les ante las restricciones im-puestas por diversos países.

EL DESQUITE DE LOS AZTECASLa huida de los conquistadores hacia Tlacopan y su enfrentamiento contra guerreros de Tenochtitlan y Tlatelolco se analizan en la segunda entrega mensual sobre la Noche Triste, suceso ocurrido hace 500 años.

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LA AFICIÓN AHOGA EL GRITO DE GOLPara evitar la propagación del COVID-19, la Liga MX decidió jugar el resto de la fecha sin aficionados. La medida se tomó horas antes del primer duelo sabatino.

SANA DISTANCIADebe instalarse una comisión de salud en cada Consejo de Participación Escolar.

Con un recado diario, los papás garantizarán a los maestros que sus hijos van sin síntomas.

Este recado firmado se entregará a la entrada; también habrá un filtro escolar.

Se suspenden los honores cívicos, festivales y actividades deportivas, entre otras.

En las vacaciones adelantadas se hará una limpieza profunda de las escuelas.

La SEP establecerá un sistema de educación a distancia, tanto digital como electrónica.

SUMAN 41 CASOS EN EL PAÍS

97POR CIENTOde impunidad tienen los asesinatos contra menores, alerta la Red por los Derechos de la Infancia.

47,000SENTENCIASdel Poder Judicial capitalino tendrán versiones públicas al final de este año, como ejercicio de transparencia.

ESTÁN SIN ARMAS ANTE EL COVID-1940% de la población mundial no tiene acceso a agua y jabón, elementos básicos contra el virus: Unicef.

PRIMERA | PÁGINA 12

EU EXTIENDE SU VETO A VIAJEROS A partir de mañana, Washington prohibirá a los extranjeros llegar vía aérea a EU desde Reino Unido e Irlanda.

PRIMERA | PÁGINA 12

POR CLAUDIA SOLERA

Con 15 nuevos casos de co-ronavirus registrados entre viernes y sábado, el núme-ro de infectados en México alcanzó 41 ayer, informó la Secretaría de Salud.

Trece estados tienen contagios confirmados. Los casos sospechosos y los descartados se han dado en todo el país, a excepción de Campeche.

El subsecretario Hugo López-Gatell anunció un paquete de medidas, lla-mado Jornada Nacional de Sana Distancia, a im-plementar entre el 23 de

marzo y el 19 de abril. Se prevé que en dicho periodo se registren contagios co-munitarios en el país.

Esas acciones incluyen mantener una distancia de un metro con otras perso-nas para evitar que el virus viaje a través de su habla,

gritos o cantos; lavarse las manos durante 30 segun-dos entre diez y 20 veces al día, así como evitar be-sos y abrazos. López-Gatell reiteró que se debe estor-nudar y toser cubriéndose con el antebrazo.

También se recomendó suspender las actividades no esenciales en el sector público y privado, así como reprogramar eventos que congreguen a más de cinco mil personas.

Además, se reforzará la protección de los adultos mayores, que son quienes corren mayor riesgo.

PRIMERA | PÁGINA 11

Fabiola Guarneros Saavedra 4Elías Micha 13Vianey Esquinca 15

CDMX ACOTA ACTOS DE GOBIERNO

EL EDOMEX REFUERZA DETECCIONES

QUERÉTARO INSTALA CERCO SANITARIOPRIMERA | PÁGINAS 10 Y 11

REPARTIRÁ CACHITOS A INDÍGENAS DE GUERRERODe gira por la Costa Chica, el presidente López Obrador se comprometió a dar boletos a los adultos de Xochistlahuaca para la rifa de dos mil millones de pesos en premios.

PRIMERA | PÁGINA 4

SE POSPONEN: l Pretemporada de la Liga Mexicana de Beisbol.

l El Campeonato Mundial de Rally, cuya tercera fecha es Guanajuato.

l La Feria de San Marcos.

l La Feria del Caballo que se realiza en Texcoco.

l Los parques de diversio-nes Six Flags México y Hurricane Harbor Oaxte-pec pararon labores.

l Apple cerró todas sus tiendas a nivel mundial.

l El SAT suspendió su ser-vicio de salas de internet para realizar trámites.

l La Universidad Autónoma

de Nuevo León y La Salle suspendieron clases.

l El INAI aplazó la Jornada de Gobierno Abierto por la Niñez y la Juventud.

l El Consejo de la Judi-

catura Federal también pospuso las clases de manera presencial.

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l La gira Hecho en México de Alejandro Fernández.

l El Festival musical Pa’l Norte, en Monterrey.

155SOSPECHOSOSde tener COVID-19 hay en todo el país. Sólo Campeche se ha mantenido sin reportes.

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LOS DIPUTADOS TIENEN UN MINUTO PARA DESAHOGARSEUna dinámica curiosa se ha generado en la Cámara de Diputados: al finalizar cada sesión, los legisladores tienen un minuto en tribuna para abordar temas que azotan a sus comunidades, como la inseguridad.

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HUBO 27 CON FIEBRE EN EL VIVE LATINO

ROCKEAN CON PRECAUCIÓNMucha música y gritos, pero también prevención. El inicio del festival musical se dio entre medidas sanitarias, como filtros y gel desinfectante en cada baño. La nostalgia rockera corrió a cargo de Guns N’ Roses y el sabor colombiano lo puso Carlos Vives.

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Prende el Vive Latino a 70 mil en CDMX

Covid-19: adelanta la SEP vacaciones para 36.6 millones

Hay 41 casos confirmados y 155 sospechosos; Campeche, único libre

l Asueto del 23 de marzo al 17 de abril; recuperarán las dos semanas adicionales

l Suspenden actos con más de 5 mil asistentes; Liga MX, a puerta cerrada

l Operarán las guarderías; la Ssa demanda afianzar medidas de higiene

l Posponen Feria de San Marcos; el SAT cierra servicios presenciales

▲ Además de pasar por los acostumbrados filtros de seguridad, los asistentes al festival del Foro Sol cruzaron uno que les medía la temperatura para detectar posibles contagios del nuevo coronavirus. En el primero de dos días de conciertos se presentaron 50 bandas, entre ellas Guns N’ Roses, Chetes y The Cardigans. En los puestos de

comida había gel para las manos y las bebidas se abrían al momento para que no se contaminaran. Los asistentes lucían relajados y sólo algunos llevaban tapabocas. La mandataria capitalina anunció la suspensión de actos con más de mil asistentes. Foto Víctor Camacho J. IBARRA, R. GONZÁLEZ Y E. BRAVO / P 23 Y ESPECTÁCULOS

LAURA POY SOLANO, ALEJANDRO ALEGRÍA, REDACCIÓN Y AGENCIAS / P 2 A 6, 15 Y DEPORTES

Sin forma de lavarse manos, 3 mil millones en el orbe: Unicef ● Ya son más de 156,396 contagios y 5,833 muertos en al menos 137 naciones

● Toda España, bajo un mando único; restringe tránsito a 46 millones

● Cierre de comercios y fronteras en varios países de Europa; Francia, en fase tres ● Aún es posible salvar vidas si actuamos unidos: ONU; Trump dio negativo

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They were both mothers, just 29. They were healthy medical professionals, whoworked long hours on the front lines in Wuhan. Within weeks, they came down

with fevers and were hospitalized in critical condition. Page 8.

TWO WOMEN FELL SICK. ONLY ONE RECOVERED.

CENSORSHIP DEFIED As Chinacracks down on virus coverage,journalists are resisting. PAGE 4

TRACKING AN OUTBREAK

On March 1, the day after thefirst coronavirus death in theUnited States was announced,brothers Matt and Noah Colvin setout in a silver S.U.V. to pick upsome hand sanitizer. Drivingaround Chattanooga, Tenn., theyhit a Dollar Tree, then a Walmart,a Staples and a Home Depot. Ateach store, they cleaned out theshelves.

Over the next three days, NoahColvin took a 1,300-mile road tripacross Tennessee and into Ken-tucky, filling a U-Haul truck withthousands of bottles of hand sani-tizer and thousands of packs ofantibacterial wipes, mostly from“little hole-in-the-wall dollarstores in the backwoods,” hisbrother said. “The major metroareas were cleaned out.”

Matt Colvin stayed home nearChattanooga, preparing for pal-

lets of even more wipes and sani-tizer he had ordered, and startingto list them on Amazon. Mr. Colvinsaid he had posted 300 bottles ofhand sanitizer and immediatelysold them all for between $8 and$70 each, multiples higher thanwhat he had bought them for. Tohim, “it was crazy money.” Tomany others, it was profiteeringfrom a pandemic.

The next day, Amazon pulledhis items and thousands of otherlistings for sanitizer, wipes andface masks. The company sus-pended some of the sellers behindthe listings and warned many oth-ers that if they kept running upprices, they’d lose their accounts.EBay soon followed with evenstricter measures, prohibiting anyU.S. sales of masks or sanitizer.

Now, while millions of peopleacross the country search in vain

for hand sanitizer to protect them-selves from the spread of the coro-navirus, Mr. Colvin is sitting on17,700 bottles of the stuff with littleidea where to sell them.

“It’s been a huge amount ofwhiplash,” he said. “From being in

a situation where what I’ve gotcoming and going could poten-tially put my family in a reallygood place financially to ‘Whatthe heck am I going to do with allof this?’”

‘Crazy Money’ in a Pandemic,Selling $70 Bottles of Sanitizer

By JACK NICAS

As a seller on Amazon, Matt Colvin follows trends that he canturn into profit. When the coronavirus hit, he stockpiled supplies.

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WASHINGTON — The lightswere low and the disco balls spin-ning as a cake with a fierysparkler shooting flames into theair was brought out to a robustrendition of “Happy Birthday,”joined by President Trump. Thebirthday girl, Kimberly Guilfoyle,the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr.,then pumped her fist in the air andcalled out, “Four more years!”

It was a lavish, festive, carefreeSaturday night at Mar-a-Lago aweek ago in what in hindsight nowseems like a last hurrah for theend of one era and the beginningof another. In the days since then,the presidential estate in Floridahas become something of a coro-navirus hot zone. A growing num-ber of Mar-a-Lago guests fromlast weekend have said they areinfected or put themselves intoquarantine.

A week later, the White House

physician announced on Saturdaynight that the president had testednegative for the virus, ending adrama that played out for days asMr. Trump refused repeatedlyeven to find out whether he hadcontracted it after exposure tomultiple infected people. The re-sult came less than 24 hours afterthe White House put out a mis-leading midnight statement say-ing there was no need for such atest at roughly the same time thepresident by his own account was

actually having one in deferenceto public pressure.

But either way, the Mar-a-Lagopetri dish has become a kind ofmetaphor for the perils of groupgatherings in the age of coro-navirus, demonstrating howquickly and silently the virus canspread. No one is necessarily safefrom encountering it, not senatorsor diplomats or even the mostpowerful person on the planetseemingly secure in a veritable

Uninvited Guest at Mar-a-Lago Birthday Party: The CoronavirusBy PETER BAKER

and KATIE ROGERS

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As a Republican candidate forthe Texas Supreme Court, Don R.Willett flaunted his uncompromis-ing conservatism, boasting of en-dorsements from groups with“pro-life, pro-faith, pro-family”credentials.

“I intend to build such a fiercelyconservative record on the courtthat I will be unconfirmable forany future federal judicial post —and proudly so,” a Republican ri-val quoted him telling party lead-ers.

Judge Willett served a dozenyears on the Texas bench. Butrather than disqualifying him, hisrecord there propelled him to thevery job he had deemed beyondreach. President Trump nomi-nated him to a federal appealscourt, and Republicans in the Sen-ate narrowly confirmed him on aparty-line vote.

As Mr. Trump seeks re-election,his rightward overhaul of the fed-eral judiciary — in particular, thehighly influential appeals courts— has been invoked as one of hismost enduring accomplishments.While individual nominees havedrawn scrutiny, The New YorkTimes conducted a deep examina-tion of all 51 new appellate judgesto obtain a collective portrait ofthe Trump-populated bench.

The review shows that theTrump class of appellate judges,much like the president himself,breaks significantly with thenorms set by his Democratic andRepublican predecessors, BarackObama and George W. Bush.

The lifetime appointees — whomake up more than a quarter ofthe entire appellate bench — weremore openly engaged in causesimportant to Republicans, such asopposition to gay marriage and to

Trump StampsG.O.P. Imprint

On the Courts

A Wave of Judges Tiedto the Party’s Causes

This article is by Rebecca R. Ruiz,Robert Gebeloff, Steve Eder andBen Protess.

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CHICAGO — A widespread fail-ure in the United States to investin public health has left local andstate health departments strug-gling to respond to the coro-navirus outbreak and ill preparedto face the swelling crisis ahead.

Many health departments aresuffering from budget and staffingcuts that date to the Great Reces-sion and have never been fully re-stored. Public health departmentsacross the country manage a vastbut often invisible portfolio of du-ties, including educating the pub-lic about smoking cessation, fight-ing opioid addictions, persuadingthe reluctant to vaccinate their ba-bies, and inspecting restaurantsand tattoo parlors.

Now, these bare-bones staffs ofmedical and administrative work-ers are trying to answer a suddenrush of demands — taking phonecalls from frightened residents,quarantining people who may beinfected, and tracing the knowncontacts and whereabouts of theill — that accompany a publichealth crisis few have seen before.

Nationwide, local and statehealth departments have lostnearly a quarter of their workforce since 2008, according to theNational Association of Countyand City Health Officials. As thenation’s local and state publichealth officials confront a pan-demic that has paralyzed much ofthe world, many of them havemade their situation plain: They

Health SystemsCut to the BoneFace Onslaught

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NEW YORK The state reported itsfirst two deaths and said twolawmakers were ill. PAGE 13

RESILIENCE In locked-down Italy,song breaks out from rooftops,balconies and windows. PAGE 6

PARIS — The shutdown of Eu-rope expanded drastically on Sat-urday, as more countries shut-tered businesses, locked up bor-ders and chased people off streetsand into their homes in a race tocontain the growing threat of thecoronavirus.

Spain became the second coun-try in Europe, after Italy, to im-pose strict limits on public life,telling everyone to stay indoors,with few exceptions. As casessoared nationwide, the authoritiesconfirmed that the prime min-ister’s wife had been infected aswell.

In France, cafes and restau-rants — central to the country’ssoul and social life — were or-dered closed along with mostother nonessential businesses.

In the United States, Vice Presi-dent Mike Pence widened theAmerican travel ban to includeBritain and Ireland, effectivelyshutting off travel from nearly 30European countries, while theWhite House announced thatPresident Trump had tested nega-tive for the virus.

Across Europe, there was awidespread feeling that the healthcrisis flaying Italy for weeks hadarrived at the doorsteps of itsneighbors, and that the time forhoping the threat would somehow

dissipate without sweeping inter-vention was over.

Until Saturday, the cafes inParis had been full of revelers andrestaurants had been doing goodbusiness, even without tourists.But then French officials declaredthat the crisis could be disre-garded no longer.

The time of classic Parisiannonchalance had come to an end.

“In France, when you tell peo-ple to stay home, they go to bars tocelebrate the closure,” saidHélène Noaillon, a bartender atLes Pères Populaires, reacting tonews of the closings on Saturdaynight while the bar was still open.

“Our society is more libertar-ian,” she said. “As long as youdon’t put people under any realconstraints, they’re going to con-tinue to live the way they want.”

While some European leaders,like President Emmanuel Macronof France, have called for intensi-fying cooperation across nations,others are trying to close theircountries off.

From Denmark to Slovakia,governments went into ag-gressive virus-fighting mode withborder closings.

In Denmark, Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen said all for-eigners who did not have an es-sential purpose for visiting thecountry would be turned away.

EUROPE LOCKS UPAND FACES CRISISAS VIRUS SPREADS

France and Spain Restrict Public Life asCountries Rush to Shut Borders

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WASHINGTON — It started asa series of conversations this pastweek between officials workingwith Jared Kushner, the presi-dent’s son-in-law, and the chief ex-ecutive of Verily, a life sciencessubsidiary of Google’s parentcompany, about how it might helpthe Trump administration in thefight against the coronavirus.

Verily was developing a websitethat could let people evaluatetheir symptoms and direct themto nearby “drive through” loca-tions for testing. Desperate to tapthe private sector to satisfy thepublic’s demands for a more ro-bust response to the rapidlyspreading virus, Mr. Kushner wasquickly sold on the idea.

But on Friday, President Trumpinflated the concept far beyond re-ality. At a news conference in theRose Garden, he said that thecompany was helping to develop awebsite that would sharply ex-pand testing for the virus, falselyclaiming that “Google has 1,700engineers working on this rightnow” and adding that “they’vemade tremendous progress.”

In truth, the project at Verily —which has a total of about 1,000employees — is in its infancy. A pi-lot program is planned for the SanFrancisco area, but a website hasyet to be unveiled. Testing loca-tions have not been identified, andthe coronavirus tests themselvesare not yet widely available.

The president’s effort to sell the

Trump UnveilsGoogle ProjectStill Incomplete

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$6.00

After two weeks of puni-

shing losses, Bernie Sand-

ers, stone-faced and somber,

declared a triumph of sorts.

“Poll after poll, including

exit polls, show that a strong

majority of the American

people support our prog-

ressive agenda,” the Ver-

mont senator said. It was

proof, he said, that “our

campaign has won the ideo-

logical debate.”

Declaring moral victory

is a familiar fallback for can-

didates whose chances for

actual victory have greatly

diminished.

Sanders, however, has

had uncommon influence in

Democratic policy debates

over the course of his two

presidential campaigns by

redefining what could be

considered politically realis-

tic.

With his path to the

nomination increasingly

tenuous, Sanders has sig-

naled he wants the Demo-

cratic debate on Sunday, his

first one-on-one face-off

with former Vice President

Joe Biden, to be a battle of

ideas. He hopes to recapture

the momentum by winning

on the merits of an agenda

that includes his calls for

free college tuition and rais-

ing the minimum wage.

Those have been em-

braced, to varying degrees,

by state and local govern-

ments, corporations and ri-

val politicians. His signature

policy, “Medicare for all,” be-

came the healthcare yard-

stick against which all his

opponents were measured.

Newly prominent activists

on climate change cite his

presidential bids as inspira-

tion.

“He’s brought a bunch of

ideas that have been mar-

ginal — at least within the

American mainstream —

fully into the conversation,

and at least a majority of

Democrats in exit polls say

they support them,” said

Has Sanders won the ideological battle?

BERNIE SANDERS hopes to rebound on Sunday bywinning his first head-to-head debate with Joe Bidenon the merits of policies like “Medicare for all.”

Jeff Kowalsky AFP/Getty Images

Regardless of theoutcome, he shapedthe policy contours ofthis Democratic race.

By Melanie Mason

THE APPLE STORE at Westfield Topanga is mostly empty — savefor a few employees — Saturday afternoon in Canoga Park.

Brian van der Brug Los Angeles Times

We’re certainly not

unfamiliar with disrup-

tion in California, where

the persistent threat of

earthquakes, drought,

flooding and wildfires

looms in our conscious-

ness.

But we’ve learned

how to cope with all of

that, more or less. We bolt houses,

ration water, clear brush and exert at

least a small measure of control over

our fates.

The virus is different.

In Los Angeles, where horror

movies are made, this one has come

to life. It’s a stalker, a prowler lurking

in the yard, a potential serial killer. A

threat to one and all, though how big

of one we can’t say.

There’s so much we don’t know,

which means all we can do is exercise

extreme caution. Schools are closed,

sporting events have been canceled,

employees are

A WOMAN PICKS up her luggage Thursday at Long Beach Airport. As the coronavirus spreads throughthe Southland, many schools have been closed, sporting events canceled, and grocery shelves picked clean.

Luis Sinco Los Angeles Times

Uncertainty returns, andwe’ll get through it againThis, too, shall pass. That’s what we need to remind ourselves.

STEVE LOPEZ

[See Lopez,A9]

$3.66 DESIGNATED AREAS HIGHER © 2020 WST latimes.comSUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020

Federal officials have be-

gun urging healthcare work-

ers to switch from respirator

face masks to looser surgical

ones, a move that is raising

alarms among doctors and

nurses who say they will now

be less protected when

treating highly infectious co-

ronavirus patients.

The abrupt guideline

change announced Tuesday

by the federal Centers for

Disease Control and Preven-

tion is meant to alleviate a

looming shortage of safety

gear. But some healthcare

workers fear they will be put

at greater risk of contracting

the virus, which in turn in-

creases their chances of

spreading the disease

among patients and other

workers.

The emerging problem of

the quality and quantity of

protective gear is the latest

challenge facing the country

as the number of infected

people is expected to grow

rapidly in coming weeks.

“Our most exposed work-

ers in the world right now to

this virus are frontline

healthcare workers,” said

Dr. Mike Ryan, chief of the

health emergencies pro-

gram at the World Health

Organization.

Globally, shortages could

bring the “moral hazard” of

health workers who have to

treat COVID-19 patients

without the proper protec-

tive gear, he said.

“Would you like to be that

health worker? Would you

like to be a doctor or a nurse

having to treat a patient

knowing full well that you

are not protected? That’s an

awful dilemma that no

health worker, no health

worker in the world, should

have to face,” he said.

Before this week, U.S.

health officials had recom-

mended that doctors and

nurses treating suspected or

confirmed coronavirus pa-

tients wear N95 respirator

masks, which are designed

to filter out about 95% of

small airborne particles. But

officials are now limiting

their use in order to stretch a

national stockpile that con-

tains only about 1% of the

masks that experts predict

Switchin facegear isnow aworry Healthcare workerssay they’re at greaterrisk going fromrespirator masks tolooser surgical ones.

By Emily

Baumgaertner and

Soumya Karlamangla

[SeeMasks,A11]

KIRKLAND, Wash. —

Feeling festive, Pat Mc-

Cauley looked around the

crowd as she accompanied a

dear friend into a Mardi

Gras party at his nursing

home.

A jazz band played

“When the Saints Go March-

ing In” while a woman on

staff wearing a masquerade

mask strutted to the music,

took photographs and han-

ded out plates of Cajun sau-

sage and rice.

Many residents wore jest-

er hats that some had made

the previous week.

It was Ash Wednesday,

Feb. 26, and a man from a lo-

cal parish had anointed

some patients with ash.

McCauley was happy to

see her friend and more than

30 other residents taking a

break from their medical

woes, although one thing

struck her as odd: In the

hallways, many staffers wore

surgical masks.

Nobody knew it yet —

though plenty of clues ex-

isted — but there was an un-

invited guest at the party:

the novel coronavirus.

It had been there at least

a week, silently spreading

among the 120 residents, 180

staffers and multitudes of

visitors.

Three days after the

Amidfestivity,the virusspreadsilently

Couple who visitedthe nursing home atcenter of outbreaknote red flags missed.

By Richard Read

[SeeKirkland,A8]

Teachers unionthrows supportbehind Biden

National EducationAssn.’s endorsementhelps bolster formervice president’s bid torepresent Democratsagainst Trump in No-vember. NATION, A13

The rise of TV’sLatina geniusesNew shows portray thekind of brilliant younglead that had long beenmissing on screen.CALENDAR, E1

WeatherSome showers. L.A. Basin: 62/53. B10

Printed with soy inks onpartially recycled paper.

MORECOVERAGE

European travelban gets expandedTrump advises Ameri-cans to avoid flying andreveals that his virus testwas negative. NATION, A7

School closureswill test parentsChildren will require daycare and an explanationof guidelines for the co-ronavirus. CALIFORNIA, B1

Even Swiss Guardhas no answersProtectors patrolling theVatican can’t preventCOVID-19 from creepinginside its walls. WORLD, A4

Horses race, butstands are emptySanta Anita Park held arace day without its fans,a precaution in caution-ary times. SPORTS, D1

Like untold multitudes

who came before her, Giulia

Ragusa eyed the handprints

of Marilyn Monroe set in

concrete in front of the land-

mark TCL Chinese Theater

in Hollywood. Ragusa got

down on her knees and

thrust her palms right where

the film siren once did. “I’m

not afraid!” she declared.

“I’m young and strong!”

Unlike the multitudes

who came before her, the 27-

year-old from San Francisco

then implored her friend,

“Get the hand sanitizer out

of my backpack, please.”

In measures big and

small, Angelenos and visi-

tors from afar sounded

notes of anxiety, hope and

some fear as they settled

into the first full day of an of-

ficial national coronavirus

emergency.

Parents stocked up on

arts and crafts supplies,

knowing their children

would be home from school

for weeks. Families sought

out the damp beauty of the

Huntington Gardens in San

Marino and the boardwalk

in Santa Monica. Couples

packed liquor stores and pot

shops to, as one Highland

Park customer put it, “take

the edge off all this crazi-

ness.” And people lined up to

buy guns — fearing that to-

day’s public health emer-

gency might turn into to-

morrow’s broader civil

breakdown.

For every person shelter-

ing quietly at home, there

were others still fighting for

supplies as they entered

what felt like it could be a

long siege. A Highland Park

man said his roommate had

Angelenos ‘waking up to a new reality’A pall thins crowds —except those buyingliquor, pot or guns.

By James Rainey,

Louis Sahagun

and Andrew J. Campa

[See Crowds,A9]

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