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FILE - In this Thursday, March 19, 2020, file photo, a man stands and looks around on a nearly empty Bourbon Street, usually bustling with tourism and revelers in New Orleans. A month ago, the streets were awash in people and the city was steeped in its most cherished tradition of communal joy: Carnival season was nearing its Mardi Gras climax, with parades rolling, beer flowing and money changing hands at bars and restaurants. Since the coronavirus outbreak, the bars are closed and restaurants struggle with take-out- or delivery-only operations — the ones that stay open. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

FILE - In this Thursday, March 19, 2020, file photo, a man stands and looks around on a nearly empty Bourbon Street, usually bustling with tourism and revelers in New Orleans. A month ago, the streets were awash in people and the city was steeped in its most cherished tradition of communal joy: Carnival season was nearing its Mardi Gras climax, with parades rolling, beer flowing and money changing hands at bars and restaurants. Since the coronavirus outbreak, the bars are cl…

March 21, 2020

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New Orleans' 'Let the good times roll' now 'Wash your hands'
March 21, 2020 6:23 p.m.

New Orleans' 'Let the good times roll' now 'Wash your hands'

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A week ago, revelers jammed bars in the French Quarter and New Orleans' Irish Channel neighborhood ahead of St. Patrick's Day while hotels, taverns and restaurants looked ahead to what is usually a lucrative festival season.