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March 15, 2020, 8:00 p.m. ET March 15, 2020, 8:00 p.m. ET By Ernesto Londoño and Countries across the world have restricted travel. As of Friday, all American citizens and legal permanent residents who have been in high-risk areas and return to the United States are required to fly to one of 13 airports. Credit... Jenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times The United States on Wednesday barred the entry of all foreign nationals who had visited China, Iran and a group of European countries during the previous 14 days. The ban applies to countries in the Schengen Area, which are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Effective on Monday, the ban will apply to foreign nationals departing from the United Kingdom and Ireland. As of Friday, all American citizens and legal permanent residents who have been in high-risk areas and return to the United States are required to fly to one of the following airports: Boston-Logan International Airport (BOS), Massachusetts

Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Illinois

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Texas

Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW), Michigan

Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), Hawaii

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Georgia

John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York

Los Angeles International Airport, (LAX), California

Miami International Airport (MIA), Florida

Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), New Jersey

San Francisco International Airport (SFO), California

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Washington

Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD), Virginia Countries across the world have imposed travel restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus. For a full list, pulled from official government reports and the United States State Department, click here. If you know of a travel restriction that should be on this list, please email us, including an official source, at travel@nytimes.com. Read more

March 15, 2020, 7:00 p.m. ET March 15, 2020, 7:00 p.m. ET By Stacey Cowley and Banks say they have enough cash to deal with more withdrawals. The floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 6. Some banks have seen an uptick in the demand for cash. Credit... Jeenah Moon for The New York Times Similar to the demand for hand sanitizer and toilet paper, some banks have seen an uptick in the demand for cash. But industry officials say they have plenty of cash available to deal with a surge in withdrawals. Much of that is in giant vaults, some maintained directly by the Federal Reserve. And some banks manage their daily cash supplies with deliveries from secure transports. One of the biggest cash haulers, Brink’s, had “a big spike in demand” this week from some of its bank clients, said Edward Cunningham, a company spokesman. “They’re putting more cash into branches, they’re requesting more frequent replenishment of A.T.M.s.” At one Midtown bank where there was a rush on $100 bills, there was still plenty of lower denominations to meet needs at machines.

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March 15, 2020, 6:30 p.m. ET March 15, 2020, 6:30 p.m. ET By The day was sunny, but the brunch crowd was spotty on the Upper West Side. Fred’s, on Amsterdam at 83rd Street, had a slow start to Sunday brunch. Credit... Jose A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times A sunny morning, families out for a stroll, the first blossoms on the trees: the perfect setting for that New York ritual, Sunday brunch. But at restaurants on the Upper West Side, which typically draw a midday crowd of neighbors, out-of-towners and foreign tourists, business was uneven at best. Some places had no guests at all, despite cheerfully chalked signs outside announcing that they were, in fact, open for brunch. Some, like Jacob’s Pickles, on Amsterdam Avenue, and Community Food & Juice, a beloved neighborhood spot near Columbia University, were bustling. “Because diners still want to come, and our servers still want to serve, and our cooks still want to cook, we will wait until the city tells us to shut down,” said DeDe Lahman, an owner of Community Food & Juice and Clinton Street Baking Company. “We are not giving up until they make us.” Community has the capacity to serve 87 people at a time. On Sunday, it was taking only 44 simultaneous guests, following an order from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo that restaurants with fewer than 500 seats cut their capacities by half. Instead of the usual five waiters, three were working. Instead of four line cooks, there were two. Every other table was intentionally left empty, an effort to create social distance between guests. At a table by the window, Russ Hudson, 63, a regular who lives a few blocks away, considered heading north to Guilford, Conn., to wait out the outbreak with his sister. “The last couple of days, this is the only place I’ve gone out to,” he said. “Otherwise, I’ve just been staying in my apartment.” Mr. Hudson, a founder of the Enneagram Institute, which researches the enneagram personality test, has been ordering scrambled eggs with mushrooms for the last few days. But on Sunday, he ordered Norwegian eggs Benedict, an off-the-menu item, for what might be his last meal in the city for a while. “Not only do I not want to get it, I don’t want to spread it,” he said of the coronavirus. “But unless I’m willing to be a complete recluse and just stay in the apartment altogether, there is going to be an element of risk.” At the bar, two friends in their first year at Columbia sat talking, nursing their coffees after they paid. Grace Nguyen, 19, would be flying back to her home in Vietnam in the evening, and came for a goodbye brunch with her friend, Casey Li, also 19. In the fall, they hope, they’ll be back here again. “It’s the last bit of New York, I guess, for a while,” Ms. Nguyen said. “I didn’t want my last meal to be in a dining hall.” Read more

March 15, 2020, 6:00 p.m. ET March 15, 2020, 6:00 p.m. ET By Brooks Barnes and Hollywood had its worst weekend in two decades. The hallway of the theaters at Film Forum in Manhattan. Domestic ticket sales nationwide decreased 44 percent from last weekend. Credit... Vincent Tullo for The New York Times This weekend was unlikely to be a strong one for movies, but the coronavirus pandemic led to a huge drop at the box office, the worst period for theaters in two decades, according to Comscore. Domestic ticket sales totaled about $55.3 million, a 44 percent drop from last weekend, even with the wide release of three new films: “Bloodshot,” “The Hunt” and “I Still Believe.” The last weekend this poor for the box office was Sept. 15-17, 2000, when sales were $54.5 million — about $83 million in today’s money — and the main draws were films that had been in theaters the previous weekend. While some film fans avoided theaters because of the coronavirus, others went to them precisely because they wanted an escape from thinking about the outbreak. Denny and Peg Tetu, two 84-year-old retirees, said they canceled a cruise they planned to take last month but didn’t think twice about sitting in the back of a theater in Inver Grove Heights, Minn., to watch the romantic drama “I Still Believe.” “We just watched people come in and hoped that nobody sat close to us,” said Denny Tetu, a former history teacher. About 10 other people were in the auditorium, seated widely apart. Read more

March 15, 2020, 5:30 p.m. ET March 15, 2020, 5:30 p.m. ET By Cornell students say goodbye to their campus and classmates. On Friday, Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., suspended classes for three weeks after sending students home for the spring semester. Credit... Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times ITHACA, N.Y. — When Cornell University administrators emailed students last week, sobs were heard in libraries and labs. People wiped tears from friends’ faces — then slathered on hand sanitizer. After spring break, the email said, they should not come back. The school would start to close dorms after March 28, and students were to go home; courses would be held online for the rest of the semester. Schools across the country followed suit, taking similar measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, which began to appear in college populations this weekend. A few days later, Cornell suspended classes altogether, for three weeks, to allow students to focus on getting home. Separating people is, of course, precisely what such drastic measures are intended to do. But at the ground level, they bring confusion and pain. Those emotions were on display last week at Cornell, in upstate New York, where students confronted the logistical hurdles that lay ahead — How do you attend an online lecture from several time zones away in Pakistan? What if you have no place to move? — while they also grappled with the personal losses that come with leaving college early, like being torn from friends and budding romances, and missing out on graduation rituals. Not a big deal, in the grand scheme, said one senior, Justin Welfeld. But still, he said, “I feel like a lot of experiences have been stolen from me.” Nathan Revor, a senior, wrote a letter to administrators that was published by the student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, and that seemed to capture the raw emotion of the moment. He implored the administration to reconsider its decision and to think of seniors, “who are on the precipice of reaping the rewards of doing our absolute best in school since we were small children.” “These last months are just about everything to us,” Mr. Revor, 22, wrote. “The administration really did struggle with this extremely important decision,” Ryan Lombardi, the vice president for student and campus life, said in a hasty phone interview between meetings on Wednesday. “It wasn’t a decision we were pondering for weeks or even a lot of days.” He said administrators had addressed the most serious issues created by sending students home: providing support for students with financial aid concerns and housing for those who could not go home. The “more heartfelt” questions from students were harder to answer, Mr. Lombardi said. “Some students are saying, ‘I’m going to miss out on the last months of my senior year, and I’m just having trouble processing that. Can we talk through that?’” He added, “It’s hard to see them struggle.” Read more

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March 15, 2020, 4:30 p.m. ET March 15, 2020, 4:30 p.m. ET By The N.C.A.A. won’t release brackets on what was supposed to be Selection Sunday. The N.C.A.A. Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournaments were canceled after several conferences abandoned their league tournaments. Credit... Ben Solomon for The New York Times Sunday was supposed to be the kickoff for three weeks of joy, teeth-gnashing, idle speculation, grandiose expectations, shattered dreams and can-you-believe-that-happened moments across college basketball. Instead, with the N.C.A.A.’s Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournaments canceled, it was a day when all of the people who planned to complete brackets didn’t even get a chance to print one out. There would be no seedings and, for the first time since 1938, the N.C.A.A. was not on the cusp of crowning a tournament champion. “Normally I would be wishing you all a happy Selection Sunday, but, well … you know,” Jerry Palm, a tournament expert for CBS Sports, posted on Twitter. “Have a happy Sunday anyway.” There will be similar feelings on Monday, when the bracket for the women’s tournament was to be released. The N.C.A.A. canceled its national competitions after conferences abandoned their league tournaments, and it resisted calls to release brackets anyway. “I don’t believe it’s responsible or fair to do that with incomplete seasons — especially for tournaments that unfortunately won’t be played,” Dan Gavitt, the N.C.A.A. executive who oversees basketball, wrote in a column that was published Sunday on an association-affiliated website. “Brackets based on hypotheticals can’t substitute for a complete selection, seeding and bracketing process,” he added. “There will always be an asterisk next to the 2020 N.C.A.A. men’s and women’s basketball championships regardless if brackets are released. There is not an authentic way to produce tournament fields and brackets at this point without speculating and that isn’t fair to the teams that would be positively or negatively impacted by manufacturing March Madness.” The brackets themselves factor into more than just tournament seeding and entertainment for fans. They are linked to how the N.C.A.A. distributes money to conferences from its rich broadcast deals, and some coaches earn annual bonuses that are connected to the tournaments. Read more

March 15, 2020, 4:00 p.m. ET March 15, 2020, 4:00 p.m. ET By The outdoors can be a way to find solace and social distancing. The outdoors can provide a sense of solace and calm during anxious times. Credit... Saul Martinez for The New York Times Clarisse Lopez sat with Tony, her collie-shepherd mix, in a park in Coral Gables, Fla., the wind rustling her brown hair and her dog’s black fur on Sunday afternoon. Ms. Lopez, 26, had sanitized the knobs, light switches and handles in her home in nearby Miami, and wanted some fresh air and to be outside — close, but not too close, to others. “Thankfully, we’re in a place that we are luckily far apart enough from home that we can hop in a car, drive to the park and have a safe distance while also interacting with each other,” she said as others were having picnics in the sunny 83-degree weather. The outdoors can provide a sense of solace and calm during anxious times like the coronavirus crisis, which is also forcing people to practice social distancing, experts said. “The big danger right now is total isolation,’’ Dr. Sandro Galea, dean of Boston University School of Public Health, said on Sunday. “We know from national surveys that about half of all Americans feel social isolation on a regular basis, so this is only going to exacerbate that.” At a time when public health officials are recommending avoiding crowded spaces and remaining as much as six feet away from others, finding other ways to be around others becomes really important, he said, noting that there is evidence that being outdoors is linked with reduced stress. Peter Sachs, chief executive of the outdoor brand LOWA Boots, walked 2.5 miles with his wife at Greenwich Point Park in Connecticut on Sunday. He said he saw hundreds of people walking, cycling and riding scooters, “making the best of a nice weather day to be active but doing so in an environment where they can maintain space between each other and groups.” “I feel energized and refreshed for the day,’’ he said. Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, said a walk in nature can help reduce anxiety. “Since the virus is inactivated by ultraviolet light, there is a low probability that taking a brisk walk outside — while staying a safe distance from others — would constitute a personal or public health threat,” he said. And if you do take mass transit to return home after your time outdoors, consider the practice of Donald G. McNeil Jr., a science and health reporter for The New York Times. He uses a gardening glove to hold onto the rail of a subway car. Read more

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March 15, 2020, 3:06 p.m. ET March 15, 2020, 3:06 p.m. ET By One of country music’s top awards shows was postponed until September. Keith Urban performs at the 2019 Academy of Country Music Awards. Credit... Mario Anzuoni/Reuters The Academy of Country Music Awards show scheduled for April 5 in Las Vegas have been postponed until September, the academy said Sunday on Twitter. The new day and location for the awards show will be determined at a later date, the academy said. “This decision involved many partners, stakeholders and the industry who we have been in constant conversations with over the past several days as the situation has developed,” Damon Whiteside, the chief executive of the academy, said in a statement. The A.C.M. said attendees should visit its website for details on refunds.

March 15, 2020, 2:31 p.m. ET March 15, 2020, 2:31 p.m. ET By The luxury company LVMH redirected its perfume factories to make hand sanitizer. Men jog past a Louis Vuitton store on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday. Credit... Christophe Ena/Associated Press LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury company known for items like handbags, makeup and perfume, said Sunday that it would pivot three of its largest cosmetics facilities toward producing hand sanitizer to help allay a shortage in France. The company said in a statement that it would use the facilities where it produces fragrances under the Christian Dior, Givenchy and Guerlain brands to make hydroalcoholic gel instead. The first deliveries to French health authorities are expected Monday night, and 12 tons of hand gel are expected to be produced in the first week, a company spokesman said. The production will continue as long as necessary, with a formula approved by French authorities as effective against the coronavirus. Thus far, one LVMH employee has reportedly tested positive for Covid-19, but the group is among the many companies urging employees to work remotely.

March 15, 2020, 1:38 p.m. ET March 15, 2020, 1:38 p.m. ET By A Yankees minor-league baseball player and an XFL athlete test positive. A minor-league baseball player in the Yankees organization and a football player in the relaunched XFL were found to have Covid-19, officials said Sunday. A Yankees spokesman said a minor-league player tested positive after reporting symptoms and going into quarantine on Friday. The Yankees had already shut down their minor-league camp, where players had been preparing for the season at spring training in Florida. Some people who had contact with the athlete who showed symptoms isolated themselves from others. All the players were given the option to go home when the Yankees decided to suspend camp. Major League Baseball has already postponed the start of its season, which was originally scheduled for later this month. The XFL, a football league that started this year in an attempt to fill the void of the N.F.L. off-season, said Sunday that a player for the Seattle Dragons who tested positive had played in a game last week before he showed symptoms. The league suspended its regular season on Thursday, when much of the sports world pulled back on events. Read more

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March 15, 2020, 12:20 p.m. ET March 15, 2020, 12:20 p.m. ET By The V.A. is preparing to back up the health care system. The department has helped in emergency situations in the past, including backing up the strained health care system in Puerto Rico after a hurricane. Credit... Jim Mone/Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs, which is legally designated as the backup health care system in national emergencies, is preparing to absorb the overflow of coronavirus patients from private hospitals. In many ways, the department could be better prepared than the rest of the health care system to take on the task: It is experienced in managing an older and vulnerable population, and it has a surplus of beds and a robust number of special rooms for patients with breathing disorders. But it would also be the biggest test the sprawling and sometimes troubled government hospital system has faced. “Nobody has asked for our help at this point, but the American people should know we are ready,” said Dr. Richard A. Stone, who is in charge of the Veterans Health Administration.

March 15, 2020, 11:34 a.m. ET March 15, 2020, 11:34 a.m. ET By Cardio boxing. Yoga. Jane Fonda YouTube videos. There are free ways to stay fit at home. Yoshi Lu works out at home in Medford, Mass. Amid coronavirus worries, he stopped going to his gym for fear of the spread of germs. Credit... Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe, via Getty Images Feeling cooped up while practicing social distancing? Want to hit the gym but you’re worried about the coronavirus? There are free streaming exercise videos and apps you can try at home to pass the time and stay fit. Here are some of them: EkhartYoga offers free meditation and yoga instructional videos to help people relax during anxious times. Esther Ekhart and fellow yoga instructors lead 30-minute yoga and movement videos to stretch the muscles and calm the mind. Down Dog, an app for practicing yoga at home, is providing its Yoga, Yoga for Beginners, the ballet-inspired Barre, and 7 Minute workouts free until April 1. “Due to the current outbreak, many people are avoiding gathering in large groups, including at yoga studios and other fitness spaces,’’ the website says. “We believe that stressful times like these are precisely when people need wellness practices the most.” Obé, a home fitness company that offers live and on-demand classes, including cardio boxing, barre and yoga, has seen “thousands and thousands” of new sign-ups, according to its founders, Mark Mullett and Ashley Mills. The site is offering new users a free month. And, of course, there is the mother of all workout videos available on YouTube, Jane Fonda’s beginner to advanced workout videos from the early 1980s. The tutorials feature the “Grace and Frankie” star and longtime fitness guru in bright leotards leading men and women in a series of stretches, jumping jacks and twists. “You did a great job!” she tells one group. “Don’t you feel good? Bravo!” Read more

March 15, 2020, 10:44 a.m. ET March 15, 2020, 10:44 a.m. ET By David Gonzalez and Some revelers sneaked in some partying as those in the nightlife industry express vulnerability. Los Feliz nightclub in Manhattan on Friday night. Credit... John Taggart for The New York Times At the Old Man Hustle Comedy Bar on the Lower East Side, Rachel Joan performed a set for seven patrons. “We’re all risking our lives for standup comedy,” she said. Her jokes about hand washing, cleaning products and panic buying at grocery stores was met with a nervous laughter from the audience at a time when many in the nightlife industry are expressing worries about their prospects with fewer people going out, pay often dependent on gigs and tips, and the anticipation of even tighter restrictions at restaurants and bars. Image Hair of the Dog bar in Manhattan. Credit... John Taggart for The New York Times “It’s bizarre doing standup in the middle of all this,” Joan admitted. “But it feels like it’s what I should be doing. It wasn’t a paid spot. That’s how you know I really want to do it.”

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