Bars and restaurants close as New Yorkers can't stop partying

Nightlife crowds remain large even as US coronavirus cases climb

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Twitter user @4danlopez on Saturday morning tweeted a photo of long lines outside a New York bar despite confirmed coronavirus cases piling up in the state. 

MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- New York is shutting down the city's nightlife as partygoers could not stay home voluntarily.

On Saturday morning, a photo of lines outside a New York bar posted by Daniel Lopez of ABC News spread rapidly on Twitter, with the caption saying, "It’s 8 am. Every bar has a line."

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