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Empty streets, economic turmoil as virus alters daily life

by Associated Press
| February 29, 2020 2:30 PM

TOKYO (AP) — The coronavirus has claimed its first victim in the United States as the number of cases shot up in Iran, Italy and South Korea and the spreading outbreak shook the global economy.

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