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SERVING THE PUBLIC SINCE 1878 • WINNER OF 19 PULITZER PRIZES TUESDAY • 03.10.2020 • $2.50 CHRISTIAN GOODEN, [email protected] A woman leaving Olive Supermarket in University City on Monday wears a mask and gloves as she returns her shopping cart. After the announcement this weekend that the coronavirus has spread to St. Louis County, more people here appear to be taking precautions. Vol. 142, No. 70 ©2020 POST-DISPATCH WEATHERBIRD ® 1 M WEATHER B8 54°/43° PARTLY SUNNY TODAY 60°/50° MOSTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW Safety first Blues fall short against Florida SPORTS Councilwoman seeking answers on rec center • A2 Kim is making Cardinals rotation look like home • B1 Carpenter’s goals: Earn a job, and hit second • B1 BY JACK SUNTRUP St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS — Missouri voters go to the polls Tuesday in the state’s presidential primary fol- lowing election eve appearances here by one of the two major Democratic contenders and the wife of the other. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Ver- mont revved up supporters at a packed Stifel Theatre downtown on Monday morning, imploring them to “reinvigorate democ- racy” by activating people who have given up on it. “What our job is is to bring people into the political process so that we can create a govern- ment that works for working families, not just the 1%,” Sand- ers said. Sanders spoke for about 40 minutes in St. Louis. Later Monday, former second lady Jill Biden spoke to a room of supporters at the Cheshire hotel, which straddles the boundaries of St. Louis and St. Louis County. On Tuesday, 68 delegates will be at stake in Missouri: 44 will be awarded based on performance in each congressional district, and the remaining 24 will be ap- portioned based on the state’s popular vote. As of Monday afternoon, for- mer Vice President Joe Biden had 664 delegates, and Sanders, 573, according to an Associated Press delegate tracker. Sanders jabbed Biden for vot- ing for the war in Iraq, and for supporting “disastrous” trade agreements and “Wall Street bailouts.” He said he would back Biden, however, if the former vice president wins the Demo- cratic nomination. Sanders said he would win in November by advocating for an agenda that “works for all of us.” He said the federal government should raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, ensure access to ANGER AND FEAR COMPANIES, RESIDENTS TAKING PRECAUTIONS MISSOURI PRIMARY BIDEN OR SANDERS? VOTERS TO DECIDE Italy expanding travel restrictions to entire country PAGE A5 Bayer temporarily closing its campus in Creve Coeur PAGE A6 Gov. Parson cancels overseas trade mission PAGE A6 Globalization is here to stay, says Emerson’s CEO PAGE A7 CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK COLTER PETERSON, [email protected] St. Louis County Executive Sam Page provides an update on local coronavirus cases during a news conference Monday at the Ofce of Emergency Management in Baldwin. RICHARD DREW, ASSOCIATED PRESS Trader Gregory Rowe prepares to resume activity on the foor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Trading in futures had been halted after they plummeted early. NOAH BERGER, ASSOCIATED PRESS Passengers aboard the Grand Princess celebrate as they arrive in Oakland, Calif., on Monday. The cruise ship had maintained a holding pattern of the coast for days. BY JEREMY KOHLER AND ROBERT PATRICK St. Louis Post-Dispatch CLAYTON — Family members of the 20-year-old Ladue woman who tested positive for coronavirus were not told to quarantine themselves, according to their attorney. In a timeline of events, attorney Neil Bruntrager outlined several calls and texts between the woman’s mother and the St. Louis County health department from Thursday, when the woman frst experienced symptoms, to Saturday, when county ofcials announced the positive test results at a news conference. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said Sunday the patient’s im- mediate family had been told re- peatedly since Thursday to quar- antine at their home in Ladue. Page said the father had not followed health department instructions and took his younger daughter to a THE WASHINGTON POST The coronavirus outbreak fanned new fears of a worldwide recession on Monday, as well as an all-out oil price war, sending stock markets spi- raling down to new record lows not seen since the 2008 fnancial crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 2,014 points, or 7.8%, on Mon- day, the largest decline since the f- nancial crisis. Stocks fells so sharply that they tripped a so-called “circuit breaker” that halted trading for 15 minutes. Oil prices tumbled 24%, the worst day since the 1991 Gulf War, as the coronavirus weakens demand for fuel, with Saudi Arabia and Rus- sia refusing to scale back production. The outbreak continues to spread with more than 113,000 cases world- wide. The director of the World Health Organization called the threat of a coronavirus pandemic “very real.” BY OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ AND DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif.— The cruise ship forced to idle for days of the coast of California because of a clus- ter of novel coronavirus cases aboard arrived in port Monday as state and U.S. ofcials prepared to transfer its thousands of passengers to military bases for quarantine or return them to their home countries. The Grand Princess pulled into the Port of Oakland with more than 3,500 people aboard — 21 con- frmed to be infected with the new virus. Passengers lining the balco- nies waved and some left the cabins where they had been in isolation to go onto deck as the ship entered the port near San Francisco. As it pulled under the Golden Gate Bridge, passenger Karen Schwartz Dever said “everyone was hollering Patient’s family members were not told to self-quarantine, lawyer says Stunning fall fans recession talk; Trump to roll out economic plan Cheering cruise ship passengers return to port; quarantine is next ST. LOUIS COUNTY STOCK MARKET NATION Please see FAMILY, Page A4 Please see STOCKS, Page A5 Please see PORT, Page A5 Please see PRIMARY, Page A11
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SERVING THE PUBLIC SINCE 1878 • WINNER OF 19 PULITZER PRIZES
TUESDAY • 03.10.2020 • $2.50
CHRISTIAN GOODEN, [email protected]
A woman leaving Olive Supermarket in University City on Monday wears a mask and gloves as she returns her shopping cart. After the announcement this weekend that the coronavirus has spread to St. Louis County, more people here appear to be taking precautions.
Vol. 142, No. 70 ©2020
POST-DISPATCH WEATHERBIRD ®
1 M
WEATHER
B8
54°/43°PARTLY SUNNY
TODAY
60°/50°MOSTLY CLOUDY
TOMORROW
Safety first
Blues fall short against FloridaSPORTS
Councilwoman seeking answers on rec center • A2
Kim is making Cardinals rotation look like home • B1
Carpenter’s goals: Earn a job, and hit second • B1
BY JACK SUNTRUP
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Missouri voters go to the polls Tuesday in the state’s presidential primary fol-lowing election eve appearances here by one of the two major Democratic contenders and the wife of the other.
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Ver-mont revved up supporters at a packed Stifel Theatre downtown on Monday morning, imploring them to “reinvigorate democ-racy” by activating people who have given up on it.
“What our job is is to bring people into the political process so that we can create a govern-ment that works for working families, not just the 1%,” Sand-ers said.
Sanders spoke for about 40 minutes in St. Louis.
Later Monday, former second lady Jill Biden spoke to a room of supporters at the Cheshire hotel, which straddles the boundaries of St. Louis and St. Louis County.
On Tuesday, 68 delegates will be at stake in Missouri: 44 will be awarded based on performance in each congressional district, and the remaining 24 will be ap-portioned based on the state’s popular vote.
As of Monday afternoon, for-mer Vice President Joe Biden had 664 delegates, and Sanders, 573, according to an Associated Press delegate tracker.
Sanders jabbed Biden for vot-ing for the war in Iraq, and for supporting “disastrous” trade agreements and “Wall Street bailouts.” He said he would back Biden, however, if the former vice president wins the Demo-cratic nomination.
Sanders said he would win in November by advocating for an agenda that “works for all of us.” He said the federal government should raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, ensure access to
ANGER AND FEARCOMPANIES, RESIDENTS TAKING PRECAUTIONS
MISSOURI PRIMARY
BIDEN OR SANDERS? VOTERS TO DECIDE
Italy expanding travel restrictions to entire country PAGE A5
Bayer temporarily closing its campus in Creve CoeurPAGE A6
Gov. Parson cancels overseas trade missionPAGE A6
Globalization is here to stay, says Emerson’s CEOPAGE A7
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
COLTER PETERSON, [email protected]
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page provides an update on local coronavirus cases during a news conference Monday at the Office of Emergency Management in Baldwin.
RICHARD DREW, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Trader Gregory Rowe prepares to resume activity on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Trading in futures had been halted after they plummeted early.
NOAH BERGER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Passengers aboard the Grand Princess celebrate as they arrive in Oakland, Calif., on Monday. The cruise ship had maintained a holding pattern off the coast for days.
BY JEREMY KOHLER AND ROBERT PATRICK
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
CLAYTON — Family members of the 20-year-old Ladue woman who tested positive for coronavirus were not told to quarantine themselves, according to their attorney.
In a timeline of events, attorney Neil Bruntrager outlined several calls and texts between the woman’s mother and the St. Louis County health department from Thursday, when the woman first experienced
symptoms, to Saturday, when county officials announced the positive test results at a news conference.
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said Sunday the patient’s im-mediate family had been told re-peatedly since Thursday to quar-antine at their home in Ladue. Page said the father had not followed health department instructions and took his younger daughter to a
THE WASHINGTON POST
The coronavirus outbreak fanned new fears of a worldwide recession on Monday, as well as an all-out oil price war, sending stock markets spi-raling down to new record lows not seen since the 2008 financial crisis.
The Dow Jones industrial average shed 2,014 points, or 7.8%, on Mon-day, the largest decline since the fi-nancial crisis. Stocks fells so sharply that they tripped a so-called “circuit breaker” that halted trading for 15
minutes. Oil prices tumbled 24%, the worst day since the 1991 Gulf War, as the coronavirus weakens demand for fuel, with Saudi Arabia and Rus-sia refusing to scale back production.
The outbreak continues to spread with more than 113,000 cases world-wide. The director of the World Health Organization called the threat of a coronavirus pandemic “very real.”
BY OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
AND DAISY NGUYEN
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif.— The cruise ship forced to idle for days off the coast of California because of a clus-ter of novel coronavirus cases aboard arrived in port Monday as state and U.S. officials prepared to transfer its thousands of passengers to military bases for quarantine or return them to their home countries.
The Grand Princess pulled into
the Port of Oakland with more than 3,500 people aboard — 21 con-firmed to be infected with the new virus. Passengers lining the balco-nies waved and some left the cabins where they had been in isolation to go onto deck as the ship entered the port near San Francisco.
As it pulled under the Golden Gate Bridge, passenger Karen Schwartz Dever said “everyone was hollering
Patient’s family members were not told to self-quarantine, lawyer says
Stunning fall fans recession talk; Trump to roll out economic plan
Cheering cruise ship passengers return to port; quarantine is next
ST. LOUIS COUNTY
STOCK MARKET
NATION
Please see FAMILY, Page A4
Please see STOCKS, Page A5
Please see PORT, Page A5
Please see PRIMARY, Page A11
