2020-03-19, 10:11 PM
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-repor...1584611233
California ordered its 40 million residents to stay at home except for essential activities beginning Thursday night in the largest such lockdown in America as the nation’s total coronavirus cases rose to more than 10,000 and an intensifying outbreak in Europe pushed State Department officials to advise citizens not to travel abroad.
In a letter to President Trump, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he estimated 56% of the state’s population, or 25.5 million people, would be infected over an eight-week period.
Mr. Newsom sent the letter—asking that a naval hospital ship be deployed to Los Angeles to increase health-care capacity—before the lockdown order. In calling for people to stay home, Mr. Newsom asked the state’s residents to “bend the curve together.” Nearly half of residents in America’s most populous state had already been given stay-at-home orders from local cities and counties, including Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.
As the center of the virus continues to shift to the West, the death toll in Italy surpassed that of China, where the outbreak originated in December. Fatalities in Italy reached 3,405 Thursday, compared with 3,249 in mainland China, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. China reported no new domestic coronavirus infections for the first time since the outbreak surfaced.
In the U.S., confirmed cases jumped to more than 11,200. Officials warned the number will continue to rise as testing capabilities increase and advised Americans to prepare for a prolonged period of uncertainty.
California ordered its 40 million residents to stay at home except for essential activities beginning Thursday night in the largest such lockdown in America as the nation’s total coronavirus cases rose to more than 10,000 and an intensifying outbreak in Europe pushed State Department officials to advise citizens not to travel abroad.
In a letter to President Trump, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he estimated 56% of the state’s population, or 25.5 million people, would be infected over an eight-week period.
Mr. Newsom sent the letter—asking that a naval hospital ship be deployed to Los Angeles to increase health-care capacity—before the lockdown order. In calling for people to stay home, Mr. Newsom asked the state’s residents to “bend the curve together.” Nearly half of residents in America’s most populous state had already been given stay-at-home orders from local cities and counties, including Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.
As the center of the virus continues to shift to the West, the death toll in Italy surpassed that of China, where the outbreak originated in December. Fatalities in Italy reached 3,405 Thursday, compared with 3,249 in mainland China, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. China reported no new domestic coronavirus infections for the first time since the outbreak surfaced.
In the U.S., confirmed cases jumped to more than 11,200. Officials warned the number will continue to rise as testing capabilities increase and advised Americans to prepare for a prolonged period of uncertainty.