C o r a z ó n D e M é x i C o

Domingo 22 / MARZO / 2020 CiudAd de MéxiCO 52 PáginAs, AñO xxVii núMeRO 9,577 $25.00

610972000023

EnfrentanCovid-19sin agua

Ale

jand

ro V

eláz

que

z

z En la unidad habitacional Ramos Millán, en la Alcaldía Benito Juárez, de CDMX, no tienen el líquido desde hace mes y medio.

‘Suficientes 41 laboratorios para pruebas’

Carece el 47% de suministro

Alerta el Coneval por una caída en la cobertura en estados pobres

MArthA MArtínez

En México, la mitad de la po-blación no tiene agua potable a diario dentro de sus vivien-das para necesidades bási-cas y para cumplir con accio-nes preventivas como lavarse las manos frecuentemente y contribuir así a frenar los contagios de coronavirus.

Según el Consejo Nacio-nal de Evaluación de la Polí-tica de Desarrollo Social (Co-neval), la cobertura de agua en las viviendas del País pa-só apenas de 52.5 a 53.6 por ciento entre 2010 y 2018.

Pero hay casos de ex-trema gravedad, como el de Guerrero, en donde sólo el 5.7 por ciento de sus habitan-tes tiene acceso diario al agua en sus viviendas, cuando en 2010 ese porcentaje era del 7.1.

En Chiapas y Oaxaca, la disposición del líquido alcan-za a menos del 20 por ciento.

En el primer caso, la co-bertura descendió de 16.9 a 12.5 por ciento de los habitan-tes, y en el segundo pasó de 12.8 a 15.5 por ciento.

REFORMA buscó testi-

monios de habitantes de esas entidades, quienes contaron que deben comprar pipas, apartar agua de madrugada, reciclarla y hasta bañarse con agua de garrafón.

Arturo Fuentes Ada-me, quien vive en el centro de Chilpancingo, contó que compra una pipa de agua al mes y que su familia debe racionarla para que alcance.

El Alcalde Antonio Gas-par Beltrán (PRD) reveló que tienen tres sistemas de abas-tecimiento de agua parados porque la CFE les cortó la luz por un adeudo de 30 mi-llones de pesos.

En Tapachula, la familia de Mariana Aguilar lleva dos meses sin el servicio.

“Le dije a todos que nos bañemos lo menos posible, pero en la mañana mi hijo a fuerza se quería bañar por-que no podía ir sucio al tra-bajo y pues la solución fue comprar un botellón de agua y así se bañó”, contó Jorge Carreño, vecino de San Juan Ixhuatepec, en Tlalnepantla.

En la CDMX, las protes-tas por la falta de agua se multiplicaron la semana pa-sada en colonias de Tláhuac, Iztapalapa y Álvaro Obregón.

Página 6

Covid-19

Víc

tor

zub

ieta

Trasplantan humedal Las plantas regene-radoras del humedal que estaba en el camellón de Peri-férico, al cruce con Cuemanco (foto), fueron removidas al Parque Cuitláhuac, en Iztapalapa, ya que se construirá un puente en el primer sitio. Ciudad

Covid-19

ClAudiA SAlAzAr

Los 41 laboratorios esta-tales y privados validados para realizar pruebas de detección de Covid-19 son suficientes, consideró ayer el Subsecretario de Salud, Hugo López Gatell.

Pero próximamente un grupo de laboratorios pri-vados quedará autorizado para hacer pruebas.

“La prueba diagnósti-ca es para uso en vigilan-cia epidemiológica”, afirmó.

“Comprendemos que pu-diera haber personas que les resulta tranquilizador reali-zarse una prueba si tuvieran algunos síntomas. Pero no existe una razón médica por la que la prueba ayude, pues las decisiones del personal médico en instituciones pú-blicas y privadas no depen-den de que se confirme o des-carte el diagnóstico”, explicó.

“Se debe asumir que la persona que presente rasgos característicos lo más segu-ro es que tenga coronavirus”.

Lo que debe cuidarse, agregó, es detectar tempra-namente las manifestacio-

nes en las personas adultas mayores, embarazadas, en-fermos de hipertensión, dia-betes u otras enfermedades cardiovasculares.

Los laboratorios no tiene prohibición pero deben de-mostrar la competencia téc-nica, indicó.

ECHAN REVERSALópez Gatell dijo que el do-cumento que fue dado de al-ta en el portal de la Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regula-toria que proyectaba suspen-der actividades de Gobierno a partir de este lunes “era un borrador muy preliminar”.

EL EfECto CoVid-19

Regresan a EU y CanadáhéCtor ContrerAS

y ruth ÁlVArez

PUERTO VALLARTA.- Lue- go de que varias aerolíneas anunciaron la suspensión temporal de vuelos desde otros países hacia EU y Ca-nadá para tratar de conte-ner el Covid-19, cientos de turistas de esos países aba-rrotaron ayer el aeropuerto de esta ciudad a fin de con-

seguir un boleto de regreso. “Han cancelado muchos

vuelos, pero también (ante la situación) muchos residen-tes están decidiendo que-darse”, dijo Ramón Gonzá-lez Lomelí, director de Tu-rismo de Puerto Vallarta.

La saturación se agravó luego de que 376 pasajeros de un crucero desembarca-ron en Vallarta y buscaron un vuelo en el aeropuerto.

z En la Condesa, la mayoría de los restaurantes lucían con muy pocos comensales.

CDMX

héc

tor

Gar

cía

z El tradicional café La Parroquia sufrió por la falta de clien-tela a causa del temor que provoca el Covid-19.

veraCruz

Saú

l r

amír

ez

z En las playas de este sitio, que generalmente están aba-rrotadas, ayer había escasos turistas.

p. Del CarMen

esp

ecia

l

z En las calles del centro histórico de la capital oaxaqueña también se veía muy poca gente.

oaXaCa

Jorg

e r

icar

do

mus

eosv

irtu

ales

.azc

.uam

.mx

Destinos en pantallaAprovecha el tiempo en casa para viajar virtualmente y rediseñar los planes futuros en familia. dE ViaJE (gEnTE 8)

éd

gar

her

nánd

ez

z A la familia de Mariana Aguilar Santos, en la Colonia Octavio Paz, al sur de Tapachula, le llega el agua una vez al mes.

Actívalo enwww.reforma.com/accesodigitalCentro de ayuda 555-628-7777

Código

172C1

Este ejemplar te da acceso el día de hoy a reforma.com

Produce con ClintonEl mexicano Leopoldo Gout llevará a la pantalla la novela que publicó en 2018 el ex Presidente de EU. “Está muy involucrado”, revela. gEnTE

Áng

el d

elg

ado

z El aeropuerto de este destino turístico se vio desbordado ayer por los ciudadanos estadounidenses y canadienses.

esp

ecia

l

puerto vallarta

Páginas 3 a 7, Ciudad, inTErnaCional, CanCha, gEnTE y Vida

ELogiA oMS A MéxiCo... Y ALCALdES RECLAMANEn México se están tomando las medidas adecuadas en la epi-demia de Covid-19 y este tiempo ganado sirve para ir tomando lecciones de otros países antes de que se haga fuerte, asegu-ran Jean Marc Gabastou y Cris-tian Morales, responsables de la OMS y de la Organización Pana-mericana de la Salud (OPS) en el País, respectivamente.

Sin embargo, afirman que los peores escenarios también llegarán y que es impredecible saber qué ocurrirá entonces.

Para la representante de la OPS, el hecho de que se estén aplicando medidas de la fase dos cuando todavía México se encuentra en la uno, es ir por adelantado.EL PAís InTErnACIonAL

MONTERREY.- Alcaldes tuvier-on ayer una reunión virtual, en la que acordaron medidas contra el Covid-19 y, tras acusar falta de urgencia del Gobierno, exigieron acciones a nivel nacional.

El pronunciamiento fue fir-mado por Miguel Treviño, de San Pedro, los priistas César Garza, de Apodaca, y Manolo Jiménez, de Saltillo, y los panis-

tas Teresa Jiménez, de Aguas-calientes; Alfonso Morán, de Colima; Renán Barrera, de Méri-da, y Xavier Nava, de SLP.

“No esperaremos el reporte de más muertes ni de más con-tagios para tomar las medidas contundentes y urgentes que toda evidencia internacional in-dica procedente”, indica el texto.GAbrIELA VILLEGAs

Hasta ayer...

Casos confirmados de Covid-19:

251Casos

sospechosos:

697Defunciones:

2

Domingo 22 de marzo de 2 02 0 $15 • www.eluniver s al.com.mx

ALEXIS ORTIZ—nacion@ eluniversal.com.mx

Alrededor de 20 millones 244 milpersonas en México podrían en-frentar el coronavirus (Covid-19)con un rezago en el acceso a los ser-vicios de salud, de acuerdo con ci-fras del Consejo Nacional de Eva-luación de la Política de DesarrolloSocial (Coneval).

En 2018, ese fue el número de me-xicanos que, en la más reciente en-cuesta del organismo, aseguró ha-ber tenido mala experiencia al acu-dir a los servicios de salud o no tuvola oportunidad de acceder a ellos.

La mayor cantidad de gente enesa situación se concentra en el Es-tado de México, con 3 millones 489mil casos. Le siguen la Ciudad de

México, Jalisco, Veracruz, Puebla,Michoacán, Chiapas, Guanajuato,Nuevo León y Oaxaca.

Rosario Cárdenas, consejera Aca-démica en el Coneval, consideróque este retraso puede tener un im-pacto en las personas en el contextodel Covid-19.

CO RO NAV I RUS Alerta mundial

FOTO

ARTE

: STA

FFUD

E S P E

C I A LE SPECTÁCULOS

HAZ MÁS QUESÓLO VER NETFLIX¿Te puedes quedar encasa? Te damos opcionespara que te entretengasdurante la cuarentena. A21

E S P E

C I A LM ET RÓ P O L I

COLAPSAN TECHOS DE LA CENTRALEl incidente, que afectó a tres naves del mercado deabasto, ocurrió a causa de la granizada de ayer. A 17

El UniversalAño 103,Número 37,381CDMX 38 páginas

OPINI

ÓN N AC I Ó NLorenzo Meyer A7Gaby Vargas A7Sabina Berman A8Jean Meyer A10Jorge Islas A10Sara Sefchovich A10

Arnoldo Kraus A 11Nelson Vargas A 11Francisco Valdés A 11Gustavo Alanís A 11E SPECTÁCULOSAlejandra Musi A22José Xavier Návar A 23

Roberto Rock“La OMS señala una estrategia de-ficiente, mala coordinación insti-tucional y un mal posicionamien-to del presidente López Obradorante la pandemia”. NAC I Ó N A9

MÁX MÍN

CDMX 27 12 SoleadoG u a d a l a j a ra 32 17 SoleadoMo n te r rey 22 14 Nu b l a d o

EL TIEMPO G

CHRI

STIA

N C

HÁV

EZ. A

P Y

CHRI

STIA

N T

ORR

ES. E

L U

NIV

ERSA

L

e F RO N T E R ACON EL PASO,D ESO L A DA

20 millones, con rezagoen servicios médicosb Última cifra de Co neva l sobre satisfacción de mexicanos en saludb Estado de México, CDMX, Jalisco y Veracruz, los más vulnerables

NACIÓN A4

Ciudad Juárez, Chih.—La restricción de tránsitoen los puentes internacio-nales entre México y EU seresintió ayer en esta ciudadfronteriza, donde los cruceslucieron vacíos. El viernesaún hubo afluencia vehicu-lar, pues familias viajarona El Paso, donde permane-cerán durante la contingen-cia por el Covid-19. A5

En el Istmo temen enfrentarla pandemia sin insumosALBERTO LÓPEZ C orre sp onsal—estados@ eluniversal.com.mx

bbb Juchitán de Zaragoza,Oax .— La red de 136 centros desalud del Istmo de Tehuantepecno está en condiciones para aten-der los posibles casos de corona-virus en la región, alertó LorenzoCarrasco, dirigente de la Subsec-ción 2 del Sindicato de Trabajado-res de la Secretaría de Salud.

Denunció que hay carencia demedicinas, insumos, instrumen-tal médico y equipo.

ESTADOS A1 3

En vilo,inversión dece rvece raen Mexicalib Hoy se realiza la segundajornada de consulta en laque se decide sobre supermanencia en la ciudad

GABRIELA MARTÍNEZC orre sp onsal—estados@ eluniversal.com.mx

Mexicali, BC.— Decenas deciudadanos emitieron ayer suvoto —en el primero de dos díasde consulta— para decidir lapermanencia o no de la cerve-cera Constellation Brands enesta ciudad, empresa que cuen-ta con una inversión de mil 400millones de dólares, de los cua-les, ya utilizó 70%.

La construcción de la plantaha estado rodeada de polémica,debido a que activistas acusanque ésta acaparará el consumode agua y se reducirá el abas-tecimiento a la población.

Autoridades de la firma con-fiaron en que se concrete suedificación, en tanto, colectivosen defensa del agua acusaronacarreo y guerra sucia.

ESTADOS A1 2

“Confiamos en lagente. Si ganamos,la victoria habrá sidoa pesar de todo”IVÁN MARTÍNEZ ZAZUETAMiembro de Resistencias Unidasde Baja California

251CASOS CONFIRMADOS DECOVID-19 y 697 sospechososfueron reportados por lasautoridades hasta ayer.

SÁ BA D O

VIERNE S

CO RT

E S Í A

EL DATO

E nfe r m e d a d .En Oaxaca, hay dos casos decoronavirus en Valles Centrales.

ARCH

IVO

EL

UN

IVER

SAL

NACIÓN A5

AMLO dice que él bajó la gasolina—nacion@ eluniversal.com.mx

El presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador dijo queel abaratamiento reciente de las gasolinas —tras el des-plome mundial del precio del petróleo—fue su deci-sión, “para que no se sienta tanto la crisis económica”.Sin embargo, desde 2017, el precio de los combustibleses determinado por el libre mercado.

“Esto ayuda a que nose sienta tanto la crisis[por] esta pandemiaque afortunadamentetodavía no nos afectaen México”.

R EC H A ZA NTÍTULO DE“R EG A LO”JAIME ORDIALES, DIRECTORDEPORTIVO DEL CRUZ AZUL,ASEGURA QUE PREFIERENGANAR EL CAMPEONATOUNA VEZ QUE SE REANUDELA LIGA. B1

DOMINGO 22 DE MARZO DE 2020NÚMERO 7387$15.00 -AÑO 21 -

www.milenio.com

DIARIOPeriodismo con carácter

NACIONAL

Ramón Vargas. La Ópera de NY sin salir de casa PAG. 30

Liga italiana. Nápoles rompe el cerco y vuelve a entrenar PAG. 37

REDACCIÓN, CIUDAD DE MÉXICO

El impacto del coronavi-rus en la economía global supe-ra ya las peores previsiones de la OCDE, que plantea una estrate-gia de rescate como el Plan Mars-

hall para reactivar las actividades productivas. A principios de mes pronosticó que el Covid-19 redu-ciría a la mitad el PIB mundial pa-ra situarlo en 1.5%; hoy prevé que el daño será mayor. PAG. 6 Y 7

“Nadie se apanique”AMLO agradece a Trump no cerrar frontera comúnFRANCISCO MEJÍA - PAG. 7

Cubrebocas, a 3.5 pesosEmpacadores ancianos, entre virus y desempleoREDACCIÓN - PAGS. 10 Y 12

Receta la OCDE rescate tipo Plan Marshall por pandemia

Crisis sanitaria. Para el secretario general, José Ángel Gurría, es el tercer gran shock económico, fi nancieroy social del siglo XXI tras el 11-S y la crisis de 2008; alista EU plan de contingencia por 1.3 trillones de dólares

ESCRIBEN HOY

Érika MontoyaCoronavirus:

tomar el control o vivir con miedo

P. 35

Pérez-ReverteEspaña y

Portugal como un solo frente

P. 31

Álvaro CuevaNo es ético usar esta crisis para despedir gente

P. 10

Central de Abasto. Colapso de tres naves deja dos lesionados

P. 20

MARYSOL GARCÍA-SOTO, CDMX

Ni las marchas por los ase-sinatos de Ingrid Escamilla y la niña Fátima impidieron que Mé-xico alcanzara en el primer bi-mestre de 2020 un nuevo récord de violencia de género: 632 casos de mujeres asesinadas, de los cua-les solo 166 fueron consignados como feminicidios. Cifras del Se-cretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública confirman que los ataques contra ese sector no se detienen, pues en promedio fueron asesinadas 10 mujeres cada día, una más que en igual periodo de 2019. PAG. 18

Asesinadas, 632 mujeresentre eneroy febrero

Operativo antisecuestroCae helicóptero de Marina en Veracruz; un fallecidoISABEL ZAMUDIO - PAG.16

ROBERTO VALADEZ, CDMX

La decisión de autoridades internacionales de dejar en tierra desde hace un año el modelo 737 de Boeing ha generado pérdidas

superiores a 18 mil mdd en aero-líneas y la industria aeronáutica vinculada a este avión. La determi-nación se dio tras dos accidentes que dejaron 300 muertos. PAG. 25

Poner en tierra durante un año el Boeing 737 ha costado al sector más de 18 mil mdd

Personal médico desinfecta una iglesia en El Cairo frente a la amenaza del coronavirus. KHALED ELFIQI/EFE

Pega Covid-19 al VaticanoLanzan en Italia campaña“El derecho a decir adiós”CLARÍN Y AGENCIAS - PAG. 8

DOMINGO 22 DE MARZO DE 2020 // CIUDAD DE MÉXICO // AÑO 36 // NÚMERO 12808 // Precio 10 pesosDIRECTORA GENERAL: CARMEN LIRA SAADEDIRECTOR FUNDADOR: CARLOS PAYÁN VELVER

Los capitalinos cambiaron antros por el hogar

Restaurantes, bares, cervecerías, casinos y taquerías, que son los lugares más concurridos los fi nes de semana en la Condesa, Insurgentes, Coyoacán, Polanco y la Zona Rosa de la Ciudad de

México, se vieron vacíos. Pese a que aún no se declara la emergencia por el coronavirus, algunas alcaldías ordenaron cerrar más temprano; algunos ya no abrieron. Foto María Luisa Severiano

La situación en el país puede cambiar por altos índices de diabetes y obesidad

Hay 251 casos positivos, 48 más en 24 horas, y dos fallecidos: Ssa

Vía telefónica, AMLO y Trump ratifi can promesa de trabajar juntos

Debemos evitar aglomeraciones y seguir laborando, dice el Presidente

México, aún fuera del mapa de riesgo; aplica medidas adecuadas: OMS Mil millones pasan el fi n de semana aislados por el Covid-19● De 307,278 contagios, 13,048 decesos y 92,373recuperados, balance global

● Nuevo récord en Italia de 793 muertos en un día; partido de la Champions detonó crisis en Lombardía

● Plan de cooperación entre Rusia y China por pandemia

● Llegarán días muy duros, advierte Sánchez en España

AGENCIAS / P 2, 4 Y DEPORTES

Pérdidas de 900 mil mdp por encierro en casa: UNAM ● Experto en comercio prevé que la recaudación fiscal caiga en 750 mil mdp

● Mantener una rutina, jugar y considerar opinión de todos, sugerencia para evitar violencia en hogares

/ P 8 Y 16

En Nuevo Laredo no hubo cierre parcial de la frontera con EU● En el “mes sin mexicanos”, por Chihuahua y BC nadie cruzó con visa de turista

R. VILLALPANDO, C. FIGUEROA, Y A. HERAS / P 6

Mantener salarios en la crisis sanitaria, demanda Sheinbaum a grandes empresas

No nos apaniquemos, recomienda AMLO

No es correcto ni justo que abandonen a sus empleados, señala la mandataria de CDMX

Anuncia apoyos e incentivos para las más solidarias R. GONZÁLEZ. E. BRAVO Y J. QUINTERO / P 24 Y 25 / P 3A

OPINIÓN

Evolución del coronavirus en

México ELENA PONIATOWSKA

JORGE A. PÉREZ ALFONSO, LAURA POY, CAROLINA GÓMEZ, ALMA MUÑOZ Y REDACCIÓN / 3, 5 Y 11

Un muerto y 10 heridos, saldo del helicopterazo de la Marina en Veracruz. Foto La JornadaE. GÓMEZ Y G. CASTILLO / P 12

WWW.HERALDODEMEXICO.COM.MX

NUEVA ERA / AÑO.03 / NO. 1046/ DOMINGO 22 DE MARZO DE 2020

POR MANUEL DURÁN/P5

CONTRA LAS CUERDAS/ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ/P5

CAPRICHOS MILLONARIOS/BRENDA JAET/P18

MALOS MODOS/JULIO PATÁN/P20

#OPINIÓN

#PIDENCANCELAR

‘NADIE ENTRA Y NADIE SALE’

#OAXACAP12-13

En vivo, misa dominical con el Cardenal

12:00 HRS/SÍGUELA POR HERALDO TV/SKY 161/IZZI 151/CANAL 10 TV ABIERTA

FOTO

: ES

PECI

AL

ILU

ST

RA

CIÓ

N:

FRA

NCI

SCO

LA

GO

SFO

TO:

EFE

FOTO

: ES

PECI

AL

P17

ACTIVA, LOS AFECTADOS

MEXICANOS#VAN251CONFIRMADOS

● LAS PERSONAS CON CORONAVIRUS TIENEN,

EN PROMEDIO, 43.7 AÑOS; EN ESPAÑA 51, E ITALIA 75 AÑOS

CONSEJOS PARA PROCESAR EL

AISLAMIENTO P6

#QUÉDATEENCASA

#ESTONOACABA

EN EDAD

A SOBREVIVIENTES, VIRUS AFECTA GUSTO Y OLFATO

MARIANA Y MATÍAS DE 8 MESES, CON COVID-19P4

TOKIO YEL RIESGOMUNDIAL

EN LA CDMX REPORTAN 46 CASOS

DE SARAMPIÓNP9

#Y3ENEDOMEX

C M Y K Nxxx,2020-03-22,A,001,Bs-4C,E2

The American economy is fac-ing a plunge into uncharted wa-ters.

Economists say there is littledoubt that the nation is headedinto a recession because of the co-ronavirus pandemic, with busi-nesses shutting down and Ameri-cans being shut in. But it is harderto foresee the bottom and howlong it will take to climb back.

Greg Daco, chief U.S. economistat Oxford Economics, says theeconomy is assured of a recession— at least two consecutive quar-ters of economic decline — withoutput falling 0.4 percent in thefirst quarter and 12 percent in thesecond. That would be the biggestquarterly contraction on record,but Goldman Sachs upped theante on Friday, saying it expecteda 24 percent drop in the secondquarter.

“This is not just a blip,” Mr. Dacosaid of the outlook. “We’ve neverexperienced something like this.”

The abruptness of the descent— and the near-lockdown of majorcities — is unheard-of in advancedeconomies, more akin to wartimeprivation than to the downturnthat accompanied the financialcrisis more than a decade ago, oreven the Great Depression.

“Even during previous reces-sions,” noted Ellen Zentner, chiefU.S. economist at Morgan Stanley,“no one’s been told you can’t gooutside or you can’t gather.”

Smaller companies will be hitharder than large ones because oftheir limited access to credit andless cash in the bank. “There willbe a swath of small businessesthat simply won’t be able to sur-vive this,” Ms. Zentner added.

The result is an economy thathas gone from full-speed-ahead inJanuary to a full-on freeze. Econo-

A Recession AppearsCertain as a Virus

Wreaks Havoc

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ

Continued on Page 11

TRACKING AN OUTBREAK

In mid-January, a few weeks be-fore the Iowa caucuses, SenatorBernie Sanders’s pollster offereda stark prognosis for the cam-paign: Mr. Sanders was on trackto finish strong in the first threenominating states, but Joseph R.Biden Jr.’s powerful support fromolder African-Americans couldmake him a resilient foe in SouthCarolina and beyond.

The pollster, Ben Tulchin, in ameeting with campaign aides, rec-ommended a new offensive to in-fluence older black voters, accord-ing to three people briefed on hispresentation. The data showedtwo clear vulnerabilities for Mr.Biden: his past support for over-hauling Social Security, and hisauthorship of a punitive criminaljustice law in the 1990s.

But the suggestion met with re-sistance. Some senior advisers ar-gued that it wasn’t worth divert-ing resources from Iowa and NewHampshire, people familiar withthe campaign’s deliberations said.Others pressed Mr. Tulchin onwhat kind of message, exactly,would make voters rethink theirsupport for the most loyal ally ofthe first black president.

Crucially, both Mr. Sanders andhis wife, Jane, consistently ex-pressed reservations about goingnegative on Mr. Biden, preferringto stick with the left-wing policymessage they have been pressing

for 40 years.The warnings about Mr. Biden

proved prescient: Two months lat-er, Mr. Sanders is now all but van-quished in the Democratic presi-dential race, after Mr. Biden res-urrected his campaign in SouthCarolina and built an overwhelm-ing coalition of black voters andwhite moderates on Super Tues-day.

While Mr. Sanders has notended his bid, he has fallen far be-hind Mr. Biden in the delegatecount and has taken to trumpetinghis success in the battle of ideas

Mistakes and Internal StrifeHobbled Sanders Campaign

By ALEXANDER BURNSand JONATHAN MARTIN

Senator Bernie Sanders is farbehind in the delegate count.

ERIN SCHAFF/THE NEW YORK TIMES

Continued on Page 23

KIRKLAND, Wash. — LorettaRapp, 79, was easy to spot as shezipped through Life Care Centernursing home in her electricwheelchair, dressed in one of herbright muumuus.

It had been hard for her to leaveher apartment after she had a badfall last year. But she was a no-nonsense woman who had raisedthree children, and she was trying

to make the best of things. Shewent to physical therapy. She de-voured detective novels. At theskilled-nursing facility tuckednext to a row of Douglas firs insuburban Seattle, she was electedpresident of the residents’ council.

Life Care made an effort to keepthings fun. There were shoppingexcursions to the Fred Meyer andlunch trips to Olive Garden, a re-cent afternoon with “cute and cud-dly animals.” The Honky TonkSweethearts, a country group,came in for a show early in Febru-

ary. Ms. Rapp spent her daysbuzzing the hallways, visitingnewcomers and cheering up bed-bound friends.

Then people started gettingsick.

Not sick as what happens all thetime in a nursing home, the badflus and septic infections and oldbones that will not heal. This wasdifferent. In the last few days ofFebruary, people’s temperaturesstarted going off the charts. Somecould not breathe. Then came

The Rapid Road From Fevers to Final GoodbyesBy JACK HEALY

and SERGE F. KOVALESKI

At Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., 35 people who tested positive for the coronavirus died.GRANT HINDSLEY FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Continued on Page 14

ROME — As Italy’s coronavirusinfections ticked above 400 casesand deaths hit the double digits,the leader of the governing Demo-cratic Party posted a picture ofhimself clinking glasses for “anaperitivo in Milan,” urging people“not to change our habits.”

That was on Feb. 27. Not 10 dayslater, as the toll hit 5,883 infectionsand 233 dead, the party boss,Nicola Zingaretti, posted a newvideo, this time informing Italythat he, too, had the virus.

Italy now has more than 53,000recorded infections and more than4,800 dead, and the rate of in-crease keeps growing, with morethan half the cases and fatalitiescoming in the past week. On Sat-urday, officials reported 793 addi-tional deaths, by far the largestsingle-day increase so far. Italyhas surpassed China as the coun-try with the highest death toll, be-coming the epicenter of a shiftingpandemic.

The government has sent in thearmy to enforce the lockdown inLombardy, the northern region atthe center of the outbreak, wherebodies have piled up in churches.On Friday night, the authoritiestightened the nationwide lock-down, closing parks, banning out-door activities including walkingor jogging far from home.

On Saturday night, Prime Min-ister Giuseppe Conte announcedanother drastic step in responseto what he called the country’smost difficult crisis since the Sec-ond World War: Italy will close itsfactories and all production that isnot absolutely essential, an enor-mous economic sacrifice intendedto contain the virus and protectlives.

“The state is here,” he said in aneffort to reassure the public.

But the tragedy of Italy nowstands as a warning to its Euro-

Early MisstepsSet Italy’s PathTo Catastrophe

This article is by Jason Horowitz,Emma Bubolaand Elisabetta Povoledo.

Chairs are spaced far apart at Milan’s city hall, Palazzo Marino. Italy has overtaken China as the country with the highest death toll.ALESSANDRO GRASSANI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Continued on Page 8

WASHINGTON — During hiscampaign for the White House in2016, President Trump’s advisersbriefly tried to run through withhim how he would address a large-scale disaster if he won. What, forinstance, would he have done dur-ing Hurricane Katrina?

“I would have fixed that,” Mr.Trump replied with certitude, re-ferring to the government’s bun-gled rescue and recovery efforts,according to a campaign officialwho was present for the ex-change. “I would have come upwith a much better response.”How? He did not say. He just as-serted it would have been betterand advisers did not press him toelaborate.

Mr. Trump is no stranger to cri-sis. He has spent a lifetime grap-pling with bankruptcy, fending offcreditors, evading tax collectors,defending lawsuits, deflectingregulators, spinning reportersand dueling with estranged wives,usually coming out ahead, at leastas he defines it. But these were cri-ses of his own creation involvinghuman adversaries he knew howto confront. Nothing in his back-ground in business, entertain-ment or multiple marriages pre-pared him for the coronavirus

pandemic now threatening Amer-ica’s health and wealth.

Mr. Trump’s performance onthe national stage in recent weekshas put on display the traits thatDemocrats and some Republicansconsider so jarring — the pro-found need for personal praise,the propensity to blame others,the lack of human empathy, thepenchant for rewriting history, thedisregard for expertise, the distor-tion of facts, the impatience withscrutiny or criticism. For years,skeptics expressed concern abouthow he would handle a genuinecrisis, and now they know.

“When he’s faced a problem, hehas sought to somehow cheat orfix the outcome ahead of time sothat he could construct a narra-tive that showed him to be the win-ner,” said Michael D’Antonio, a

Trump Is Faced With Crisis Too Big for Big TalkBy PETER BAKER

and MAGGIE HABERMANA Lifetime of Conflict,

and Now an Unseen,Genuine Threat

Continued on Page 12

A Russian state company is buildingreactors across the world, reaping forMoscow profits and influence. PAGE 17

INTERNATIONAL 17-20

Nuclear Offer Hard to Refuse

President Trump’s top officials aredivided on whether to ramp up militaryaction in the region. PAGE 20

Conflicting Advice Over Iran

With too many animals on public lands,the federal wild horse program is shortof money or easy solutions. PAGE 21

NATIONAL 21-23

Mustangs Out of Control

A flu-ravaged nation managed to holdan election in 1918: not without incident,but with democracy intact. PAGE 22

Voting, Now? We Did It Before

When Gabriel Jiménez used his passionto build the Maduro regime a digitalcoin, called the Petro, he nearly paid forit with his life. PAGE 1

SUNDAY BUSINESS

Venezuelan Coder in Peril

The economy relies on thousands oflocal operations that need a lifeline,Sendhil Mullainathan writes. PAGE 8

Small Businesses Need Help

Maureen Dowd PAGE 9

SUNDAY REVIEW

Digital dance raves. Streaming sound-baths. Book readings by phone. Thehousebound are nimbly pivoting tovirtual social gatherings. PAGE 1

SUNDAY STYLES

Now on a Screen Near You

Venerable museums closed by thepandemic should seize the moment totake stock of themselves — and change,Holland Cotter writes. PAGE 12

ARTS & LEISURE

A Manifesto for Museums

U(D547FD)v+=!?!/!$!"

Husky-voiced Kenny Rogers, 81, soldmore than 100 million records. His hitsincluded “The Gambler,” “Lady” and“Islands in the Stream.” PAGE 25

OBITUARIES 25-27

Country Music Megastar

SPECIAL SECTION Here are an-swers to your basic questionsabout life under the coronavirus.

OLYMPICS Athletes are question-ing organizers’ insistence that theGames go on. SPORTSSUNDAY

A QUIET CITY New York becameeerily empty as restrictions in-creasingly took hold. PAGE 6

President Trump on Saturdaysought to assure an anxiousAmerican public that help was onthe way to overwhelmed hospi-tals, and that private companieshad agreed to provide desperatelyneeded medical supplies to fightthe fast-spreading coronavirus.

But Mr. Trump resisted appealsfrom state and local officials andhospital administrators for moreaggressive action, saying hewould not compel companies tomake face masks and other gearto protect front-line health work-ers from the virus.

Speaking at a White Housebriefing with Mr. Trump, VicePresident Mike Pence said thefederal government had placedorders for “hundreds of millions”of the N-95 face masks that canshield medical workers from thevirus. Mr. Trump said the clothingcompany Hanes was among thosethat had been enlisted to startchurning out masks, although thecompany said they would not bethe N-95 masks that are most ef-fective in protecting medicalworkers.

Neither Mr. Trump nor Mr.Pence would say when the maskswould be ready. And it is unclearwhether enough new masks andother protective gear will be avail-able before health care facilitiesstart getting overwhelmed by aflood of infected patients. Morethan 21,000 cases of the coro-navirus have been confirmed inthe United States, and that num-ber is expected to soar in comingweeks.

As more of the nation goes intoan unprecedented lockdown —businesses shuttered, one in four

A RACE TO DELIVER CRITICAL SUPPLIESTO MEDICAL TEAMS

Trump Resists Use of War Act to Compel Companies’ Help

This article is by Rachel Abrams,Jessica Silver-Greenberg, AndrewJacobs, Vanessa Friedman and Mi-chael Rothfeld.

Continued on Page 15

THE MAGAZINE Senator Sandersremained steadfast in his vision,and forced a party’s reckoning.

From the elegantly austere to the joy-fully overstuffed, the Design Issue looksat spaces that play with adding andtaking away volume.

T MAGAZINE

Space, Form, Line

Thomas Mallon reviews “The Mirrorand the Light,” the final book in a seriesthat began with “Wolf Hall.” PAGE 1

BOOK REVIEW

Hilary Mantel Is Back

Late Edition

VOL. CLXIX . . . No. 58,640 © 2020 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2020

Today, sunshine and patchy clouds,a chilly day, high 46. Tonight, partlycloudy, low 36. Tomorrow, consider-able amounts of clouds, rain, high44. Weather map is on Page 24.

$6.00

$3.66 DESIGNATED AREAS HIGHER © 2020 WST latimes.comSUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2020

Misti Kemmer, a fourth-

grade teacher at Russell Ele-

mentary School in South

Los Angeles, is working hard

to keep her students learn-

ing now that schools are

closed. She shares detailed

lesson plans on Google

Drive, sends messages to

families every day and deliv-

ers YouTube lectures from

her home.

But only three or four of

her 28 students accessed

their schoolwork last week,

she said. Some don’t have

computers, and others are

without internet access. One

student can open assign-

ments only on her father’s

phone when he gets home

from work.

“She’s trying to look at all

this stuff on a tiny cellphone

after dinner hours,” Kem-

mer said. “How much is a 9-

year-old going to get done?”

“There’s this whole dis-

tance-learning thing, but

how much learning is actu-

ally going on?” she added.

Almost all K-12 schools in

California were closed last

week. But from top state ed-

ucation leaders to district of-

ficials, including L.A.

schools Supt. Austin Beut-

ner, the message has been

clear: Even though cam-

puses are closed, learning

will continue.

“While we are in very

unique circumstances at

this time, we are still provid-

ing education to our stu-

dents,” state Supt. of Public

Instruction Tony Thur-

mond said earlier this week.

“School is not out, but we are

finding a different way to de-

liver it.”

But the reality is compli-

cated.

As teachers scramble to

adjust to an entirely new

world of education, they are

coming up against signifi-

cant barriers.

There is uneven access to

technology, difficulty com-

Schools aren’tpassing onlinelearning test Teachers are usingYouTube and otherplatforms, but somestudents have nocomputers or internet.

By Arit John,

Sonali Kohli,

Paloma Esquivel

and Howard Blume

[See Schools, A12]

On a recent morning, Katrina

Johnson, Ralph Gomez and

Kenya Smith are eager to hit the

streets. Outreach workers for a

homeless agency serving South

Los Angeles, they want to catch up with their

clients before the weekend, to make sure

everyone is safe for the days ahead.

Standing in their office off Slauson Boule-

vard, they put together their game plan but

pause when they come to the supply closet.

Its shelves are close to empty.

The two-ounce containers of hand sani-

tizer are gone. Wipes are in short supply, and

their van needs its daily cleaning. They

scrounge for what they can find: granola

bars, cookies, crackers, a few personal care

items.

The scarcity, they hope, will be temporary,

but they can’t be certain. The threat of the

novel coronavirus hangs over them, invisible

and menacing,

RALPH GOMEZ, left, tosses a clipboard to get homeless client Davis Soto’s signature while keeping hisdistance in Los Angeles. Outreach workers realize the focus of their jobs will change in the coming weeks.

Photographs by Brian van der Brug Los Angeles Times

COLUMN ONE

Homeless outreach workhits ‘another level entirely’COVID-19 era adds new reasons to worry for the vulnerable

ERIC MONTOYA, right, outreach coordinator of LA FamilyHousing, interviews Patrick Moran, who lives in a homelessencampment situated in the Sepulveda Basin in Encino.

By Thomas Curwen

and Benjamin Oreskes

[See Outreach, A10]

Kenny Rogers was broke, three

times divorced and picking out

a living as a bass player with a

country-rock outfit called the

First Edition when a sentimen-

tal ballad about a lovesick husband rolled

onto his lap.

In “Lucille,” Rogers found a comfort-

able middle ground in the vast stretches

between country and pop music, fertile

turf that would yield a remarkable string

of aching love songs and narrative ballads

about gamblers, drifters and lost souls

searching for love.

While country music purists balked at

his syrupy message-in-a-song ballads, his

fans packed arenas that only the titans of

rock ’n’ roll could fill, his hits climbed the

charts and his genial persona and bour-

bon-smooth voice became a natural fit in

America in the 1970s and ’80s.

Never far from the spotlight, Rogers

died Friday of na-

Country’s pop cowboyGrammy-winning crossover star blurred genreswith ‘Gambler,’ ‘Lucille’ and Dolly Parton duets

By Nardine Saad

KENNY ROGERS, 1938 - 2020

Erika Goldring FilmMagic

MUSICAL STORYTELLER

Kenny Rogers in 2017. Country music purists balked at his syrupy ballads,but those tales about gamblers, drifters and lost souls drew a legion of fans.

[See Rogers, A14]

To Los Angeles Times home delivery subscribers:

We have received questions about health andsafety precautions as our community confronts thecoronavirus.

The World Health Organization has stated that itis safe to receive packages, including in areasaffected by the coronavirus. Our productionprocess is fully automated, which minimizeshuman contact with the newspapers. In addition,The Times has asked our distributors to take therecommended precautions during this period,including requiring newspaper carriers to practicesocial distancing and personal hygiene, or stayhome if they are sick.

We are also encouraging our print subscribers toactivate their access to the website, eNewspaperand app. This will help ensure that you have accessto the most current information and reporting onthe coronavirus. Go to: latimes.com/activate.

If you have questions about your subscription orwould like to contact customer service, please visitthe member site for the most current information:membership.latimes.com.

Thank you,Chris ArgentieriPresident & COO, Los Angeles Times

Can economysurvive virus?How much shelteringin place can the U.S.take before the damageis irreversible? No oneknows. BUSINESS, C1

WeatherRain and drizzle.L.A. Basin: 65/53. B10

Staples Centerlinked to casesAt least eight NBA orNHL athletes whoplayed there this monthhave virus. SPORTS, D1

7

985944 10300

Alongside a 12-member

team, in a room no bigger

than 500 square feet, a Los

Angeles-based visual effects

artist worked elbow-to-jowl

in secrecy. Nobody else was

allowed in the room, and

those inside could not dis-

cuss the film project with

anyone outside. “We were on

lockdown,” he said.

It was barely two weeks

ago, when reports of the

highly infectious novel co-

ronavirus began to domi-

nate headlines, when Italy

went under quarantine,

Tom Hanks revealed he had

contracted COVID-19 and

the NBA announced it was

suspending its season.

But the artist, whose

work as a digital compositor

involves such postproduc-

tion sleights of hand as digi-

tally extracting actors out of

green-screen shots or add-

ing blood squiggles to zom-

bies, was required to work

on-site with his cohorts.

“I was nervous,” said the

digital compositor, who de-

clined to be named out of

fear of losing his job. “People

were coughing. It was very

nerve-racking for me. Luck-

ily, we were all fine.”

At a time when Holly-

wood has shut down

production to slow the

spread of the virus, and most

Americans have headed to

the safety of their homes, an

army of digital effects work-

ers has remained in their

studio cubicles, plugging

away on computers in close

quarters.

Like it or not, many have

Visual FX artistsfearful at workAs Hollywood worksfrom home, NDAsforce some digitalexperts into the office.

By Stacy Perman

[See VFX, A8]

Anxious?

Scared? Frus-

trated?

Same here.

If the days

seem long and

yet they’re

gone before

you can re-

member what

you even did to pass the

time, don’t worry.

That’s going around.

I can’t remember what I

did yesterday, don’t know

what I’m going to do tomor-

row, and I fluctuate between

near certainty that loved

ones will be fine and mortal

dread that we’re all going to

die.

I exaggerate a bit, sure.

But time is warped, our fate

is uncertain, and the world’s

fifth-largest economy has all

but shut down, with Gov.

Gavin Newsom imploring

Californians — all 40 million

of us — to stay home. Not

just for our own safety but

for the health and safety of

everyone else.

We’re charging into a

new frontier without a map.

Isolate, comrades. And let’s

pull together while standing

apart.

But how do you do that?

We’re figuring that out as

we go.

Let’s pulltogetherand standapart

[See Lopez, A9]

STEVE LOPEZ