The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that no mass gatherings with 50 people or more — including weddings, festivals, parades, concerts, sporting events or conferences — should be held in the United States for the next eight weeks. It was one of the federal government’s most sweeping efforts yet to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “We are calling for the home isolation of all seniors in California,” Mr. Newsom said at a briefing Sunday. He also issued guidelines calling for the closure of all bars, night clubs and wineries. But he said that restaurants could remain open, but they must reduce their occupancy by half in order to allow for more “social distancing” among diners.

Source: New York Times March 16, 2020 04:05 UTC