Bill Chappell
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Coronavirus: 1,000 Cases Now In U.S. And 'It's Going To Get Worse,' Fauci Says
"I can say we will see more cases, and things will get worse than they are right now," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Coronavirus: New York Creates 'Containment Area' Around Cluster In New Rochelle
The governor is calling on the National Guard to help maintain the containment area, by delivering food and helping to clean public spaces.
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Coronavirus: Sacramento County Gives Up On Automatic 14-Day Quarantines
The California county includes the hospital that treated the first known U.S. case of community spread of COVID-19, which went undiagnosed for days because of problems with the U.S. testing program.
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Coronavirus: Israel Will Require Quarantine For Everyone Entering The Country
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the decision was a difficult one. Israel has reported nearly 40 cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
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Coronavirus: U.S. Has 566 Cases; Stricken Cruise Ship To Dock In California
"U.S. citizens, especially with underlying conditions, should not travel by cruise ship," the State Department says. The U.S. has more than 560 coronavirus cases.
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Coronavirus: Cruise Ship In Limbo Off California After Former Passenger Died
Officials believe a passenger was exposed to the novel coronavirus during a trip from San Francisco to Mexico in the middle of February. The ship just returned from Hawaii.
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Coronavirus: Los Angeles Declares Emergency, And U.S. Reports 80 Cases In 13 States
The move comes after Los Angeles County confirmed six new cases of the coronavirus and seven overall. "This is not a response rooted in panic," says Board of Supervisors chair Kathryn Barger.
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COVID-19: 'We Can Push This Virus Back,' WHO Leader Says Of Coronavirus
As the virus that causes the COVID-19 illness spreads around the world, governments have a chance to "break the chains of transmission," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.
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Coronavirus Update: 'We Are In Unchartered Territory,' WHO Says
"We have never before seen a respiratory pathogen that is capable of community transmission, but which can also be contained with the right measures," WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.
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WHO Says Risk Of COVID-19 Is Now 'Very High At A Global Level'
On Monday, 29 countries reported having cases of the coronavirus disease. It's now been confirmed in nearly 50 nations.