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classifyingtheirdriversas Incheon,SouthKorea,asthecountry’sbaseballseasonofficiallyopenedTuesdayafteradelaybecauseofcoronavirus. toArizonaonTuesday,saying
independentcontractors thegovernmentwasconsider-
insteadofemployees.A3 ingsettingupanewgroupfo-
cusedon“safetyandopening.”
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and1.1%,respectively.B11 about the outbreak, adding
that“wecan’tkeepourcoun-
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outwouldaffecteverypartof in the final few weeks of Dis- Mr. Trump, a Republican,
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toricplungeinoilpricesand
atWaltDisneyCo.ruledHolly- future. Disney’snetincomeforthe sult with doctors and public-
anill-timedacquisition.B2 woodlastyear,withbox-office Total operating income for quarterfell91%to$475million, PANDEMIC healthofficialsintheadminis-
(cid:2)FiatChryslerpostedanet blockbusters, capacity crowds thethreemonthsendedMarch duetoboththeimpactofthe tration.
lossof$1.86billionforthe at theme parks and new 28fell37%fromayearearlier virus and accounting for the Vice President Mike Pence
firstquarter,aslockdowns streaming service with sub- to$2.4billion,theworld’slarg- consolidationofassetsacquired saidearlierTuesdaythatsenior
tookatolloncarsales.B3 scribersinthemillions. est entertainment company inits2019dealwith21stCen- Tradedeficitwidensas aides are discussing shifting
Thisyearbringsanunwel- said Tuesday, while revenue turyFox. exports,importsarehit,A2 thetaskforce’sresponsibilities
(cid:2)AbbVieagreedtodivest
severalassetstosettlethe cometwist.Theworld’slargest rose21%to$18billion. Analysts have downgraded Digitalgrandparenting toindividualdepartmentsand
FTC’sobjectionstoitspro- entertainment company said The business impact of the Disneystock,envisioningafu- becomesessential,A9 agencies.Hesaidofficialshave
Tuesdaythecoronaviruspan- pandemic will likely be even turedefinedbythehighlycon- beguntalkingwiththeFederal
posedAllerganacquisition.B5 demic took a $1.4 billion bite more pronounced in the cur- tagiousvirus,evenasstay-at- Withfewerflights,aircargo Emergency Management
outofitsearnings,withmore rent quarter. Shutdowns that home orders are lifted and costssoar,B1 Agency,whichhasbeenleading
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Offices Prepare to Reopen
(cid:2)TheTrumpadministration Justice Ginsburg Is Hospitalized
isconsideringdisbandingthe
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With New Surveillance Tools
taskforce,asthepathogen
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countryandakeymodelpro-
jectedthatthecurrentnum-
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ManyAmericansheadingbacktothefac- AdvertisinggiantInterpublicGroupof
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Amazon,Pfizerandother RESS demiceaseswillsoonnoticethattheirevery ployeesintothreeseparategroups,accord-
companiestocurtaila DP moveisbeingwatchedorrecorded. ingtoperceivedhealthrisks,whichcouldin-
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CAPITAL ACCOUNT | ByGregIp
Risk-Based Distancing Is Key to a Reopen
When suresaredeliveringbenefits co-writers.Anofficialat bletofluthanadults,the pertsusuallylookedonlyat possible.Forexample,there’s
FrenchPrime intermsofdeathsavoided,or IHMEsaidthemodelsnowin- reverseistruewithCovid-19. healthinevaluatingthecosts astrongercaseforkeeping
MinisterÉd- theircosts.Thishighlights corporatemobilitydatato Andwhilethere’snocon- ofpandemics,notconsump- churchesclosedthanschools
ouardPhilippe theneedforrisk-basedsocial projecttheimpactsofdiffer- sensusonhowcontagious tionorproductivity. becauseattendeesareolder
announced distancingthatcouldpoten- entmeasures. childrenare,studiesfrom “We…neverthoughtabout andchurches’economiccon-
planslast tiallysavelivesatlesscostto Evendetailedmodelsdon’t AustraliaandFrancesuggest physicaldistancingatthe tributionissmaller(their
weektoreopentheFrench theeconomy. havestrongempiricalfounda- schoolsmaynotbeasignifi- levelwe’vedonenow.Thesit- spiritualcontribution,of
economy,hewarned:“Itisa E tionsforprojectedimpacts. cantsourceoftransmission. uationwe’reinnowisun- course,isanothermatter).
finelinethatmustbefol- pidemiologicalmodels HenriLeleu,scientificdirec- Whilethebenefitsofclos- precedentedinalotofways. Masks,whichcostalmost
lowed.Alittletoomuchcare- assumethatsocialdis- toratPublicHealthExpertise, ingschoolsaren’tclear,the Weneedtothinkaboutwhat nothingyetsignificantlyre-
lessness,andtheepidemicre- tancingsaveslivesby aFrenchdisease-modeling costsare:educatorsandsup- allthedifferentimpactsare.” ducethetransmissionofre-
starts.Alittletoomuch reducingcontactsbetweenin- company,saiditiseasyto portstaffhavebeenfur- D spiratoryviruses,easilypass
caution,andtheentirecoun- fectedandsusceptiblepeople. projecttheimpactofatotal loughed,manyparentscan’t iseasemodelersare thetest.Cancelingelective
trysinks.” Butthefrequencyandriskof lockdown.Butwithindividual workbecausetheyarelook- strivingtocraftnu- surgerymaynot(solongas
Thebalancingactfacing contactvariesconsiderably measuressuchaswearing ingafterchildren,andmany ancedsolutionsusing intensivecarebedsaren’tin
leaderslikeMr.Philippeis dependingontheage,gender masks,it’s“nobodyhasreal students’mentalhealthand moregranulardata.Usinga shortsupply),sinceitputs
difficultenough,butit’sag- andhealthofthepopulation, gooddataonthis,[although] educationhavesuffered. modelofNewYorkCitywith severefinancialstresson
gravatedbyadearthofes- householdstructure,and weknowit’seffectivebecause A2008studyco-writtenby 148inputs,fromhypertension health-careprovidersand
sentialinformation:Which workpatterns.Notallmodels it’sscientificallysound.” BeateSander,ahealthecono- topublic-transitcontacts,Mr. maydiscourageseriouslyill
social-distancingmeasuresof- capturethosedistinctions. Finally,epidemiological mistattheInstituteofHealth Leleuandsixco-authorscon- peoplefromseekingcare.
feracceptabletrade-offsin EarlyprojectionsbytheUni- modelsdon’tincorporatethe Policy,ManagementandEval- cludedreleasingpeopleunder Givenuncertaintysur-
termsoflivessavedandeco- versityofWashington’sinflu- costsoftheirmeasures,be- uationattheUniversityof 60fromquarantineeight roundingCovid-19,norestric-
nomiccostsincurred? entialInstituteforHealth causethatisn’ttheirjob. Toronto,estimateda26-week weeksbeforeolderpeople tionsshouldbeliftedlightly.
Thusfar,theestimated MetricsandEvaluationas- Somemitigationmeasures schoolclosurewouldcost wouldsavefarmorelives Ms.Sandersaidschools
valueoflivessavedbysocial sumedacommonbehavioral mayhaveincurredsteepcosts $2,700perresidentdueto thankeepingeveryoneunder shouldonlybereopenedcare-
distancingexceedsthelikely responsetoasinglesetofso- forquestionablebenefit.For lostworkbyparents,teachers quarantineforevenlonger. fully,startingwiththeyoun-
economiccost.Butthatmay cial-distancingmeasures,ac- example,manygovernments andotherprofessionals.For Adefinitivecost-benefit gestpupils,rotatingclassesby
notalwaysbetrue.Forone cordingtoastudyofpan- closedschoolsbecausethatis theU.S.,thatwouldtranslate accountingofeverysuch dayoftheweek.“Watchand
thing,thoseestimatesmight demicmodelsbyeconomist partofthetoolkitforpan- intoroughly$1trillioninto- measureisprobablyimpossi- see,ifinfectionratesdon’tgo
change.Moreimportant,that ChristopherAveryattheHar- demicflu.Butwhereaschil- day’sdollars. ble.Butasevidencegrows, up,expand.”Andofcourse,
doesn’trevealwhichmea- vardKennedySchoolandfour drenaremuchmorevulnera- Ms.Sandersaidhealthex- qualitativerankingsshouldbe testasmuchaspossible.
U.S. WATCH March Trade Deficit
Expanded as Global
TRADE
U.S., U.K. Formally
Begin Negotiations Crisis Deepened
TheU.S.andtheUnitedKing-
domformallylaunchednegotia-
tionstowardatradeagreement
Tuesday,anefforttodrawthe
twoeconomiestogetherasthe BYDAVIDHARRISON the virus spread around the
U.K.exitstheEuropeanUnion world,promptingmanybusi-
andthecoronavirusthreatens The U.S. trade deficit wid- nesses to close operations,
theworldeconomy. ened in March as the eco- which caused job losses, and
PresidentTrumpandPrime nomic shock related to the many governments to issue
MinisterBorisJohnsonhave global coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home orders, which
madethenegotiationsapriority held down both imports and helddownconsumerspending.
asMr.Johnsonseeksclosetrad- exports. The lockdowns likely have
ingrelationshipsoutsideEurope The deficit rose 11.6% to a produced a global recession,
andMr.Trumplookstobuilda SS seasonallyadjusted$44.4bil- furtherreducingdemand.
networkoftwo-waydealsthat RE lion in March from $39.8 bil- TheTuesdayreportoffered
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Tariffsbetweenthetwo AY/A day.Importsdropped6.2%to U.S.—countedasanexportin
economiesarealreadyrelatively G $232.2 billion in March, the trade statistics—was down
lowduetoexistingagreements RIC lowest figure since October 45.3%inMarchfromthepre-
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attheWorldTradeOrganization, COVERED:AndersonHighSchoolseniorTeyajaJoneswasdressedforthetimesTuesdayinAustin,Texas. 2016.Exportsweredown9.6% viousmonth.Overallservices
sotalksareexpectedtofocus to $187.7 billion, the lowest
oneliminatingmostremaining officialswhoofferedsimilar Bullardalsoweighedin.Here- termofthelateRep.ElijahCum- sinceNovember2016.
tariffsandsettingrulesofthe viewsinseparateappearances. peatedhisexpectationthatthe mings.Hetooktheoathofof- The March trade numbers U.S.importsand
roadforeverythingfromlabor “Thisisnotatypicalreces- economywillgetbackintoac- ficewithaprotectivemaskin arelikelytobethebeginning
exportsprobably
andtheenvironmenttoagricul- sion.It’sgoingtobeavery,very tionduringthesecondhalfas hislefthand. of a sustained fall in global
tureandfoodsanitation. sharpcontraction”inthesecond wellashisviewthattheshut- Mr.Mfume,71yearsold,will trade, said Brad Setser, a se- willdeclineinthe
—WilliamMauldin quarter,“butrecoverycouldbe- downofmuchoftheeconomy representaBaltimore-areadis- nior fellow at the Council on
comingmonths.
gininthesecondhalfofthe hasalimitedwindowbefore trictthathasbeenhithardby ForeignRelations.Thecoming
FEDERALRESERVE year,andthattodayismyfore- evendeeperdamagestartsto thevirusanditsnearshutdown months probably will show a
cast,”Mr.Claridasaidinanin- happen. oftheeconomy.Mr.Cummings, continuingdeclineinU.S.im-
Officials Hopeful for
terviewonCNBC. —MichaelS.Derby whoservedintheHousefor portsandexports,hesaid.
Second-Half Pickup ChicagoFedleaderCharles morethantwodecades,diedin “It’s safe to project that exports fell 15.3% on the
EvanssaidTuesdayinaconfer- WASHINGTON,D.C. Octoberatage68. April will see a much bigger month to $59.6 billion, the
FederalReserveViceChair- encecallthathewasoptimistic Mr.Mfumeservedinthe fallandthere’snotlikelytobe lowestsinceDecember2013.
Mfume Takes House
manRichardClaridasaidTues- theeconomywouldpickupin Housefrom1987until1996, asignificantrecoveryinMay,” The collapse in oil prices
daythatheislookingforthe thesecondhalf.Hesaidthatis Seat Cummings Held whenhelefttobecomechair- Mr.Setsersaid. also contributed to slowing
economytobeginarecovery slightlymorelikelythanasce- manoftheNAACP.Heledthe Separate surveys of pur- trade volumes in March. Im-
fromthecoronaviruscrisisin narioinwhichtheeconomysuf- DemocratKweisiMfumere- civil-rightsorganizationuntil chasing managers found that ports of petroleum products
thesecondhalfofthisyear,join- fersanextendeddownturn. joinedtheHouseonTuesdayaf- 2004. U.S. services businesses saw weredown21.9%,whileexports
ingwithtwoothercentral-bank St.LouisFedleaderJames terbeingelectedtofinishthe —AssociatedPress theirsteepestdropinactivity fell13.2%.
in April since the last reces- Exports of cars and car
Musicians sion. parts were down 17.9%, re-
Mr.Bianchinowspendsup the fifth-floor window of his The Institute for Supply flecting both closed factories
totwohoursadayplayingclar- uptownManhattanapartment. Management’snonmanufactur- intheU.S.andadropinglobal
Play On inetinhis1998Saturnstation He performs every night at 7 ingindexfellto41.8inApril, demand. Imports were down
wagon,parkedonFifthAvenue p.m.,timedtocoincidewiththe downfrom52.5inMarchand 8.9%fromthepreviousmonth.
nearWashingtonSquarePark. city’snightlysalutetomedical the lowest reading since TheInternationalMonetary
At Home NewYorkstateimposedastay- workers,hesays.Mr.Ostwald, March 2009. And the private Fund predicted last month
at-homeorderonMarch20. who led a weekly Louis Arm- data firm IHS Markit said its that global trade would fall
Mr.Bianchisayshesitsbe- strongtributebandatBirdland, U.S.servicesindex—asurvey- 11%thisyear.TheWorldTrade
hind the steering wheel, be- the city’s legendary jazz club, based measure of activity in Organizationprojectsaneven
cause“sittingaloneonthepas- before the lockdown, says he industriessuchasfinance,ho- steeper decline of between
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Though Ms. Scorese hasn’t Masked pedestrians who stop shows about a week after he itssharpestone-monthdecline globalregionsbutparticularly
heardanycomplaints,shesays beside the car snapping their recoveredfromcoronavirus. sincethesurveybeganinOc- AsiaandNorthAmerica.
asingerfriendinanearbyWest fingers or singing along to Hesaysneighborsgatherin tober 2009, falling to a sea- A decline of such magni-
NewYork,N.J.,apartmentfound scales are “more than a little front of the building to hear sonallyadjusted26.7inApril tude would be steeper than
anoteslippedunderherdoor. distracting,”hesays. him play, and he’s added from39.8thepriormonth. duringtheglobalfinancialcri-
Rebecca Benitez, a 31-year-old InBrooklyn,jazztrumpeter “Somewhere Over the Rain- Several factors have de- sisof2008-09,theWTOsaid.
sopranopracticingfortherole JasonProversayshehasdialed bow,” “Amazing Grace” and pressedglobaltradeinrecent After that crisis, trade never
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Communities
Try New Tack:
Test Everyone
InNorthernCalifornia, United States the same way,”
saidMr.Engestrom,aBolinas
pilotprogramsseekto
residentwholedtheinitiative.
trackCovid-19evenin Due to supply shortages,
earlytestingeffortsintheU.S.
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icahaveaccomplished:totest tal.Learninghowmanypeople
everysinglepersonforthecor- in an entire community con- known as a PCR test, and an nities,includingmanyhealthy hardware stores, gloves from and took blood samples from
onavirus, whether they are tractedthecoronaviruswillhelp antibodytest.Theformer,done people,isawiseuseofAmer- restaurantsuppliersandmasks more than 4,000 locals and
symptomaticornot. researchers understand who withaswab,identifieswhohas ica’slimitedtestingresources. fromChina.Thefirst$100,000 tested 57% of the neighbor-
A handful of local home- needs to be quarantined, how anactiveinfectioninlessthan Somesayit’simportanttobe- of a $350,000 budget came hood’shouseholds.
ownersandvolunteershadse- thevirusspreadsandwhereto 72hours.Thesecondisablood ginsucheffortsnow. fromBolinashomeownerMark All of the 1,845 PCR tests
curedsuppliesandteamedwith focusresources. test done by finger prick that Mr. Engestrom and biotech Pincus, the founder of mobile takeninBolinaswerenegative
researchersfromtheUniversity “The wildfire is clearly out. tests for antibodies to show entrepreneur Cyrus Harmon gamingcompanyZynga. forCovid-19,accordingtoUCSF.
ofCalifornia,SanFranciscoto Now,we’relookingforembers,” who had the infection in the began calling local labs and UCSFresearcherswhowere But in the Mission District,
testeveryonetheycouldinfour saidRobertWachter,chairman past.Resultsofbothareshared learnedthatseveralhadunused contemplatingasimilarproject more than 2% of participants
days in late April. More than oftheDepartmentofMedicine withindividualparticipantsand capacity and could run thou- innearbySanFrancisco’sMis- who lived or worked in the
1,800peoplehavebeentested, at UCSF. “If we find them, we usedforresearch. sands of tests per day. “It sionDistrictagreedtocollabo- neighborhoodwereactivelyin-
includingnearlyallthetown’s canpreventthemfrombecom- Theantibodytestsarecon- didn’t make any sense. The rate. fectedwithCovid-19.Ofthose,
1,600 residents plus hundreds ingragingwildfires.” troversial and vary widely in storywasthatnoonecouldget TestingbeganintheMission more than half reported no
offirstresponders. The UCSF researchers are qualityandaccuracy. tested,”saidMr.Engestrom. Districtsoonafteritwrapped symptoms.
“There’s no reason why we runningtwoCovid-19testson Experts disagree about The organizers collected inBolinasonApril25.Infour —JimCarlton
couldn’t test everyone in the participants—aviraldiagnostic, whethertestingentirecommu- protective suits from local days,medicalworkersswabbed contributedtothisarticle.
California Sues Ride-Hailing Services
BYSEBASTIANHERRERA SanFrancisco,whereUberand good jobs with access to af- reporting first-quarter finan-
ANDTIMHIGGINS Lyftarebased,andLosAnge- fordablehealthcareandother cialresultsonThursday.
lesandSanDiego. benefits is more important Lyftlastweekannouncedit
CaliforniasuedUberTech- Uber and Lyft have main- thanever,”aspokeswomanfor was cutting 17% of its work-
nologiesInc.andLyftInc.for tained that their drivers are Lyftsaid. force and instituting unpaid
P(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:6)us G(cid:3)ms (cid:7)(cid:6)(cid:2) y(cid:6)u(cid:2)
allegedly misclassifying their properly classified after the An Uber spokesman said furloughs and salary cuts for
drivers as independent con- statepassedtheso-calledgig the company would contest those who remain. The com- P(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:6)us M(cid:6)m
tractorsinsteadofemployees, economy law last year and theactionincourt.“Atatime panyreportsfirst-quarterre-
amovethatintensifiesabat- Gov.GavinNewsomsignedit. when California’s economy is sultsonWednesday.
tle between the ride-hailing Thelawcodifiedatestcompa- incrisiswithfourmillionpeo- Theconfrontationhighlights
giantsandtheirhomestate. niesmustpasstoclassifytheir ple out of work, we need to thedifficultiesinthepandemic
California, which is suing workers as independent con- makeiteasier,notharder,for forsomeworkersonthefront
thecompaniesunderauthority people to quickly start earn- lines, including those making
granted by a new state law, ing,”thespokesmansaid. deliveries, who may not have
said the decision to classify Thestateclaims Lyfthassaidithas325,000 benefitssuchassickpay.
driversascontractorshasde- driversinCalifornia.Uberhas Many drivers have talked
UberandLyft
privedthemofrightssuchas saidithasmorethan200,000. about the conundrum they
paidsickleaveandunemploy- misclassifieddrivers The legal battle comes as face: Drive and risk getting
mentinsurance. thecoronaviruspandemichas sick, or stay home and don’t
ascontractors.
“Webelieveit’stimeforall raisedanunprecedentedcrisis getpaid.
workers to be treated fairly,” fortheride-hailingcompanies. “The pandemic highlights
CaliforniaAttorneyGeneralXa- Ridership has plummeted as the danger of the work these
vierBecerrasaidTuesday.“In- governmentshaveencouraged essential workers are doing,”
novation, regardless of what tractors, which enables com- ororderedpeopletoshelterin San Francisco City Attorney
UberandLyfttellyou,doesn’t paniestoavoidcostlybenefits homesandclosednonessential DennisHerrerasaid.
(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:6)(cid:7)(cid:8)(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:11)(cid:12)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:13)(cid:14)(cid:15)
require these companies to suchashealthcare.Uberand businessesinabidtostopthe Gov. Newsom said Tuesday
(cid:16)(cid:17)(cid:5)(cid:18)(cid:7)(cid:14)(cid:13)(cid:19)(cid:7)(cid:12)(cid:20)
mistreattheirworkers.” Lyft have said the law could spreadofCovid-19. theissuepredatesthecoronavi-
The state, which seeks up takeawayflexibilityfordriv- SpendingonUberandLyft rus.“Theletterofthelawhas (cid:21)(cid:22)(cid:11)(cid:9)(cid:22)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:23)(cid:11)(cid:22)(cid:24)(cid:16)(cid:25)(cid:16)(cid:26)(cid:26)
to millions of dollars in civil ers and force them to work ridesplunged83%duringthe tobeapplied,”hesaidatadaily
penalties and to force the pre-scheduledshifts. week of April 20 in the U.S. newsconference.“Wewantto
companiesbyacourtorderto “Wearelookingforwardto comparedwithayearago,ac- be cooperative and collabora-
reclassifytheirdriversandre- working with the Attorney cording to data from re- tive,butweasastatehaveto (cid:27)(cid:11)(cid:12)(cid:12)(cid:7)(cid:9)(cid:28)(cid:10)(cid:11)(cid:3)(cid:12)(cid:22)(cid:7)(cid:2)(cid:8)(cid:9)(cid:29)(cid:30)(cid:11)(cid:14)(cid:13)
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UberandLyfthaven’tcontrib- statetobringallthebenefits Uberdrivershaveturnedto Uber,Lyftandseveralother
(cid:29)(cid:7)(cid:4)(cid:22)(cid:11)(cid:29)(cid:22)&(cid:10)(cid:3)(cid:14)(cid:11)(cid:30)(cid:11)(cid:9)(cid:11)’(cid:29)(cid:7)(cid:10)
uted state payroll taxes used of California’s innovation the food-delivery business companieshaveamassedmore
tofundgeneralhealthwelfare economytoasmanyworkers while ride-hailing has lan- than$110milliontopassaNo-
programs. The lawsuit was as possible, especially during guished. The company has vemberballotinitiativetoex-
filedwiththecityattorneysof thistimewhenthecreationof pulled its guidance ahead of emptthemselvesfromthelaw. Handcrafted in New York
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pandemicandadeclineinsales.
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month,thesupplyofhomeson haven’tviewedtheirhomesin Total listings of homes for benign.Sheisexpectedtobein
themarketiscontractingeven personorarereluctanttomake sale,meanwhile,havehitafive- the hospital for one to two
faster,recentpreliminarydata offers right now, not because yearlow,whilethemedianlist- days,thecourtsaid.
shows. the asking price is too high. ing price was up 1% from last Thejusticesarescheduledto
“Demandabsolutelyjustgot They are waiting for stay-at- yearat$308,000,Redfinsaid. hear arguments in two cases
a kick in the gut, but at the homeorderstoeasebeforede- The housing market has Wednesdaymorning,including
same exact time, so did sup- ciding whether to lower the been undersupplied for years. oneexaminingaTrumpadmin-
ply,” said Skylar Olsen, senior price.“Peoplereallyaren’tleav- Duringthepandemicitmayget istration policy allowing em-
principal economist at Zillow ingtheirhomes”togohouse- worse. There were 1.5 million ployerstoeliminatecontracep-
GroupInc. hunting,saidSarahMcMurdy, units for sale at the end of tivecoveragefromtheirhealth
Homes typically go under who listed her Bethesda, Md., March, NAR said, down 10.2% plans by claiming religious or
contractamonthortwobefore house in late March and then from a year earlier. Home- moralobjections.
the contract closes, so the optedtotemporarilytakeitoff ownersarewaitingtolisttheir Because of the coronavirus
MarchNARdatalargelyreflects themarketinAprilduetothe houses,real-estateagentssay, pandemic, the court for the
purchase decisions made in pandemic. “We’re not looking becausetheyhavedecidednot firsttimeishearingoralargu-
FebruaryorJanuary. tofire-salethehouse.” to move or they are worried mentsbyteleconference—and
Even by the end of last Real-estatebrokerageRedfin aboutlettingbuyersintotheir lettingthepubliclisteninlive.
month, many sellers were re- Corp.saiditsmeasureofhome- homesduringapandemic. ThoseproceedingsbeganMon-
luctant to cut prices. Only buying demand, which tracks Whilemanyeconomistsex- day,andafterthatsession,Jus-
about 4% of sellers cut their buyerinquiries,wasdown15% pecthomesalestotumblethis ticeGinsburgunderwentoutpa-
pricesintheweekendedApril in the week ended April 26 year, many forecasts call for tienttests,thecourtsaid.
25,downfrom5.7%duringthe comparedwithbeforethepan- pricestoclimbslightlyorhold Justice Ginsburg, who has
sameweeklastyear,according demicstruck.Mortgageappli- flat.FannieMaesaidinAprilit servedonthecourtsince1993,is
to Realtor.com. (News Corp, cations for home purchases expects the median existing- a four-time cancer survivor,
parentofTheWallStreetJour- around the same time were homepricetoriseto$275,000 mostrecentlybeingtreatedfora
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THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
New York Adult-Care Deaths Top 4,800
Coronavirus Daily Update
AstheconfirmedU.S.death 3.66millionconfirmedcorona- killmoreresidents.Withstate-
tollfromthenewcoronavirus virus cases, according to data widestay-at-homerulessetto
Asof9:32p.m.EDTMay5
grewtomorethan70,000,new fromJohnsHopkinsUniversity. expireinmid-May,thegover-
data showed the pandemic’s Experts caution that reported norhasoutlinedaphasesap-
1,203,892 71,043 189,791
devastatingimpactonnursing infectionanddeathtollsworld- proach that starts with con-
homes. wideunderestimatetheextent struction and manufacturing,
ofthepandemic. andprogressestotheopening
ByKatieHonan, In the U.S., 2,100 people U.S.cases U.S.deaths U.S.recoveries ofschoolsandmovietheaters.
LeslieBrody werereporteddeadbetween8 “There’s a cost of staying
3,662,101 257,207 1,198,832
andJenniferCalfas p.m. Monday and the same closed,” Mr. Cuomo said.
time Tuesday, according to a “There’salsoacostofreopen-
NewYorkstatehasrecorded WallStreetJournalanalysisof ingquickly.
at least 4,813 confirmed and Johns Hopkins data. The na- World-widecases World-widedeaths World-widerecoveries “A human life is priceless.
presumeddeathsrelatedtothe tion’sdeathtollroseto71,043. Period,”hesaid.“Ourreopen-
coronavirus at nursing homes It was the largest number of Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversityCenterforSystemsScienceandEngineering ingplandoesn’thaveatrade-
andadult-carefacilities,includ- dailydeathsreportedinnearly off.”
ing 71 confirmed fatalities at aweek. porting that includes both livingarrangements. signs of hope emerging from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a
onefacility,accordingtostate InNewYork,thestatehad confirmed and presumed In New Jersey, there have NewYork.Gov.AndrewCuomo Republican, accelerated his
datareleasedMondaynight. previouslygivendataonnurs- cases. been 4,151 fatalities at long- said the daily number of state’s opening Tuesday, say-
The number has grown ing-home deaths it acknowl- Advocatesfornursing-home termcarefacilities.Healthof- deaths and new hospitaliza- ingsalonsandgymswouldbe
quickly. An April 22 tally edgedwereinconsistent. residentshavesaidmanyfacil- ficialsarerampinguptesting tions from the infectious dis- able to resume operations
showed3,505deathsinthefa- Some nursing homes re- itieswereill-preparedforthe inside nursing homes to help easecontinuedtodeclineearly within the next two weeks.
cilities statewide. The figures ported deaths of people pre- pandemic, and many are curb the spread of the this week, signaling progress Hair, nail and tanning salons
included confirmed cases and sumed to have the virus as chronically understaffed. Ex- Covid-19, the disease caused for the hard-hit state where willbeallowedtoopenFriday,
probablecasesfromsomenurs- well as confirmed cases; oth- perts say elderly residents of bythecoronavirus. 19,645peoplehavedied. with a limit of one customer
inghomes. ers didn’t. The new numbers facilities are particularly vul- While the situation in the But the Democratic gover- per stylist. Gyms will be al-
Globally, the number of reflect the state’s effort to nerable due to their age and nation’s nursing homes re- nor cautioned that reopening lowedtoopenMay18,at25%
deathsrosepast257,000,with havemorecomprehensivere- the congregate nature of the mains fraught, there were too quickly could infect and capacity.
Disbanding tuteofAllergyandInfectious
Diseases,anadministrationof-
ficialsaid.
Task Force Dr.Birxsaidtheadministra-
tionwouldcontinuetousedata
to track the virus, even if the
Is Weighed taskforceisdisbanded.
Mr. Trump established the
coronavirus task force in late
January.Itinitiallywasrunby
ContinuedfromPageOne HealthandHumanServicesSec-
coordinationofthefederalgov- retaryAlexAzar.Thepresident
ernment’s Covid-19 response later appointed Mr. Pence to
sincemid-March,aboutatran- overseethegroup.
sition plan. FEMA referred Membersofthetaskforce,
questionstotheWhiteHouse. including Dr. Birx and Dr.
Thevicepresidentsaidthe Fauci, became household
timeline for disbanding the names when they appeared
taskforceisstillbeingfinalized alongside Mr. Trump at daily
buttheadministrationislook- coronavirusbriefingsthatof-
ingatlateMayorearlyJune. tenweretelevised.
DemocratsarguedonTues- Theregularbriefingswere
daythatthetaskforceisanes- largely phased out after Mr.
sentialpartoftheadministra- Trump’s allies warned that
tion’scoronavirusresponse. they were hurting the presi-
“ItisunthinkablethatPresi- dent politically. Mr. Pence’s
RESS dentTrumpwouldshutdown Tuesdaybriefingwithreport-
DP themaintaskforceestablished erswasoff-camera.
ATE to coordinate our nation’s re- The administration has
OCI sponse to the Covid-19 pan- turnedmoreofitsattentionto
ASS demicwhilewearestillinthe stateeffortstoreopen,basedon
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PresidentTrumpdidn’twearamaskattheHoneywellplant.AWhiteHouseofficialsaidthefacilitytoldofficialsthatmasksweren’trequired. jorityLeaderStenyHoyer(D., coronavirustests.
Trump Visits Arizona in First Foray Md.), referring to the respira- AnewforecastbyUniversity
toryillnesscausedbythenew of Washington researchers
coronavirus. “It is a shameful warnedthatdeathsintheU.S.
abdicationofresponsibility.” couldapproach135,000,nearly
From East Coast Since Lockdown Mr. Pence didn’t explain twicethecurrentconfirmedtoll,
whathadpromptedthediscus- byearlyAugust.Dr.Birxtookis-
sions to phase out the task suewiththeprojections,saying
force, though he pointed to shedoesn’tthinkthegroupfully
what he characterized as the took into account mitigation
BYMICHAELC.BENDER sidetheWhiteHousetoldhim InPhoenix,Mr.Trumpvis- Arizona Sen. Martha Mc- administration’s progress in measuresstatesareadopting.
nearly two weeks ago that itedaHoneywellInternational Sallyisalsoconsideredamong mitigatingthevirus. So far, 41 states have out-
WASHINGTON—President datashowedthedamagewasa factory where the Charlotte, the most vulnerable incum- Senior administration offi- linedplanstoreopenpartially,
Trump,largelyconfinedtothe resultofhiscombativeperfor- N.C.-basedindustrialconglom- bents this year for Republi- cialssaidtheshiftismeantto Mr.Pencesaid,withtheother
White House during the past manceatnightlycoronavirus- eratehasincreaseditsproduc- cans,whoaredefendingaslim signal a new phase of the re- nineplanningtoreleaseplans
twomonths,onTuesdaychose task-force news conferences, tion of masks and other pro- majorityinthechamber.Mul- sponse focused on states’ ef- soon. He said the administra-
thepoliticallycontestedstate according to people familiar tective gear needed to tiple polls during the past forts to scale back their lock- tion’sevolvingresponsetothe
of Arizona for his first trip with the discussion. Those confrontthevirus. month have shown Ms. Mc- down rules. Mr. Trump has pandemic had been effective,
away from the East Coast news conferences have since “I’m going to pay my re- Sally trailing her Democratic urgedmorestatestoopenup. despitecriticismthatthepresi-
since the coronavirus out- beencurtailed,andtheWhite spectstoagreatcompanyand challenger, former astronaut A senior White House offi- dentdidn’tactsoonenough.
break. Houseisconsideringdisband- agreatstate,”Mr.Trumptold MarkKelly. cial said the task force will Theadministrationisclosely
Like most Americans, Mr. ingthetaskforce. reporters before leaving the Ms. McSally traveled with meet less regularly—likely watchingincreasesincasesof
Trumphasbeenmostlystuck Recently,thepresidenthas WhiteHouse. the president from Washing- twiceaweek—astheadminis- Covid-19 in Chicago and Des
athomeasthecontagionhas takenadifferentapproach,in- ThepresidentwonArizona ton to Arizona on Air Force tration shifts its focus to re- Moines,Iowa,Dr.Birxsaid.
sweptthecountry.Duringthat viting reporters and cameras by 3.6 percentage points in One. opening the economy and de- The federal government is
time,opinionpollshaveshown into meetings in the Oval Of- 2016,andbothpartiesviewthe Mr. Trump didn’t wear a veloping the vaccines, workingwithstateandlocalof-
himfallingsofarbehindlikely ficeandholdingeventsinthe stateascompetitiveagainthis mask at the factory despite therapeuticsandtestingsystem ficials to conduct testing on
Democraticpresidentialnomi- East Room of the White year. Mr. Trump was trailing sayingearlierinthedaythat neededtodoso. nearly100%ofthepopulationin
neeJoeBidenthatRepublican House.HeleftWashingtonFri- Mr.BideninArizonaby9per- he would do so if required. Theshift,theofficialsaid,is emerginghotspotsaroundthe
alliescomplainedhewasjeop- day to spend the weekend at centagepoints,accordingtoan Signsatthefactoryindicated alsointendedtosignalthatthe country,suchasmeat-process-
ardizingtheparty’schancesto the Camp David presidential April7-8pollfromOHPredic- that masks were required in countryisawayfromtheearly ingplants.Dr.Birxsaidthead-
win key Senate races, includ- retreat.HistriptoArizonato tiveInsights,aPhoenix-based someareasthepresidentvis- crisisstages.Theofficialadded ministrationhadobservedhigh
inginArizona,peoplefamiliar visit a manufacturing plant market-research firm. The ited. A White House official thatthechangeisn’tintended levelsofasymptomaticcasesin
withthemattersaid. wasthefirsttimehehasleft samepollinDecembershowed said the facility told officials asadeclarationofvictory. thoseareas,indicatingthatthe
Thepresident’spoliticalad- the mid-Atlantic region in Mr.TrumpaheadofMr.Biden they didn’t have to wear Thetaskforce’sphysicians numberofcasesaroundtheU.S.
visersatthecampaignandin- morethantwomonths. by2percentagepoints. masks. would continue to advise Mr. couldbemuchhigherthanwhat
Trump, administration offi- isbeingdetected.
cials said. The task force had Mr. Pence said that the ad-
Ousted Expert Says HHS Resisted Warning begunmeetinglessoftenand ministration would send sup-
in smaller groups in recent plies, including gowns, masks
weeks,theofficialssaid. andgloves,forworkersinallof
Asked whether Deborah theroughly15,400U.S.nursing
A government vaccine spe- erswereawardedcontractsfor onproblemswiththeagency. sponse,repliedbyemailsaying Birx,theWhiteHouse’scoro- homes,whichhavebeenhard-
cialist who was moved out of theU.S.nationalstockpileover “Dr. Bright was transferred hewasn’t“sureifthatisatime navirus-responsecoordinator, hitbythevirus.
hisjoblastmonthallegesthat theobjectionsofinternaladvi- toNIHtoworkondiagnostics sensitive urgency.” Dr. Kadlec wouldcontinueinherrole,the The administration is also
theU.S.DepartmentofHealth sorygroups. testing—criticaltocombatting andHHSdidn’trespondtore- vicepresidentsaidheplanned steppingupeffortstohelpcom-
and Human Services resisted Dr. Bright said he was re- Covid-19—where he has been questsforcomment. to“keephercloseeverybitas paniesquicklydevelopavaccine
hiswarningsaboutthedangers moved in April from his job entrustedtospendupwardsof The complaint includes a longasweneedto.” forthevirus.Mr.Azarsaidthe
ofthecoronavirusandremoved headingHHS’sBiomedicalAd- $1 billion to advance that ef- numberofemailexchangesin AnthonyFauci,thegovern- presidenthassetagoalofman-
vancedResearchandDevelop- fort,” Caitlin Oakley, an HHS whichDr.Brightcitedanemer- ment’s top infectious-disease ufacturing100milliondosesof
ByStephanieArmour, mentAuthority,orBarda,and spokeswoman,saidinastate- gency shortage of respiratory expert,wouldalsoremainthe coronavirusvaccinebythefall
AlexandraBerzon transferredtotheNationalIn- ment. “We are deeply disap- masks. In January, Chinese directoroftheNationalInsti- and300millionbyJanuary.
andJamesV.Grimaldi stitutesofHealthinretaliation pointedthathehasnotshown maskmakersstoppedexporting
forvoicingconcernsaboutthe up to work on behalf of the them to the U.S. to deal with
himfromhispositionforrais- safetyofhydroxychloroquine. American people and lead on theCovid-19crisisthere.
ingalarmsaboutanantimalar- Mr. Trump and other gov- thiscriticalendeavor.” HesaidhealertedDr.Kadlec
ial drug President Trump had ernment officials have pro- AspokeswomanforDr.Bright about the potential problem
toutedasapotentialtreatment. motedtheantimalarialdrugas saidhehasnotbeengivende- withtheprotectivegear.
RickBright,whohadledan a possibly effective treatment tailsonhisnewassignmentand Dr. Kadlec on Jan. 23 S
HHSdivisiononbiomedicalre- for Covid-19. The Food and hasbeenoutonsickleave. “plowed through the abbrevi- AGE
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THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Vaccine Human Trials Begin in the U.S.
Healthyvolunteers
thefirstoffourvaccinecandi- ress of the study to pick the theUniversityofOxford. againstthevirus. willtakeaplacebo.
receivefirstoffour dates from Pfizer and Ger- mostpromisingvaccinecandi- Thevaccineeffortshavead- Withoutthatknowledge,re- The vaccine uses a gene-
many’sBioNTech. date,Dr.Jansensaid.Theplan vancedquicklycomparedwith searchersarerelyingontheir based technology known as
candidatesfromPfizer
The clinical trial will help is to “weed out, weed out, typicalvaccineR&Dtimelines, understandingofpreviouscor- messenger RNA. Messenger
andGermancompany the researchers evaluate weed out, focus on what’s thoughsomeexpertshaveex- onavirusesandantibodiesthat RNA, or mRNA, carries in-
whether the candidates are goodandmoveon,”shesaid. pressedconcernoverwhether neutralizeviruses,saidKirsten structions from DNA to the
safe, which produces the “It’saquickelimination.” testingwillberigorousenough Lyke,aprofessorofmedicine body’s cells to make certain
BYJAREDS.HOPKINS strongest immune response Avaccinecouldbereadyfor toadequatelyassessiftheshots attheUniversityofMaryland proteins. An mRNA vaccine
thatcouldfendoffthecorona- emergencyuseasearlyasthe cansafelyprotectpeoplefrom School of Medicine, who is has never been approved to
Researchershavebegungiv- virus and what the dose falliftestingindicatesitworks contractingthecoronavirus. helpingleadthePfizertrial. preventanyinfectiousdisease.
ing healthy volunteers in the shouldbe.Pfizerplanstoad- safely,PfizerChiefExecutiveAl- “Thequestionis,whatsteps The Pfizer and BioNTech Mark Mulligan, director of
U.S.anexperimentalcoronavi- vance the candidate that bertBourlatoldTheWallStreet are you skipping?” said Paul vaccine will initially be stud- the Vaccine Center at NYU
rus vaccine developed by provesmostpromising.Test- Journal last week, though the Offit, director of the Vaccine ied in adults 18 to 55 years Langone Health, said he
PfizerInc.andpartnerBioN- ing of the vaccine candidates companywouldkeepstudying EducationCenteratChildren’s old,andeventuallywillenroll doesn’texpectchallengesen-
Tech SE, the latest study ex- inGermanybeganlastmonth. itinclinicaltrials. HospitalofPhiladelphia,who oldervolunteers,Pfizersaid. rollingpatients.
ploring a potential defense Resultsfromthe360-person The U.S. government has developedavaccineforacom- After receiving the first “People,frankly,aresickof
againsttherespiratorydisease. studyintheU.S.couldcomeas theauthoritytograntlimited mondiseaseinyoungchildren dose, patients will receive a thisvirusandtheywanttodo
Researchers at the New early as next month, but the useofavaccineordrug dur- calledrotavirusthatcausesdi- seconddosethreeweekslater. whatever they can to fight
York University Grossman vaccine will still need to un- ingahealthemergency,before arrheaandvomiting. Pfizer will test other doses back,” he said. “The public
SchoolofMedicineinManhat- dergo additional testing in testingiscomplete. Addingtothechallengesof later on, including a single recognizes that in order to
tan and the University of more patients, said Kathrin Severalpotentialcoronavi- decipheringwhetheracorona- shot,Dr.Jansensaid. start returning to normalcy,
MarylandSchoolofMedicine Jansen,Pfizer’sheadofvaccine rusvaccineshaveenteredhu- virusvaccineworks,research- Fouroutofeveryfivestudy we’ve got to get people pro-
inBaltimoresaidTuesdaythey researchanddevelopment. man testing, including candi- ers say, is uncertainty about subjects will get the vaccine, tected, and vaccines hold the
began injecting people with Pfizer will track the prog- dates from Moderna Inc. and how immunity develops while the remaining subjects greatesthopeforthat.”
Predictions Agency,
PandemicOutlook
Hinge on Theseforecastsshow Epidemiologiststracktheaveragenumberofpeopleinfectedbyeachpersoninanepidemic, Firms Aim
cumulativereportedCovid-19 astatistictheycallR0.Anyvalueover1meansanepidemicisspreading.In20studiesreviewed
deathssinceFebruaryand byTheWallStreetJournal,estimatesmadebeforesocialdistancingbeganrangedfrom2to6.5.
Uncertainty forecasteddeathsforthe To Halt
nextfourweeksintheU.S. EachstudyhasanR0estimate( )and95%credibleinterval( )
0 1 2 MEDIAN 4 6 8 10
InstituteforHealth
Fake Gear
ContinuedfromPageOne MEveatlruicastiaonnd 300,000 Wuhan,China
August, based on the early HubeiProvince
easing of social-distancing YouyangGu BYAUSTENHUFFORD
Model Chinaandothercountries
measures and mathematical
changestothemodelfromthe Columbia China U.S. Immigration and Cus-
university’s Institute for University* tomsEnforcementandcompa-
HealthMetricsandEvaluation. 200,000 DiamondPrincesscruise nies including 3M Co., Ama-
Others
That model has faced in- Europe† zon.com Inc. and Pfizer Inc.
creasingcriticismfromepide- saidtheyareworking tocur-
miologists;modelerssaidthat The2009influenzapandemicbeganinMexicointhelatewinterorearlyspring. tail the flood of counterfeit
someofthecriticshaven’tbeen ResearchersestimateditsR0variedMwEDiIdAeNlybyregion. masks, coronavirus tests and
followingalloftheupdates. otherequipmententeringthe
100,000
But the many projection Mexico country.
modelsarevaluabletopublic- Theagency’scenterforin-
Australia
health officials and policy tellectual-propertyprotection
makers, health experts said, OBSERVED Canada saidTuesdaythatitwaswork-
especiallywhentheyarelook- ingwithcompaniestoidentify
China
ingatthedifferentprojections suspiciousshipmentsandtake
collectively. The overall mes- 0 Italy down suspect online listings
sage,saidepidemiologists:So- March April May June U.S. formasksandothergear.The
cialdistancinghasbeenwork- intellectual-propertyunitsaid
ing, but the virus likely isn’t *AmongthreeColumbiamodels,thisoneassumeda30%contactreduction. †Includes:Austria,Belgium,Denmark,France,Germany,Italy,Norway,Spain,Sweden,SwedenandUnitedKingdom thecompanieshaveagreedto
goingawaysoon. Sources:CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(forecast);Medrxiv,TheLancet,OxfordAcademicJournals,ImperialCollege, share information and best
“They are only as good as CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,NationalCenterforBiotechnologyInformation,Eurosurveillance,Science,TheNewEnglandJournalofMedicine YanWu/THEWALLSTREETJOURNAL practices with it to combat
the underlying data. And the suchtrade.
underlyingdataisflawedina change,themodeladapts. and then simulates transmis- they aren’t measured consis- ber of people that each in- “This information-sharing
number of ways,” Jennifer However, other infectious- sion based on the biology of tently. Mathematically repre- fectedpersoninfectsifevery- effort allows the government
Nuzzo,aseniorscholaratthe diseaseexpertsandepidemiol- thevirus,alongwithmanydif- sentingandpredictinghuman one in a population is to then make more informed
Johns Hopkins Center for ogists said the IHME model ferent variables, such as per- behavior, such as how well susceptible, as is believed to decisionsabouttargetingsus-
Health Security, said last doesn’ttakeintoaccountthe sonal-interactionratesorpo- people adhere to social dis- bethecasewithCovid-19. picious international ship-
month. “That said, we can’t dynamics of the disease and tentialseasonality. tancing,isanotherchallenge. A value less than 1 means ments,”saidLevKubiak,chief
throwoutthemodels.Westill thatitislikelytoooptimistic. “People in these different The modelers at Columbia thatanoutbreakisheadedfor security officer for Pfizer,
need to make decisions, and ModelersattheUniversity buckets are interacting with Universitymaketheirprojec- control. Values that are just whichisworkingonanexperi-
havingtoolstoguidethedeci- of Washington picked the oneanother,andeverytimea tions with three different so- slightly higher can indicate mentalcoronavirusvaccine.
sion-makingishelpful.” curve-fitting model based on susceptiblepersonbumpsinto cial-distancingscenarios:20%, significant spread. Studies Asthenewcoronavirushas
Modelscomeinavarietyof deaths,partiallybecausethere an infected person, there’s a 30%or40%reductionofper- suggestthatthe1918-19influ- spreadacrosstheU.S.,govern-
flavors, but two of the major was so little information on probability of transmission,” son-to-person contact in U.S. enzapandemiccarriedavalue mentofficials,health-careex-
methods at the forefront of othervariables,suchasinfec- said Ron Brookmeyer, a bio- countieswithatleast10cases, ofabout1.8,the1957-1958in- ecutives and private citizens
mapping Covid-19 involve tionsandtransmissibility,said statistician and dean of the and assume that social dis- fluenzapandemic,about1.65, have increased purchases of
techniquescalledcurve-fitting Ali Mokdad, a professor of UniversityCalifornia,LosAn- tancing increases with more and the 2009 influenza pan- masksandothermedicalgear.
andSEIRmodeling. health metric sciences at gelesFieldingSchoolofPublic new cases and remains in demic,about1.46. Thedemandfaroutstripsdo-
Curve-fitting, previously IHME. But on Monday, the Health.“Thisplaysoutinthis placeindefinitely. For Covid-19, estimates of mesticcapacitytomakemany
the method of the frequently groupupdateditsmethodand simulation over time, day by Somemodelinggroupsuse this key value before social of those goods, even as 3M
cited IHME model from the created a hybrid model, a day,andyoucanseetheinfec- mobilitydatafromGoogleand distancing ranged from 2 to and other companies have
University of Washington, combination of curve-fitting tionspreading.” Facebook and cellphone pro- 6.5in20studiesreviewedby rampedupproduction.
looks at world-wide data on andSEIR,asthefocusofpol- But public-health authori- viders. TheWallStreetJournal. That has led to a surge in
Covid-19deathsandinterven- icy makers has shifted from tiesstilldon’tknowhowmany Andbecausetherearestill Estimatesofinfectiousness imports of goods including
tionsavailable—whetheritis wanting to understand surge people have been infected, a somanyunknowns,evensome alsovarybecausetherateit- masks and protective gear—
from Wuhan, China, Italy’s capacityandthetimingofthe keynumberinfiguringoutfa- of the most basic inputs can selfvariesbyplace.Earlydata somecounterfeitorsubpar—
Lombardy region or New peaktoquestionsaboutloos- talityandhospitalizationrates, vary,includingtheestimateof came from Wuhan, China, a fromunprovenvendors.
York—andattemptstomatch eninglockdownrestrictions. as well as how many people thevirus’sinfectiousness.This cityof11millionresidentsthat U.S.regulatorsandstateof-
up the U.S. predictions with TheSEIRmethod—shortfor arestillsusceptible. number, called “R0” (pro- isinthecenterofanurbanre- ficialshavefoundasignificant
thepatternsitseeselsewhere. “Susceptible,”“Exposed,”“In- Deathandcasecountshave nounced“ARE-naught”)byep- gionof19million.Bycompari- numberofimportedmasksare
When new data come in, or fected,” “Recovered”—places often been underreported or idemiologists, represents a son, most Americans live in falling short of certification
social-distancing measures people into those categories lag behind other data, and simpleidea:theaveragenum- thesuburbsofmidsizecities. standards.
“It poses a serious health
concerntotheAmericanpub-
Disney itsdivisions. Disneypostedariseinrevenue company’sfinances. taryhassetviewershiprecords, licwhentheyarewearingface
Disney said the $1.4 billion butasignificantdropin Otherdivisionspostingyear- executivessaid,andaremotely masksthattheythinkhavethe
pandemic-relatedimpactinthe operatingincome,astheme over-yeardeclinesinoperating hosted National Football protection of N95 masks but
Slammed latestquarterreflectednotonly parksandtheatersclosed. incomeincludedstudioenter- League draft was watched by arereallysubstandard,”Steve
movie-release delays and tainment. The unit released more than 55 million viewers Francis, director of ICE’s Na-
Revenuebysegmentand
theme-park closures, but also movies such as Pixar Anima- overthreedays. tional Intellectual Property
changefrompreviousyear
By Virus loweradrevenueatitsTVnet- tion’s “Onward” that were For Mr. Chapek, the pan- Rights Coordination Center,
worksandclosedproductions 2Q2020 forcedoutoftheatersasexhibi- demic’simpacthasbeenabap- said in an interview. ICE is a
onBroadway. Direct-to- torsclosed. tism by fire. He was named divisionoftheDepartmentof
consumer&
The company has raced to Studio-entertainment reve- CEOinlateFebruary,afterrun- HomelandSecurity.
international*
ContinuedfromPageOne cutcosts,shavingexecutivesal- 2Q2019 $4.1Bs260% nue rose 18% to $2.5 billion, ningthecompany’sparks-and- N95 masks are named for
businessesreopen. aries and furloughing more butoperatingincomefell8%to resortsdivisionforaboutfive the95%ofverysmallparticles
Mr. Iger, Disney’s executive than100,000workers.OnTues- Studio $466million. years, generating routinely theyarecertifiedtoblock,in-
entertainment
chairman, sounded an upbeat day,DisneyfinancechiefChris- The division that includes strongearningsviaacombina- cluding droplets containing
$2.5s18%
note for investors, saying the tine McCarthy said the com- theDisney+streamingservice tionofcost-cuttingandrecord- thevirus.
company’s movies and parks panyboardhaddecidednotto Parks, posted revenue of $4.1 billion settingattendanceattheparks. Theagencysaidithadiden-
will be sought out once again pay a semiannual dividend experiences in a quarter that registered a Mr.IgerhadbeenCEOformore tified more than 19,000 sus-
whenlockdownsend. scheduledforJuly,amoveex- andproducts significantboostinsubscribers. than 14 years and delayed his pect Covid-19-related domain
“Peoplefindcomfortinour pected to preserve about $1.6 $5.5 t10% ButDisneyisstillspending retirementseveraltimesbefore names with the help of the
messages of hope and opti- billionincash. heavilyonproductionandmar- finallytakingthepostofexecu- companiesinthepartnership
mism,”hesaid. In the quarter reported Media ketingtheservice,andconsoli- tivechairman. andisworkingtotakemanyof
But the coronavirus pan- Tuesday, the pandemic’s pri- networks dationofitsHuluholdingledto Disney shares have fallen themdown.
$7.3s28%
demicandtheeconomicshut- maryimpactwasonthetheme- an operating loss at the divi- more than 20% from six U.S. Customs and Border
downittriggeredhaveexposed parks division, with interna- sion of $812 million. Disney monthsago,erasingmonthsof Protection has seized nearly
*IncludesnewDisney+streamingplatform
avulnerabilitytoDisney’sonce- tionaloperationslikeShanghai controls Hulu following its steady gains buoyed by Mr. 500 shipments of unauthor-
Note:Excludesintercompanyeliminations
bulletproofbusinessplan. DisneyResortclosingwellbe- $71.3billionacquisitionofthe Iger’sboldbettooperatethree ized products, including pro-
Source:thecompany
Unlike conglomerates that forethemid-Marchclosuresof entertainment assets of 21st separate streaming services: tective equipment and prod-
encompass various holdings Disneyland and Walt Disney characters like Snow White CenturyFox. Disney+,ESPN+andHulu. uctsthatpurporttotestforor
withoutmuchfunctionalinter- WorldintheU.S. won’twearmasksbutwillkeep Disney+ has been a rare Movietheatershaveopened treat the disease, ICE said.
connection, Disney is a finely The division that includes a distance from guests, Mr. bright spot for the company in a handful of communities, AndagentsfromHomelandSe-
tunedfranchisemachine,capa- Disneyparkssawitsoperating Chapeksaid. since the pandemic led to and no major Disney title is curity Investigations, an arm
bleofabsorbingasetofchar- income fall 58% to $639 mil- TheChinesegovernmentis stay-at-home orders around scheduled for release until a ofICE,haveopened315inves-
actersliketheMarvelStudios lionandrevenuedrop10%to limitingcapacityattheparkto theworld.Thestreamingser- live-action update of “Mulan” tigationsandmade11arrests
superheroes or the Star Wars $5.5billion.Disneyestimates 30%, or about 24,000 guests, vicehad54.5millionsubscrib- hitstheatersinlateJuly,after of people allegedly selling or
universeandusingthemtosell thepandemiceliminatedabout Mr.Chapeksaid.Theparkwill ersasofMonday,Ms.McCar- beingpostponedfromMarch. shippingimpropergoods.
movie tickets, action figures, $1billioninoperatingincome operateatcapacitiesfarbelow thysaid,upfrom33.5million DisneylandandWaltDisney Some companies also are
streaming-servicesubscriptions for the division in the fiscal thatinitsfirstdaysofreopen- onMarch28. World remain closed, and takingseparateactionagainst
andtheme-parktickets. secondquarter. ing,hesaid. Likeitsparksdivision,Dis- workers said they expect the counterfeit protective gear.
The pandemic has caused DisneyChiefExecutiveBob Disney’sparksdivisionhad ney’smedianetworkssegment, company will limit capacity 3M, a major supplier of N95
practically every part of that ChapeksaidShanghaiDisney- beenamongitsfastest-grow- whichincludesESPN,willlikely uponreopening. masks, has filed roughly 10
machinetogrindtoahalt.The landwouldreopenonMay11, ing, and the company said takeabighitinthefiscalthird Disney risks opening “Mu- federal lawsuits in recent
close coordination that made but in a phased manner that guestspendingatitsdomestic quarterasmajorsportsleagues lan”atatimewhentheatersare weeks against entities the
forlucrativeuseofcharacters includes limits on capacity, parks was up in the quarter stayonthesidelines. operatingatlimitedcapacity. companysaysarepricegoug-
and story lines across differ- mandatory masks for guests before the closures. They are SomeESPNeffortstoengage “Atthatpoint,we’rehoping ingorsellingfakeproducts.
entpartsofthecompanyhas and temperature screenings now shut down for the fore- sportsfansinalternativeways that there’s some return of “Wearegoingtoseeaflood
nowledtoadomino-likecas- beforeentry. seeable future, presenting a appeartobepayingoff.Apop- semblancetonormal,”Mr.Cha- ofcounterfeitshittingtheU.S.
cade of problems throughout Performers who portray huge economic drain on the ularMichaelJordandocumen- peksaid. marketplace,”Mr.Francissaid.
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THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
France Identifies Case
From Late December
BYMATTHEWDALTON aminingdeathsinthemonths
leading up to the epidemic to
PARIS—Frenchdoctorshave seewhetherpeopleweredying
discovered a case of the new of undetected coronavirus
coronavirus dating from late cases. One such effort found
December in a man who was the first known coronavirus
hospitalizednearParis,theear- deathonFeb.6ofa57-year-old
liestpubliclyidentifiedCovid-19 Californiawoman.Thatdeath
infectionoutsideChina. camenearlythreeweeksbefore
Thecase,inamanwithno onethatauthoritiespreviously
history of travel to China, consideredthefirstintheU.S.
changes the timeline of the causedbythecoronavirus.
pandemic,suggestingthatthe Dr.Cohenandotherdoctors
viruswasspreadinginEurope at two hospitals northeast of
atleastweeksearlierthanpre- Parisexaminedsamplesofpa-
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amonthbeforeItaly’soutbreak. ized with flulike symptoms in PRE
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Doctors in Europe and the the new coronavirus. One pa- PoliceofficersfilepastWuhanCentralHospital,whereadoctorwasthreatenedwithpunishmentforpublicizingthevirus,thendiedofit.
U.S. are beginning to comb tientatJean-VerdierHospital,
U.S. Urges EU to Back China Probe
throughmedicalrecordslook- intheworking-classParissub-
ingforpreviouslyundetected urbofBondy,testedpositive.
coronavirus cases. Those ef- The man, Amirouche Ham-
fortscouldhelppublic-health mar, went to the emergency
roomonDec.27,aftersuffering TheTrumpadministrationis the U.S., the EU initially pro- thebattlefieldbetweenChina “We count on our allies
fromcough,feverandheadache pressing the European Union posedaninternationalinquiry and the United States, who and partners joining the
Thecase,inaman over the previous four days. tosupportaninternationalin- to look into “lessons learnt blame each other for the UnitedStatestoaskthehard
Mr.Hammar,43,wascoughing quiryintoChina’shandlingof from the internationalhealth events in a bid that has only questions that are needed of
withnohistoryof
upbloodthenightbefore. thenewcoronavirus,including responsetoCovid-19”tohelp exacerbatedtheirrivalry,”EU China,aswellastheWHO,in
traveltoChina, “Ihadmoreandmoretrou- theoriginsofthepandemic,as improve future pandemic re- foreign-policychiefJosepBor- order to prevent such an un-
ble breathing,” Mr. Hammar Brusselsseekstoavoidtaking sponses.TheEUproposalwas rell said in a French newspa- checked outbreak in the fu-
shiftsthetimeline.
said.“Itwasverypainful.” sidesinanincreasinglybitter anearlydraftofaresolutionit perinterviewlastweekend. ture,” a State Department
Hewasadmittedtothehos- battle between Beijing and wants adopted at the World TheWorldHealthAssembly, spokespersonsaidonTuesday.
pital’sintensive-careunitand Washingtonoverresponsibility Health Organization’s deci- theWHO’sgeneralassembly,de- TheEuropeanresolutionfol-
thenreleasedafterthreedays forthecrisis. sion-makingbodythismonth. terminesitspoliciesandisthe lowsrisingcriticismbytheU.S.
authorities understand whenhisconditionimproved. Thatproposal,however,fell forumformemberstocallforit andothergovernmentsofthe
whether the virus spreads Two of the man’s children, ByLaurenceNorman shortofdemandsbytheU.S.to totakeactioninaspecificarea. slowreactionofChina’sruling
quickly after an initial infec- aged10and4,fellilldaysaf- inBrusselsandSha examinetheoriginsofthecon- Inrecentdays,withtheassem- Communist Party in the early
tion,ortakestimetoreacha ter Mr. Hammar. They too HuainHongKong tagion—afocusBeijinghasde- bly convening soon, intensive days of the outbreak. Senior
magnitudethatwouldresultin were taken to the emergency nouncedasWashington’sbidto negotiationshaveemergedover WhiteHouseofficialshavesug-
significantnumbersofdeaths. roomandthenrecovered. TheU.S.isseekinganinter- deflect responsibility for its thetextoftheEUproposal. gested,withoutprovidingevi-
The French case indicates Mr.HammarandDr.Cohen national probe into whether own handling of the out- On Tuesday, an EU spokes- dence,thatthevirusmayhave
thattheviruscouldhavebeen said he likely contracted the Beijingmishandledtheconta- break. The EU proposal seeks womansaid“athoroughunder- originatedinaChineselab.
circulating months before it virus from his wife, who fell gioninitsearlystages,result- toavoidpinningblameforthe standingoftheepidemiologyof Beijing has responded by
infected enough people to mildlyillaroundDec.20.She inginaglobalpandemicthat pandemic on any single coun- thecoronaviruspandemicises- rejectingcallsforaninvestiga-
start flooding French emer- works at a fish stand at a has killed 250,000 and crip- tryandwouldcomeonlywhen sential”forauthoritiestomake tion and casting its own
gency rooms with patients, large Carrefour supermarket pledtheglobaleconomy. theimmediatecrisishaspassed. “informed decisions.” People doubts on the virus’s origin,
saidYvesCohen,aFrenchdoc- northeastofParis. Calls by Australian govern- ThepressurefromWashing- familiarwiththenegotiations suggesting without evidence
torwhohelpedleadthestudy. TheWorldHealthOrganiza- ment officials starting in mid- ton for a robust international saysomeoftheseconcernsare that the U.S. military intro-
“Theimportantthingforus tionsaidMr.Hammar’scaseis Aprilforanindependentinquiry inquiry into China’s manage- reflected in the current text. ducedittoChina.
istounderstandhowthevirus thefirstpubliclyreportedin- quickly devolved into a testy mentofthepandemicleavesthe Chinahasn’tyetrespondedto The WHO’s representative
lives, how it propagates, to fection outside China before back-and-forth.Chineseambas- EUinwhathasbecomeafamil- thenewlanguage. in China, Gauden Galea, told
fightitbetter,”Dr.Cohensaid. Januaryofwhichtheagencyis sadortoAustraliaChengJingye iarbind,seekingamiddleway A spokesman for China’s SkyNewsthatChinawascon-
“Thevirustookmoretimeto aware. “It is possible that in a local interview accused betweentwoglobalpowers. missiontotheEUsaidBeijing ductingitsowninvestigations
generatetheepidemicthanwe someinfectedpeopletraveled Canberra of teaming up with “Inmyopinion,weneedto was aware of the European intotheoriginoftheoutbreak
thoughtpreviously.” from Wuhan to other coun- WashingtontoattackChina. look independently at what initiative but had no further but hadn’t yet invited the
In the U.S., doctors are ex- triesatthattime.” WaryofalienatingChinaor happened,standingasidefrom comment. WHOtoparticipate.
Fighting Bugs Comes In Handy
For U.K.’s Cybersecurity Chief
Asthenew one’ssecurity,butit’snot ployeesseparatedfromsafe-
coronavirus thesortofexternalphysical guardedofficenetworks,Mr.
forcesbig ordigitalthreatthatwe’re Martinsaid.MoreU.K.re-
changesin usedto,liketerrorismora sourceshavebeenredirected
howwe hostileforeignstate.” tosupplyinghospitalsand
work,TheWallStreetJournal The45-year-oldchiefof developingvaccines,raising
islookingathowdifferent theU.K.NationalCyberSecu- thestakesposedbyhackers
peoplearecopingwiththe rityCentreisworkingfrom seekingtodisruptcompanies
stressesandrisks.Forearlier home.Hehadplannedto andmedicalresearchers.
articlesintheseries,visit leavetheagencyinlateJune, Mr.Martinrunsthebranch
wsj.com/makingitwork. butbecauseofthecrisisheis ofthecountry’sGCHQelec-
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ABOVE:Dr.DuncanGrossman,anemergency-medicineresidentin
Brooklyn,hasastage-onepressureulceronhisnosefromlong
hourswearinganN95mask.HesportsaHarryPottersurgicalcap
madebyhismother-in-law.Hewastraininginanotherserviceat
MaimonidesMedicalCenterinBrooklynwhenCovid-19hitthe
hospital.Dr.GrossmanwassoonreassignedtoICU-X,a
cardiothoracicsurgicalintensivecareunitconvertedtohandle
Covidpatients.Hebroughthiscameratoworkto‘documentthe
progressionofanoveldiseaseinahospitalthatcouldn’tknow
whattoexpect,’Dr.Grossmansays.‘Iwasinspiredbythesepeople
whocametoworkeverydaytobattleanewdiseasethatnoone
knowshowtotreatandcouldkillanyofthem.’
ABOVERIGHT:Doctorsintubateapatient.Effortsaremadeto
minimizestaffexposuretothecoronavirus.Intubationsareusually
performedbyateamoffourormoreatMaimonides,whichisa
teachinghospital,butnowtheyareoftendonebyteamsoftwo.
FARRIGHT:AdoctortakesabreakfromhisN95mask.‘Wearinga
maskallshiftisuncomfortable,’Dr.Grossmansays.‘Weranoutof
themorecomfortableN95s(ifyoucanusethatword)and
switchedtooneevenlesscomfortable.’Atnotimewerefront-line
workerswithouttherecommendedlevelofPPE,saidaMaimonides
MedicalCenterspokeswoman.
BOTTOMRIGHT:Asthevirusspread,protocolschanged.
Triagelatermovedtoatentoutsidethehospital.
RIGHT:Dr.JoshBeckhusen,anERpharmacyresident.‘Our
pharmacistsintheERareunsungheroes.Inadditiontochecking
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thisplacesafeandresilient?’” abouthowtosafelybringback Covid-19antibodytesting,in- send a daily questionnaire to versity, who studies digital
Massachusetts-based staffers in early April. After cludingthatsometestsfalsely workersearlyeverymorning, surveillance.
Monitor health-caresoftwarecompany consultation with Dr. Oss- show people have antibodies askingstaffershowtheyfeel, “We’re in a bit of a Wild
AthenahealthInc.isconsider- mann,thecompanyisexplor- tothevirus. saidLarryGadea,chiefexecu- West,”hesaid.“Intheabsence
ingcheckingthetemperatures ingoptionsincludingasystem tive of workplace software of federal guidelines in the
Workplaces ofemployeesbutdoesn’twant ofclassifyingitsU.S.employ- Measuring proximity platformEnvoyInc. U.S.orotherevenkindofless
totracktheirmovements.“We eesinoneofthreelevels. He said at least one large explicitformalregulations,but
trust our employees,” said A worker that tested posi- Other companies have ex- technology client has asked justnorms,it’salittlebitofa
Fran Lawler, Athenahealth’s tive for coronavirus antibod- pressed interest in contact- the company to build such a freeforallrightnowinterms
chiefhumanresourcesofficer. ies,indicatingtheyhadthein- tracingtoolssotheycanpin- tool.Envoy’ssoftware,usedto ofwho’sdoingwhat.”
ContinuedfromPageOne “Ithinkouremployeeswould fection in the past, would be point which employees may check-in visitors, track pack- Some employees might
get through the operational feellikethatisabitinvasive.” considered a “Level 1” em- have been exposed to the vi- agesandbookmeetingrooms, push back on contact-tracing
and some of the privacy and JasonM.Schultz,professor ployee—the lowest risk—and rus, without needing to shut isusedin14,000offices. efforts,perhapsbyturningoff
regulatory issues,” Dr. Oss- of clinical law at New York could return to work when downentirefloorsofanoffice Answers to the question- phones when meeting with
mannsaid. University,whostudieswork- states and cities lift work- or individual manufacturing naire could determine who people,NYU’sMr.Schultzsaid.
Many office workers have place monitoring, predicted from-homeorders. plants, said Tom Puthiyama- gains access to the office. Existing employment laws
become used to widespread the tools might remain after Those without antibodies dam,digitalproductsleaderat Thosefeelingillwouldbere- thatprotectagainstdiscrimi-
securitycamerasandkeycards the pandemic. “Employers butwhoareconsideredalow PwC. He said he and his col- minded to stay home, while nationbyageordisabilitystill
thatregisterentriesandexits. don’t really have any incen- tomoderateriskwouldcount leagues host about 15 meet- employees who respond in a applyinapandemic,andask-
AftertheSept.11terroristat- tives to remove surveillance as“Level2.”Thisgroupwould ings a day with current and satisfactory way could be ing all employees to disclose
tacks, buildings installed en- oncetheyinstallit,”hesaid. includeemployeeswhoareun- potentialclientstoexplainthe givenacodetoscaninanof- healthinformationcouldopen
hancedsecuritymeasures,in- When companies began der 65 years old, don’t live company’snewtracingapp. ficelobbytogainentry. a company to legal liability,
cludinglogginginvisitorsand sendingtheiremployeeshome Access management com- saidJenniferMerriganFay,an
X-rayingbriefcases. in March, they focused on pany Okta Inc. might require employment-law partner at
The arrival of Covid-19 is keepingproductivityhighde- employeeswhowanttowork GoodwinProcterLLP.
takingsurveillancetoahigher spitetheremotesetups.Inan- in one of their 12 global of- Companieshavesomeaddi-
level, with some employers ticipation of workers return- fices to register a day in ad- tional leeway in a pandemic,
planningtotrackmovements ing to offices, some added vanceandgothroughahealth she said. The White House’s
andgatherpersonalinforma- basicprecautions,suchasex- andsafetycheckthatincludes return-to-workguidelinescall
tionlikeneverbeforeinWest- tra cleaning, markers on the questionsabouttheirtemper- foremployerstomakeaccom-
ern democracies. It marks a ground to direct foot traffic ature and other potential modations for vulnerable
new chapter in the debate and more space between symptoms, according to the workers,includingthosewho
over privacy, and the trade- desks. Some plan to reduce company’s senior vice presi- areelderlyorwithseriousun-
offspeoplearewillingtomake overall numbers present by dentofglobalworkplaceser- derlying health conditions.
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pany, is testing new systems LE atairports.Thegoalistore- theyareasymptomaticabout
onitsownemployees.“Weare Someofficeswillusethermalcameras,demonstratedabove,to ducelinesatbuildingsofpeo- theirhealth,Ithinkthatyou’ll
Tracking employees
usingourselvesastheguinea checktemperatures.Otherswilltrackproximitythroughapps. plewaitingtohavetheirtem- absolutely see challenges to
Building owners said the pigs,” RXR’s Chief Executive peratureschecked. that,”Ms.MerriganFaysaid.
systems—similartomeasures ScottRechlersaid. with high-risk people and Theproduct,installedonan Employees can log into AthisbuildinginRockefel-
usedinChinathathelpedslow Thecompanyaimstohave don’thavechronicdiseasesin- employee’s phone, uses Blue- Feevr’s app at home every ler Center, RXR’s Mr. Rechler
the spread of the virus—pro- itssocial-distancingappready cludingdiabetesorhyperten- tooth and Wi-Fi data, along morningthroughafacialscan predicts office workers will
motehealthandsafety,sothat at the end of May. Workers’ sion.Thisgroupcouldpoten- with other signals, to deter- and take their temperature get used to the new proce-
employerscanbettermonitor movements are tracked tially return to work in a mineemployees’proximityto with a digital thermometer. dures,justastheydidwithse-
and enforce separation be- through their smartphones— secondwave. each other within a company The app sends the tempera- curity check-ins for visitors
tween workers, and quickly you get a higher score the Employeesover65,orthose building. It doesn’t track ture to the employer with a following9/11.
determine which employees more time in the office you who are pregnant, smoke, someone’slocationoranalyze timestamp. If it is below the Many workers then were
could have come in contact are farther than 6 feet from have chronic diseases or data outside of work, Mr. feverthreshold,theemployee nervous about returning to
withaninfectedcolleague. anotherperson.Anindividual healthissueswouldbeconsid- Puthiyamadamsaid. getsapassfortheday. their high-rise offices, he re-
The pandemic’s “conse- would see his or her own ered “Level 3.” These at-risk If an employee tests posi- Envoy’s Mr. Gadea said called.Turnstilesinofficelob-
quencesarefar-reaching,and score,andtheemployerwould employeeswouldhavetowait tive for the coronavirus, HR many employers plan to ask bies became common, front
itisgoingtochangetheway see aggregate data on how thelongesttoreturn,Dr.Oss- administratorscanlogintoa guestsiftheyareexperiencing desks started asking for ID
all these places work,” said employeesarecomplyingwith mannsaid. webportaltodeterminewhich symptoms of Covid-19, and cards and garages screened
AmolSarva,chiefexecutiveof socialdistancingasawhole. A potential sticking point, other employees may be at how they got to the office. cars for bombs. These mea-
flexible-officecompanyKnotel, After the pandemic, RXR saidCaseyTinnesz,Interpub- riskbasedontheirproximity Public transit is viewed as sures, once deemed extreme,
whichisaddingfeaturestoits said the technology could be lic’s senior director of crisis tothatworkerinagiventime riskierthanprivatecars. helped people feel safe, and
appthatwouldallowcustom- used to ensure the most effi- management and business period. There are still few agreed manyarestillinusetoday.
erstotrackthemovementsof cient use of space and “the continuity, is that personal Companies are also doing uponstandardsonwhattools “Over time some of that
employees.“Whenyoudesign overall wellness of our cus- medicalinformationaboutem- more to screen arrivals and are effective, and how they anxietywentaway,andIthink
aworkplace,it’snolongergo- tomers.” ployeesisprivate. prevent sick people from en- shouldbeusedwhilerespect- the same thing will happen
ing to be like ‘Hey, is it cool Interpublic,whoseadagen- Dr. Ossmann has also ad- tering buildings in the first ing individual privacy, said here,”hesaid.
andfunformypeople?’Ama- cies employ 9,700 people in vised Interpublic that there place. Some employers are StevenFeldstein,anassociate —SuzanneVranica
jorcriterionisgoingtobe:‘Is NewYorkCity,begantothink are shortcomings with now evaluating whether to professor at Boise State Uni- contributedtothisarticle.
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GREATER NEW YORK
N.Y. Nursing Homes Will Get More Help
Cuomovowsaidas
homes including probable vi- forHealthCareandRehabilita-
confirmed,presumed ruscasesintheirreporting. tion,a527-bedfacilityinNew
AsofTuesday,NewYorkhad HydePark,hadmoreconfirmed
deathsrelatedtothe
recordedatotalof19,645con- deathsthananyotherfacility
virushitatleast4,968 firmed coronavirus-related with71,thedatashowed.The
deaths and 321,192 positive facility received an overall
cases, state officials said. The scoreof“muchaboveaverage,”
BYKATIEHONAN numberofhospitalizationsand getting five out of five stars
ANDLESLIEBRODY thedailydeathtollhavebeen fromMedicare’squality-rating
trendingdownwardduringthe system.Arepresentativedidn’t
New York Gov. Andrew pasttwoweeks.Thedailydeath providecomment.
Cuomosaysofficialsarework- count was 230 on Monday, Mr. Cuomo announced a
ing to get more supplies and downfrom306onApril29. push last month to inspect
staff to nursing homes and Nursing homes leaders say nursinghomestoverifycom-
adult-care facilities as the health authorities have put a pliance with standards for
state has recorded at least farhigherpriorityonsupplying staffingandinfectioncontrol.
4,968 confirmed and pre- hospitalswithpersonalprotec- HesaidifthestateDepartment
sumed deaths related to the tiveequipmentandstaff.Nurs- ofHealthfindsaviolation,afa-
novel coronavirus, according RS ing-homeoperatorsalsosaya cilitymustimmediatelysubmit
todatareleasedMondaynight. UTE statemandatetoadmitpatients aplantocorrectitandcould
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most vulnerable place,” Mr. SE Stateofficialscontendthey StephenHanse,presidentof
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Cuomo said at his Tuesday MI have sent hundreds of thou- theNewYorkStateHealthFa-
news conference. The state AtemporarymorguehasbeensetupwithrefrigeratedtrucksnexttoBellevueHospitalinManhattan. sands of pieces of protective cilitiesAssociation,anAlbany-
took measures early to curb equipmenttonursinghomes. based group that represents
thespreadofthevirus,includ- tent, with only some nursing to have more comprehensive The number has grown Advocates for nursing-home nursinghomes,saidthefatali-
ingbanningoutsidevisitorsat homes reporting deaths of reporting.Itlistsdataonpeo- quickly. For example, a tally residentshavesaidmanyfacil- tiesechothehighpercentages
nursinghomes,hesaid. peoplewhowerepresumedto ple who were confirmed by April22showed3,505deaths itieswereill-preparedforthe ofvirus-relateddeathsinEu-
New York previously had havethevirusaswellascon- testing to have the virus and in nursing homes and adult- pandemic, and many are rope that took place in long-
given data on deaths that it firmed cases. The new num- separate data on those pre- care facilities across New chronicallyunderstaffed. term-carecenters,anditsgrip
acknowledged were inconsis- bers reflect the state’s effort sumedbyfacilitiestohaveit. York, with some nursing TheParkerJewishInstitute ontheelderlyoverall.
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in phases. Construction and candidates suspended their
manufacturingcouldreopenin whichrepresentsemployers. sures”andthatamajorityofits campaigns and endorsed for-
upstateareasafterthatdate. Matthew Gorton, a spokes- employeesintheCapitalRegion merVicePresidentJoeBiden,
Thethree-dayaverageinthe manforEmpireStateDevelop- havebeenworkingremotely. the presumptive Democratic
numberofpeoplehospitalized ment, a state authority, esti- Globalfoundries Inc. CEO nominee.
forCovid-19orwhodiedasa matedthatamajorityofupstate ThomasCaulfieldsaidengineers Supporters of Messrs.
result of the disease would firmsfallintooneoftheexempt athiscompany’smicrochipfab- Sanders and Yang said they
havetodeclinefor14consecu- categories.OneisIndiumCorp., ricationplantsinSaratogaand wishedtoremainontheballot
tive days before restrictions whichoperatesthreeplantsin Dutchess counties have been to influence the Democratic
couldberelaxedineachregion, the Utica area making solder, spendingonlyhalftheirtimeon Party’s platform and rules at
Mr. Cuomo said. Additionally, connectors and other compo- site,andthatactualmanufactur- itscomingAugustconvention.
atleast30%ofhospitalandin- nentsusedinmicroprocessors. inghasn’tseenmuchchangebe- Judge Torres ruled that they
tensive-care beds in a region Indium President Ross causeworkersalreadywereop- would be irreparably harmed
mustbekeptunoccupied.Re- Berntsonsaidinaninterview eratinginasterileenvironment. byscrappingtheprimaryand
gionsalsomustincreasetheir that his company, which has Both fabrication plants are issuedaninjunctionprevent-
capacityfortestingandtracing. operations in China, began meeting or exceeding produc- ingthecancellation.
Fiveupstateregionsalready talkingwithothermanufactur- tiontargets,Mr.Caulfieldsaid. Judge Torres wrote: “Pro-
have met all the criteria ex- ers about what it was doing “We’vebrokenalotofmyths tecting the public from the
cept for testing and tracing. andlearningonMarch2—the about what can be done and spreadofCOVID-19isanimpor-
One is Central New York, day after the first person in “Werestructuredthewhole tested positive at GE’s plants whatcan’tbedone,”hesaid. tant state interest. But the
whereMr.Wolkensaid80%of NewYorkstatetestedpositive factory, basically,” Mr. Bernt- in Schenectady County, said Otherfactorieshavevolun- Courtisnotconvincedthatcan-
hisgroup’smemberssaidina forthenovelcoronavirus. sonsaid.“Ifwecouldn’tsepa- ChrisDePoalo,businessman- tarily closed. General Motors celingthepresidentialprimary
surveythattheywereopenat Indium has shifted em- ratepeoplebecausethelayout ager for IUE-CWA Local 301, Co.operatesplantsnearRoch- would meaningfully advance
an average of three-fourths ployeeschedulessomorepeo- wouldn’t allow it, we either which represents more than ester and Buffalo that have that interest—at least not to
theirnormalcapacity. ple are working on a second gavethempersonalprotective 800workersatthefacilities. beenidledaspartofanation- thedegreeaswouldjustifythe
The state’s closure order and third shift. Anyone who gear or put up barrier walls. Mr. DePoalo said he heard wideshutdown.U.S.autocom- burdensomeimpingement.”
classifiedbroadswathsofman- canworkremotelyisdoingso, So, there’s plastic hanging at someconcernsaboutthecoro- panies are looking to restart Mr.YangsaidonTwitterthat
ufacturingasessential,includ- and access to buildings is differentplaces.” navirusinMarch,buttheyhad operationsonMay18. hewashappywithJudgeTor-
ing food production, facilities tightlycontrolled.Employees’ Twoemployeestestedposi- mostlysubsided.Workersavoid Some firms say they don’t res’sdecisionandhoped“that
thatsupportmilitaryandtrans- temperaturesarecheckedupon tive for the virus several being in confined spaces to- knowwhentheywillreturnto theNewYorkBoardofElections
portation infrastructure and entry,andtheyarerequiredto weeksago,Mr.Berntsonsaid, gether,andmoreemphasishas full operations after they re- takes from this ruling a new-
semiconductordevelopment. signapersonalpledgecommit- andimmediatelyquarantined been placed on cleaning and open.BusinessCouncilofNew foundappreciationoftheirrole
More than 440,000 people tingtosafepracticesbothin- at home. There was no sec- handsanitizer.AGEspokesman YorkStateVicePresidentKen insafeguardingourdemocracy.”
workedatNewYorkfactories side the workplace and at ondary transmission on site, declined to comment on the Pokalskysaidfallingconsumer Mr. Sanders’s campaign
in2018,accordingtoareport home.Manyofthesestepswill whichhetookasvalidationof numberofinfections,andsaid demand was contributing as manager, Faiz Shakir, said he
byanaffiliateoftheBusiness berequiredbythestatebefore Indium’sprocedures. the company implemented muchtotheslowdownasgov- was“gladJudgeTorreshasre-
Council of New York State, abroaderreopening. Several employees also “comprehensive safety mea- ernmentrestrictions. stored basic democracy in
New York.” George Albro, a
delegateforMr.Sanderswho
Rare Illness, Possibly Tied to Virus, Strikes Children joined the suit as a plaintiff,
saiditwastimeforDemocrats
inNewYorktounify.
Mr.KellnersaidtheBoardof
BYMELANIEGRAYCEWEST thecoronavirus,thehealthde- “Whenyouhaveasyndrome ble in the face of this infec- muneresponseinchildren. Electionswouldappeal.“Obvi-
partmentsaid.Theillnessmir- that’snotverycommoninthe tion. There’s a lot that we’re “Maybe the reason we’re ouslyI’mdisappointedthatthe
New York City health offi- rorssymptomscommontoKa- context of a world-wide pan- stilllearning,”saidJayVarma, notseeingitearlierisit’sade- decision put so many lives at
cialsonTuesdaywarnedpar- wasakidiseaseortoxic-shock demic, there are situations aphysicianandsenioradviser layedresponseafterthepeak riskforthepointlesspurpose
entsofaseriousmultisystem syndrome.Therehavebeenno toMr.deBlasio. ofacuteinfections,”hesaid. ofholdingaprimarywhereall
inflammatoryconditionpoten- deathsamongthegroup,city PhysiciansforNYULangone At Northwell’s Cohen Chil- of the candidates have en-
tiallyassociatedwithCovid-19 officialssaid. Ifnotidentified HealthandNorthwellHealth, dren’s Medical Center in New dorsedJoeBiden,”hesaid.
that has been observed in 15 Thecity’sfindingsechosimi- twohealth-caresystemswith HydePark,N.Y.,thereare11pe- Election officials told the
early,thecondition
hospitalizedchildren. laronesreportedinlateApril facilities outside New York diatricpatientsexhibitingsymp- judgeduringaMondayhearing
Children with the syn- by England’s national health- couldcauselong- City,saidtheyareseeingcases tomsofKawasakisyndromein that canceling the primary
drome,characterizedbyahigh caresystem,andcasesobserved ofchildrenexhibitingtheun- the intensive-care unit, said wouldmeannearly1.5million
termheartproblems.
feverandsymptomsincluding inPhiladelphiaandBoston. usualsymptoms. JamesSchneider,chiefofpedi- fewerDemocratswouldneedto
rash,abdominalpain,vomiting SpeakingTuesdayduringa LeonardKrilov,chairmanof atric critical care. All of them vote and that more than a
ordiarrhea,haverequiredin- news conference with Mayor the department of pediatrics havehadCovid-19orevidence dozenupstatecountieswouldn’t
tensivecarethatincludescar- BilldeBlasio,thecity’shealth at NYU Winthrop Hospital in ofhavinghadthevirus,hesaid. needtoconductelectionsatall.
diacandrespiratorysupport, commissioner, Oxiris Barbot, wherepediatriciansmaynotbe LongIsland,saidhetreateda “It’sanemergingillnessrightin New York had originally
accordingtoahealthalertto saidthestrainofthecoronavi- thinking,‘Oh,thiscouldbean boy who presented with the frontofoureyes,”hesaid. scheduleditspresidentialpri-
physicians issued Monday rusinNewYork“isbehaving atypicalmanifestationofwhat’s symptoms, and who had par- Thepresenceoftheunusual mary for April 28 and other
nightbythecity’sDepartment slightly different than the goingon,’”Dr.Barbotsaid. ents that tested positive for illnessamongchildrenmayin- primaries for June 23. Gov.
ofHealthandMentalHygiene. strain that was observed in If not identified early, the Covid-19.Dr.Krilov,whoisan fluencethewayschoolsreopen Andrew Cuomo moved the
Tenofthe15patientsulti- China” and so physicians are condition could cause long- expert on Kawasaki, said the inthefall,anddecisionsaround presidential primary to the
mately tested positive for seeingchildrenwithKawasaki termheartproblems,shesaid. virus could be triggering an thatwillevolveinthecoming June date in response to the
Covid-19orhadantibodiesto orKawasaki-likesyndromes. “Wehavetobereallyhum- aberrant and aggressive im- months,Mr.deBlasiosaid. pandemic.
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What does amazing look like?
Our nurses.
You make us #NYPSTRONG. Thank you for your passion,
commitment and sacrifice. We appreciate you, and the
dedication of nurses everywhere.
Thank you #HealthcareHeroes
Photography by Adelene Egan, NewYork-Presbyterian Emergency Room Nurse