Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has recommended Sunday that elderly and vulnerable Americans limit their exposure to travel and large crowds due to the coronavirus outbreak.
There are more than 100,000 confirmed cases around the world, according to the World Health Organization. Some countries are taking dramatic steps in hope of stopping the virus' spread; in Italy, millions are on lockdown in the Lombardy region.
Federal and local governments and health agencies are scrambling to understand the virus' spread in the U.S. and take measures to stop it. Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md., said on"Meet the Press":"The governors are really on the front lines. I think there's been pretty good cooperation at the federal, state and local level, but this thing is escalating so rapidly that information is changing, not only on a daily basis, but almost on an hourly basis.
"Early on, there were some missteps with regard to the test and some technical aspects to it. But right now, I believe, 1.1 million tests have already been sent out. By Monday, there'll be an additional 400,000. And by the end of next week, probably around 4 million," he said. Even so, he added that while"we're getting a better sense" of the scope of the outbreak"as the days go by,""unfortunately that better sense is not encouraging, because we're seeing community spread," which is when the virus spreads locally instead of only to people with exposure abroad.
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