New York City Closes All Restaurants and Bars

New York City is ordering all restaurants to close effective Tuesday and will only allow takeout, in an effort to combat the coronavirus outbreak, the New York Times reports.

Mayor Bill DeBlasio tweets: “Our lives are all changing in ways that were unimaginable just a week ago. We are taking a series of actions that we never would have taken otherwise in an effort to save the lives of loved ones and our neighbors. Now it is time to take yet another drastic step.“