Summary:
- WHO declares Covid-19 is a pandemic
- LA confirms first death
- Seattle schools close for two weeks
- Italy closes stores
- MGM says guest at Vegas’s ‘The Mirage’ tested positive
- Denmark closes schools, will send ‘non-critical’ public employees home to work
- New Jersey case total climbs to 23
- Juve player Daniele Rugani
- DC Mayor declares public health emergency
- Congressional doctor says up to
- Cuomo confirms 39 new cases in NY, raising total to 212
- First death in Indonesia
- Confirmed cases in France top 2,000
- Washington State to ban events over 200
- Details of cruiseline industry’s ‘health and safety proposal’ leak
- ‘Waffle House’ employee in Atlanta confirmed
- UK reports 7th death
- Chicago cancels St. Paddy’s Day parade
- NY sends in National Guard
- IADB cancels meeting in Colombia as virus spreads across Latin America
- Mnuchin says first part of virus stimulus plan will be ready in 2 days
- Dr. Fauci warns virus 10x more deadly than flu and could infect millions if not handled early
- FEMA evacuates Atlanta office over coronavirus scare
- 3 Boeing workers test positie
- Washington DC advises cancellation or postponement of all gatherings with more than 1,000 people
- Harvard to prorate room and board for students
- US cases surpass 1,000
- UK Health Minister catches virus
- Ireland, Bulgaria, Sweden report first deaths
- Connecticut declares state of emergency
- UK total hits 456 following largest daily jump on record (83 new cases)
- Global cases pass 120,000
- South Korea reports new outbreak in call center
- Japan reportedly planning to declare state of emergency
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Update (1820ET): Juventus, a football club based in Turin, a city in Piedmont situated just outside Italy’s initial exclusion zone, just confirmed that center-back Daniele Rugani has tested positive for the coronavirus.