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THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Clockwise from above:
Cleaning crews descended
on the Life Care Center, a
long-term care facility in
Kirkland, Wash., where
nearly two dozen deaths
are linked to the virus;
freshmen Spencer Gallant
and Jack Adler load up to
leave campus Thursday
after Syracuse University
canceled classes until at
least the end of the month;
Judie Shape, who has
tested positive for the
virus, and her daughter,
Lori Spencer, visit through
a window at Life Care
Center; an employee cleans
the Louvre in Paris after
France banned gatherings
of more than 100 people.LINDSEY WASSON/REUTERS, YOAN VALAT/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK, GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS, ALONZO ADAMS/REUTERS, JEREMY HOGAN/SOPA/ZUMA PRESS, JIMURQUHART/REUTERS, TED S. WARREN/ASSOCIATED PRESS, DAN LYON FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNALFrom top: A person strides
past the Colosseum in
Rome on Thursday after
Italy quarantined the
nation at the beginning of
the week; the NBA became
the first major sports
league to suspend its
season Wednesday after it
sent home fans in
Oklahoma City because a
player on the visiting Utah
Jazz tested positive for the
virus; fearful shoppers
cleaned out a Target of
toilet paper Tuesday; and
Coloradans snarled traffic
to get drive-through virus
testsinDenverasthe
country grappled with how
to increase testing.
The new, highly contagious and lethal version of coronavirus
swept out of Asia, turning life in the rest of the globe on its
head. Italy locked down the country. France limited gatherings.
U.S. colleges and schools closed. Sports leagues and museums
shut down. Corporations sent workers home. And ordinary
people fretted about their jobs, their savings and their health.THE WEEK
THE WORLD
SHUT DOWN