Live updates: Growing coronavirus quarantines upend life globally; Asian markets stabilize after Dow falls 3,000 points - The Washington Post

President Trump told Americans on Monday to avoid groups of 10 or more and refrain from eating in restaurants, marking what may be his most serious acknowledgement yet of the threat posed to the United States by the new coronavirus.

As millions of students stayed home from school, businesses and offices shut their doors and daily life came to a halt, Trump suggested at a news conference that the outbreak could last until July or August — just one day after he said the virus was under control.

As of late on Monday, more than 4,400 cases of the virus had been reported nationwide, including at least one patient in 49 states and the District of Columbia. At least 89 deaths had been confirmed, according to a Washington Post tally.

The ripple effects have been nothing short of striking: For the first time in a century, the Supreme Court postponed oral arguments. Even after the Federal Reserve said it was slashing interest rates to zero, stocks crashed to their worst single-day losses since 1987.

Ohio ordered its polls not to open, and Puerto Rico said it would enforce a total shutdown of the island. In the San Francisco area, six counties ordered the area’s more than 6.5 million residents to stay at home until at least April 7. The directive, the most drastic yet, goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Pacific time (3:01 a.m. ET) on Tuesday.

Still, Trump told governors in a conference call that states must figure out how to obtain life-saving medical equipment by themselves. After the call, Trump went on Twitter to single out New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to “do more.”

Cuomo soon shot back: “I have to do more? No — YOU have to do something! You’re supposed to be the President.”

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