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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for coronavirus in Australia and are

being treated.

After Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert also tested positive, the NBA suspended the season

until further notice.

Last night, President Trump announced in a television address from the Oval Office that the U.S. is

suspending all travel from Europe to the U.S. for 30 days to slow the spread of the virus.

He also announced economic measures to help employees and small businesses impacted by the disease.

All this after the World Health Organization declared coronavirus

to be a global pandemic. Its director explained, we are deeply concerned both by the alarming

levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction. We have rung the alarm

bell loud and clear.

One way people and companies around the world are responding to the coronavirus crisis is through social distancing.

The idea is to break potential chains of virus transmission by preventing infected people from coming in close contact with healthy people. The goal is to slow the spread of the virus, buying time for doctors to treat the flood of patients

and researchers to develop vaccines in antiviral therapies.

This can mean canceling conferences and events, as well as encouraging people to avoid crowded public transportation, postpone weddings,

and reschedule other gatherings. For example, cities across the country have canceled their St. Patrick's Day

parades. The city of Austin canceled its South by Southwest Festival. The Democratic National

Committee will hold its presidential debate this Sunday in Phoenix without a live audience.

More than 200 colleges so far have canceled in-person classes.

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