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People waiting to be tested for COVID-19 line up with plenty of distance between themselves at Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York, Saturday, March 28, 2020. The hospital is caring for a high number of coronavirus patients in the city. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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NY delays presidential primary; Trump nixes quarantine idea
March 28, 2020 11:53 p.m.

NY delays presidential primary; Trump nixes quarantine idea

NEW YORK (AP) — As coronavirus cases rose in the national epicenter of New York, President Donald Trump surprised governors of the state and neighboring New Jersey and Connecticut by saying Saturday that he might impose a quarantine on their residents before tweeting later in the day that a travel advisory was the way to go.