FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks to the media near Surgeon General Jerome Adams (back R) and White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Debbie Birx (front R) during the daily Coronavirus-related briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - From Disneyland to the U.S. Supreme Court, from Wall Street to Dodgers Stadium, nearly every facet of American life fell into turmoil on Thursday as the coronavirus outbreak caused sweeping closures and economic disruption.
As concern grew over a rapid spread of the sometimes-fatal COVID-19 respiratory illness caused by the virus, the U.S. stock market cratered anew, professional and college sports leagues suspended play, Broadway theatres went dark and many schools from Ohio to Texas shuttered.
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