Constellation Brands, the U.S. distributor of Corona beer, can stop worrying about reported customer confusion between the novel coronavirus pandemic and its Mexican lager with a similar name. Grupo Modelo, which produces Corona and other beers in Mexico, announced that it will halt production in accordance with a government order to suspend all nonessential businesses in the country.

Corona — the beer — made headlines in late February, when a phone survey conducted by a public relations firm purported to