Saturday, March 21, 2020

Today's Headlines: New York Joins California as Millions More Americans Are Ordered to Stay Home

Trump Resists Pressure to Use Wartime Law to Mobilize Industry in Virus Response
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Saturday, March 21, 2020

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New York Joins California as Millions More Americans Are Ordered to Stay Home

New York Joins California as Millions More Americans Are Ordered to Stay Home

By JULIE BOSMAN and JESSE McKINLEY

The strict new directives, in some of the country's most populous states, were intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Trump Resists Pressure to Use Wartime Law to Mobilize Industry in Virus Response

Trump Resists Pressure to Use Wartime Law to Mobilize Industry in Virus Response

By KATIE ROGERS, MAGGIE HABERMAN and ANA SWANSON

The president insisted he has used the Defense Production Act, but said at a briefing that "we are literally being besieged" by companies "that want to do the work and help our country."

Coronavirus in N.Y.: 'Deluge' of Cases Begins Hitting Hospitals

Coronavirus in N.Y.: 'Deluge' of Cases Begins Hitting Hospitals

By BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL, JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and MICHAEL ROTHFELD

There are already critical shortages: A Bronx hospital is running out of ventilators. In Brooklyn, doctors are reusing masks.

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Immediate steps to limit social contact in parts of the United States where few cases have been identified are needed to slow the outbreak, a model suggests.

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