News Briefs for March 16, 2020

•As local governments enact mandatory bar closures amid the spread of the coronavirus, many markets in the U.S. will miss out on the rush of business that accompanies St. Patrick’s Day. Pernod Ricard-owned Jameson Irish whiskey pledged yesterday that it will donate $500,000 to the United States Bartenders Guild to support bartenders across the country as they weather this outbreak. Meanwhile, Campari Group has donated €1 million ($1.12m) to public healthcare institution ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco in Milan, a research and treatment center specializing in contagious and dangerous diseases.

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