Photos: A Look Back at the Early Days of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Two Years After
By Jonathan Lloyd and Maggie More ••
On March xi, 2022 -- exactly two years ago Friday -- the Earth Health Organization alleged SARS-COV-2 a global pandemic, changing daily life in Southern California equally we know it.
As a statewide society was issued for roughly twoscore one thousand thousand Californians to stay at home to foreclose the spread of the novel coronavirus, things started to look dissimilar.
Freeways commonly clogged with cars flowed freely. Baseball stadiums were empty of auspicious fans. Flick theater marquees displayed public wellness recommendations and letters of back up instead of lists of the latest flick. Fifty-fifty LAX became a ghost town.
Ii years later, things aren't quite the "normal" nosotros knew before, but they're unlike again from the first quiet days before social distancing, vaccines and boosters.
Whorl downward for a expect back at the primeval days of the COVID-nineteen pandemic, two years later.
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Getty A giant T-Rex wearing a protective mask sends a coronavirus bulletin to a mostly empty intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Getty People hike on a trail in Los Angeles on May 7, 2020, amongst the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Getty The Santa Monica Pier and Ferris Wheel at sunset during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic on April 22, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Araya Diaz/Getty Images)
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Getty An aerial view of beach-goers enjoying warm summer-like conditions amid state and city social distancing regulations mandated by Gov. Newsom at the airtight Huntington Beach pier in Huntington Beach, CA, on Apr 22, 2020.Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Getty Signs are placed on pedestrian crossings in Beverly Hills during the COVID-19 lockdown on April 22, 2022 in Beverly Hills. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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Getty People walk past graffiti of Prince Harry wearing a hoodie reading "Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands," on April seven, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo past ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
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Getty A store displays a safety precaution sign during the COVID-xix pandemic on Apr xiv, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)
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Getty A view of a almost empty Tom Bradley terminal during the coronavirus pandemic at Los Angeles International Airport on Apr fourteen, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Photo by JB Lacroix/Getty Images)
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Getty Traveler wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) suits and face mask is seen arriving at Tom Bradley terminal during the coronavirus pandemic at Los Angeles International Drome on Apr 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by JB Lacroix/Getty Images)
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Getty Travelers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) suits and face masks are seen at a self check-in kiosk during the coronavirus pandemic at Los Angeles International Airport on April 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by JB Lacroix/Getty Images)
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LAX A view of a hallway at LAX during the March 2022 coronavirus pandemic.
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LAX A view of a nearly empty hallway at LAX during the March 2022 coronavirus pandemic.
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Getty A view of the new pickup/driblet off area for ride share and taxi LAX-it, deserted at Tom Bradley terminal during the coronavirus pandemic at Los Angeles International Airport on April 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by JB Lacroix/Getty Images)
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Getty The Griffith Park Observatory is shut down with caution tape on Globe Day during the coronavirus Covid-xix pandemic on Apr 22, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Araya Diaz/Getty Images)
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Getty A general view of Universal Studios Hollywood after the 'Safer at Domicile' emergency lodge was issued by Fifty.A. authorities amid the ongoing threat of the coronavirus outbreak on March 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The World Health Organization declared coronavirus (COVID-xix) a global pandemic on March 11th. (Photo past AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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Getty The Hollywood Bowl is shut downwards on Earth Day during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic on April 22, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images)
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Getty A homo runs by the Sierra Madre Theatre equally the marquee reads This is just Intermission as the theater is closed due to the Coronavirus Pandemic on Tuesday, April xiv, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
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Getty Alive music venue The Staples Center which remains closed In Los Angeles due to restrictive Coronavirus measures on April 08, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo past Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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A man walks past the Greenheart Yoga & Meditation Center with a sign in the window reading This Too Shall Past along Huntington Drive in San Marino on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (Photograph by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
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Getty A human rides his bicycle past a mural reading "Stay Home / Life Is Beautiful" during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on April 3, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN Brook/AFP via Getty Images)
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Photo past Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills is void of vehicles and groups of people, the day after California Gov. Gavin Newsom directed all Californians to stay at domicile and maintain prophylactic distances from each other amid Coronavirus worldwide outbreak, March 20, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photograph by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)
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Getty A view of Rodeo Bulldoze during the COVID-19 lockdown on April 22, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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An empty tour motorbus is seen on March xiii, 2022 in Hollywood, California.
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Getty View of an empty Hollywood Blvd at noon on April 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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Getty An aeriform view shows a message of promise equally coronavirus infections accelerate on April 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by David McNew/Getty Images)
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Getty Live music venue The Mayan which remains closed In Los Angeles due to restrictive Coronavirus measures on April 08, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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Getty LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 03: A few cars head south on the 110 Freeway towards downtown at rush hour during the Coronavirus Pandemic in Los Angeles on Friday, April 03, 2020. (Photograph by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Getty LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 1: Extremely calorie-free traffic for the region is seen in an aeriform view of the 10 and 110 freeway interchange on Apr i, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Photo past David McNew/Getty Images)
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Getty A message of gratitude for medical workers is displayed on the gate of a house in Culver Urban center, California, on April 2, 2020. (Photograph by Chris DELMAS / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Getty A adult female wears a face mask while riding a Los Angeles Metro Runway train among the coronavirus pandemic on Apr i, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Getty Aerial view of lite traffic at the interchange of the 210, 134 and 110 freeways on March 30, 2022 in Pasadena, California. City officials accept implored Southern Californians to practice social distancing and stay to home every bit much every bit possible. Pasadena'south Rose Basin expanse, which is used past soccer teams, runners, walkers and cyclists, was shut downward by law yesterday to interruption up crowds that could spread the virus that causes COVID-19. Health experts warn that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic could come to its start elevation in this region in April. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
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Traffic is light on Due east First Street afterwards the new restrictions went into effect at midnight as the coronavirus pandemic spreads on March twenty, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by David McNew/Getty Images)
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Jessica Prah Skywriters evangelize messages of thanks and hope over Los Angeles Friday April 3, 2020.
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People expect in line to buy food at a grocery shop in Koreatown, Los Angeles, on March 21, 2020. (Photo by Apu GOMES / AFP) (Photo by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)
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Customers do social distancing in line outside Trader Joe'southward in Pasadena on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (Photo past Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Grouping/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
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Getty Beds are set in a soon to be opened emergency shelter for the homeless in a recreation center every bit the coronavirus spread continues on March 23, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo past Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Getty Stationed rental cars are parked in a lot at Dodger Stadium amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 2, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Photo past Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Getty A father and son play baseball in front end of The Forum in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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Getty Images An aeriform view as a lone jogger goes downwardly the beach near the shuttered Santa Monica pier. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Getty An empty Santa Monica Pier is seen in Santa Monica, California on March 23, 2020, equally people are encouraged to stay at home to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. (Photo by Robyn Brook / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
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Getty The Strand walking path and beach of Hermosa Beach are closed in an effort to prevent crowds and gatherings of people in the south bay town and slow the spread of the coronavirus, March 28, 2020. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Getty Images Aerial views of Dodger Stadium the day before opening day that was postponed due to the Covid 19 pandemic. (Photograph by Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Getty Images Aerial views of the Santa Monica Pier that is closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Getty A general view of the Autry Museum of the American West at Griffith Park after the 'Safer at Home' emergency society was issued past L.A. authorities among the ongoing threat of the coronavirus outbreak on March 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The World Health System alleged coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic on March 11th. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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Getty An aerial view of downtown Los Angeles, California during evening rush 60 minutes, March 26, 2020. – The U.s.a. now has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the globe, co-ordinate to information gathered both by Johns Hopkins University and The New York Times. (Photograph by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN Brook/AFP via Getty Images)
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Getty A general view of Pink'due south Hotdogs in Hollywood afterward the 'Safer at Domicile' emergency society was issued by L.A. authorities amid the ongoing threat of the coronavirus outbreak on March 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The Globe Wellness Organization declared coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic on March 11th. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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Getty A police SUV is seen blocking the enterance to Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California on March 23, 2020, as people are encouraged to stay at abode to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN Brook/AFP via Getty Images)
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Getty The shuttered Palace Theatre still advertises a concert for March 8 on the marquee equally the coronavirus pandemic continues on March 23, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Governor Gavin Newsom issued a 'stay at home' order for California's forty million residents in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Photo past Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Schools basis stand up empty at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex before the new restrictions went into effect at midnight as the the coronavirus pandemic spreads on March 19, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by David McNew/Getty Images)
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Getty Images The playground at Lincoln Park is closed during the novel coronavirus outbreak in Los Angeles on March 21, 2020. (Photo past Apu GOMES / AFP) (Photo past APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)
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A homeless man walks by a airtight theater in Downtown Los Angeles, on March 21, 2020, during the novel coronavirus (COVID-nineteen) outbreak. (Photo by Apu GOMES / AFP) (Photo by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)
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Non-essential businesses are airtight in Downtown Los Angeles, California, on March 21, 2022 during the coronavirus emergency. (Photograph by Brent Combs/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images A view of Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, the day after California Gov. Gavin Newsom directed all Californians to stay at home and maintain prophylactic distances from each other among Coronavirus worldwide outbreak, March 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)
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Staples Eye and downtown high-rise buildings are seen afterward the new restrictions went into effect at midnight equally the coronavirus pandemic spreads on March 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by David McNew/Getty Images)
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Getty A shuttered picture palace displays the message 'Go on Calm' on the marquee on March xviii, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photograph by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 17: People gather on Santa Monica embankment on March 17, 2022 in Santa Monica, California. (Photograph by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 17: A sign marks the stop of the historic Route 66 highway at the shuttered Santa Monica Pier, a pop tourist destination, on March 17, 2022 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 17: An American flag flies above the roller coaster at the shuttered Santa Monica Pier, a popular tourist destination, on March 17, 2022 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 17: Lights polish at the closed Santa Monica Pier entertainment park, a popular tourist destination on Santa Monica beach, on March 17, 2022 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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An electronic sign reads 'COVID-xix Less Is More Avert Gatherings' forth the I-x Superhighway on March 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
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Getty Images LONG Embankment, CA – MARCH 17: A virtual ghost boondocks at California State University of Long Beach, which appear it will extend its closer through the finish of the semester during this coronavirus pandemic in Long Beach on Tuesday, March17, 2020. (Photo by Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images)
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GARDENA, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 17: School buses are parked in a lot, idled by the closing of schools in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak, on March 17, 2022 in Gardena, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Mario Tama/Getty Images Worshippers nourish Sun Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on March 15, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez'southward recommendations for limiting the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) among the faithful include limiting Mass attendance to 250 people, which follows California public health guidelines, and maintaining 'social distancing' during Mass. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Getty A traveller has questions answered at an information booth abreast a reminder non to shake hands over Coronavirus concerns at Los Angeles International Airport on March 12, 2022 ane day before a US flight travel ban hits 26 European countries among ongoing precautions over the Coronavirus. (Photo past Frederic J. Chocolate-brown / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Empty betting windows as horse racing runs without any fans only credential media and personnel licensed by the California Equus caballus Racing Board at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Saturday, March 14, 2020.The races were held without spectators due to Coronavirus precautions. (Photo past Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Grouping/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
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The marquee of the shuttered Pantages Theater announces the musical "Hamilton", March xv, 2022 in Hollywood, California.
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Half dozen Flags Magic Mountain is closed every bit the coronavirus continues to spread across the The states on March fourteen, 2022 in Valencia, California.
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A Caltrans Changeable Message Sign (CMS) warns motorists on the Interstate 10 pike to wash your hands every bit the threat of Coronavirus disease (COVID-xix) increases throughout the nation, on March fifteen, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris DELMAS / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Jason Steiner Empty shelves are pictured at a downtown Los Angeles Whole Foods.
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Jason Steiner Empty shelves are pictured at a downtown Los Angeles Whole Foods.
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Jason Steiner Empty shelves are pictured at a downtown Los Angeles Whole Foods.
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Jason Steiner Empty shelves are pictured at a downtown Los Angeles Whole Foods.
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Getty Disneyland guests walk past the Sleeping Dazzler Castle while visiting Disneyland among rain showers in Anaheim, Calif., on March 12, 2020. Disneyland will temporary close the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim in response to the expanding threat posed by the Coronavirus Pandemic. The closure takes consequence Saturday and lasts through the terminate of March. Disneyland and Disney California Take chances will shut Sabbatum morning through the stop of the month in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom and state health officials recommendation that gatherings of 250 or more people be canceled across the state, company officials said. (Photograph by Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Scott Varley/MediaNews Group/Torrance Daily Breeze via Getty Images The Long Embankment State and Cal Poly women'southward basketball game teams play in an empty Walter Pyramid in the Big West tournament in Long Beach on Tuesday, March ten, 2020. Fears over the coronavirus take forced tournament organizers to ban fans from the games this week. (Photo by Scott Varley/MediaNews Grouping/Torrance Daily Breeze via Getty Images)
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Scott Varley/MediaNews Grouping/Torrance Daily Breeze via Getty Images Long Beach State guard Shanaijah Davison #21 shoots the ball in what would normally be the student auspicious department in an empty Walter Pyramid in the Big Due west tournament in Long Beach on Tuesday, March ten, 2020. Fears over the coronavirus have forced tournament organizers to ban fans from the games this week. (Photograph by Scott Varley/MediaNews Group/Torrance Daily Cakewalk via Getty Images)
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Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Carnival Corp. Panorama prowl ship sits docked in Long Embankment, California, U.S., on Sat, March, 7, 2020. The Panorama was cleared to sail early Sun after officials delayed its debarkation procedure while a passenger was tested for the coronavirus, which came back negative. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Getty A Disneyland guest uses a new hand sanitizing station inside the Alien Pizza Planet earlier ordering food while visiting Disneyland amid pelting showers in Anaheim, Calif., on March 12, 2020. Disneyland volition temporary close the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim in response to the expanding threat posed past the Coronavirus Pandemic. (Photo by Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Getty Images A student wears a confront mask to protect against the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) every bit he leaves the campus of the UCLA college in Westwood, California on March 6, 2020. – Three UCLA students are currently being tested for the COVID-19 (coronavirus) by the LA Departement of Public Health, according to the UCLA Chancellor Factor Block. (Photo past Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo by Marker RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)
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They athletic field is empty at Hollywood High School Fri, March thirteen, 2020, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Los Angeles public schools are scheduled to temporarily close on Mon. The outbreak has already temporarily closed schools in states including Ohio, Maryland, Michigan, Virginia, Oregon and New United mexican states. Cities including, San Francisco, San Diego, Houston, Seattle, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., besides announced public schools would shut down.(AP Photograph/Mark J. Terrill)
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A human studies on the San Diego State University campus Thursday, March 12, 2020, in San Diego. All classes at San Diego Land are scheduled to transition to online courses subsequently March thirteen, joining other universities taking measures to effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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USC has shifted all undergraduate classes to online-classes until April 14th. Students are existence told to evacuate on-campus housing. (Photo past Michael Tseng/NBC)
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A waiter stands at a restaurant in Monterey Park, Calif., Thursday, March 12, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some information technology can crusade more than severe illness. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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Unionized hospitality workers utilise for unemployment benefits at the Hospitality Grooming Academy Friday, March thirteen, 2020, in Los Angeles. Fearing a widespread health crunch, Californians moved broadly Friday to go far forepart of the spread of the coronavirus, shuttering schools that brainwash hundreds of thousands of students, urging the true-blue to spotter religious services online and postponing or scratching only about any issue that could concenter a big crowd. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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A shopper walks past empty shelves ordinarily stocked with soaps, sanitizers, paper towels, and toilet newspaper at a Smart & Last grocery store, March seven, 2022 in Glendale, California. (Photograph by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
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The coronavirus panic has acquired an empty aisle of fruits and other produce at Trader Joes. (Photo by Michael Duarte/NBC)
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NBCLA Exist prepared to have your temperature checked if you desire to consume at Sichuan Impression in Orange County or at one of its sister restaurants in Alhambra and West Los Angeles. The restaurant possessor began checking customers' temperatures at the door with a manus-held infrared thermometer in late Jan as a response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Getty Los Angeles Canton Public Health director Barbara Ferrer speaks at a press conference on the novel COVID-19 (coronavirus), March half-dozen, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The department has conducted daily briefings at noon to provide coronavirus updates. (Photo by Robyn Brook / AFP) (Photograph by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
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AP Photograph/Damian Dovarganes People try to stay warm as they face the elements inside a homeless encampment flooded under a rainstorm across the Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles, Th, March 12, 2020. Experts say that the homeless, who often have health and substance-abuse problems, are exposed to the elements and practice not have easy admission to hygiene, are more vulnerable to the coronavirus. Some cities are making provisions, so the homeless who contract the virus accept a place to recover without spreading the infection farther. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Hundreds of shoppers await in line in the rain to enter a Costco Wholesale store on March xiv, 2022 in Glendale, California.
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A human wearing a mask walks past a dinosaur atop the Ripley'due south Believe It or Not Odditorium wearing a face mask next to a sign encouraging people to launder their hands in Hollywood on April nineteen, 2020, amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Photograph by Apu GOMES / AFP) (Photograph by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)
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