Mayor Van Johnson announces, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in Savannah, Ga., that St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the city have been called off because of concerns involving the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)
March 11, 2020
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March 11, 2020 9 p.m.
Savannah St. Pat's parade scrapped amid virus concerns
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Savannah called off its St. Patrick's Day parade for the first time in nearly a century, bowing Wednesday to the coronavirus outbreak as Georgia's governor requested $100 million in new state funding to combat the threat.