SOUND ON: An accordionist strolls through the quiet streets of San Francisco serenading the city with his rendition of 'My Heart Will Go On.'
told"Good Morning America" Monday,"I don't have any symptoms -- I could walk down the street. If it wasn't public knowledge that I was sick, you wouldn't know it."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reiterated the point when he called into local news station NY1 and said,"There's not going to be any quarantine. ... There's not going to be any 'you-have-to-stay-in-your-house' rule."A man walks across a Midtown Manhattan street, March 17, 2020 in New York.In New Jersey, where restaurants and bars are shut down, so many people applied for unemployment Monday that the state system crashed, Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday.
A view of the empty Piazza del Popolo square during the emergency blockade of Coronavirus in Rome, March 17, 2020. Italy now has more than 27,000 covid-19 cases, 2,158 are dead and 2,749 are recovered. Mncuhin also said there's every intention to keep the markets open, though he floated the possibility of shortening market operating hours if that was deemed necessary."Americans should know that we are going to do everything to make sure that they have access to money to their banks, to the money in their 401k, and to the money in stocks,” he said.
Referring to the virus as an"invisible enemy," the president expressed resolve to prop up the economy as needed. In Chicago, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told ABC News"that certain crimes can be handled via citation and misdemeanor summons as opposed to physical arrest."In Tulsa, Oklahoma, police told residents that if they"need to make a police report and there is no suspect present, please consider using our online reporting system."
The airline industry has"ground to a halt," Mnuchin said Tuesday, calling coronavirus"worse than 9/11" for airlines. A man walks through a nearly empty Times Square - 42nd St. subway station during the morning rush in New York City, March 16, 2020.Cuomo said he's worried the rising number of cases will crash the health care system, noting the 19% hospitalization rate among those infected.
Subway passengers space out their seating during a during rush hour on a subway, March 17, 2020 in New York City. The subway is normally crowded but many people are staying home out of concern for the spread of coronavirus.He urged New Yorkers to"be a little bit more loving, a little bit more compassionate, a little bit more comforting, a little bit more cooperative. And we will get through this time.
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