The novel coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. continues to grow, with clusters in New York, Washington state and California.
Here's the latest on the developing situation. All times eastern. Please refresh this page for updates.President Donald Trump said that while he"would" get tested for coronavirus, he doesn't think it's a"big deal" because he"feels extremely good" and hasn't exhibited any symptoms.
Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee has announced new measures to protect vulnerable residents from coronavirus after an overwhelming majority of deaths in the U.S. have occurred in the state. The man did not have any recent travel outside the country but would travel to and from New York City, Persichilli said.A one-mile containment area has been set up in New Rochelle, New York, due to the cluster of coronavirus infections that have taken place in the city, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.
The CDC hopes to aggregate data from all the labs to start tracking how many Americans have been tested, Redfield said.U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Daniel Abel told lawmakers on Tuesday the risk that the novel coronavirus poses to cargo entering American seaports remains low. The rally comes after financial markets suffered major losses Monday, enough to trigger a rare automatic halt to trading that morning. By closing time, the Dow was down more than 2,000 points, or 7.8%. The S&P 500 slipped 6.63% and the Nasdaq fell 7.29%.The United Nations announced Tuesday that it will close its New York City headquarters to the general public and will limit the number of staff working in the complex amid coronavirus fears.The changes will take effect at 8 p.m.
The airline said in a statement that it will reduce its domestic capacity in April by 7.5% versus the current schedule. The airline said it will also undertake cost reduction initiatives, including instituting a company-wide hiring freeze, offering voluntary leave options, parking aircraft and evaluating early retirements of older aircraft.
JetBlue said in a statement that it will decrease capacity by 5%"in the near term," citing a fall in demand due to COVID-19. The airline said it will take additional measures"aimed at preserving cash," including a reduction in hiring. The company is also considering voluntary time-off programs.U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams warned that Americans should be prepared for a large-scale outbreak of the novel coronavirus on home soil.
This undated file photo provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the agency's laboratory test kit for the novel coronavirus.The surgeon general said the test for the novel coronavirus put out by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a much higher quality test than others around the world, although he did admit"there were problems scaling up." The CDC expects to have sent out four million tests by the end of the week, according to Adams.
Passengers look out as the Grand Princess cruise ship docks at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California, on March 9, 2020. In this file photo taken on Feb. 29, 2020, a paramedic walks out of a tent that was set up in front of the emergency ward of the Cremona hospital in northern Italy.The 38-year-old man, who has become known in Italy as Patient No. 1, began breathing on his own on Monday with only a small amount of oxygen assistance at a hospital in Pavia, a town in the virus-hit Lombardy region in northern Italy. He was subsequently transferred out of the ICU to a sub-ICU unit, Dr.
An almost empty British Airways passenger plane flies from Milan to London on March 5, 2020, in Milan, Italy. Confturismo-Confcommercio, a business group, estimated Italy's tourism sector would suffer 7.4 billion euros in losses in the next three months, due to the coronavirus outbreak and the measures to halt its spread. The country has recently taken dramatic measures to contain the virus, closing schools nationwide and forcing sporting events to play before empty stadiums.The U.K.
People work at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 6, 2020.At least 755 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in 36 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, and 26 of them have died. Georgia has 17 confirmed infections so far, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
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