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There is currently no coronavirus vaccine and—despite being widely known to be most dangerous in the elderly community—the virus has sparked widespread fear in the U.S. after devastating countries like China, Iran and Italy.

On Monday, several counties in the California Bay Area announced shelter in place order that will begin to be enforced at midnight and affect about seven million residents.

Texas recorded its first known coronavirus related death in the Houston Metro area on Sunday. The state has already seen 85 cases of the virus.

Stores around the U.S. and the globe are taking extra steps to help the elderly population who are the most vulnerable to severe or fatal infection from the coronavirus.

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The first-ever clinical trial on a quest for a coronavirus vaccine began Monday as the first injections were administered at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. 

As coronavirus sweeps across the world, with over 179,073 recorded cases to date, many are wondering if shots to prevent pneumonia will be effective in fighting off COVID-19. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Monday that one of their employees has contracted coronavirus.

There have been at least 64 deaths in the U.S., and over 3,700 confirmed illnesses.

There have been at least 68 COVID-19 related deaths in the U.S.

WHO chief Tedros called COVID-19 the "defining global health crisis of our time."

A German company working on a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus denied reports Monday that the U.S. government was angling to acquire it, while German officials sought to ease tensions fueled by the story by insisting the firm would stay in the country.

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In the U.S., at least 49 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, tallying over 4,660 illnesses and 85 deaths.

A man was taken into custody after he walked into a Las Vegas Walmart on Sunday wearing a hazmat suit and sprayed an unknown liquid on numerous items throughout the store amid coronavirus fears, police said.

A 78-year-old member of the Iranian clerical body that chooses the country's supreme leader has died from the illness caused by the new coronavirus, news agencies reported Monday. He was the latest of several senior Iranian officials to have been infected in the worsening outbreak.

The Peace Corps announced on Sunday it was temporarily suspending all operations and evacuating its thousands of volunteers located in roughly 60 countries around the globe. 

A Colorado nurse says her bout of coronavirus started with the “sniffles” — but soon involved nightmarish symptoms that were “nothing” like what she expected, according to a report.

Emergency room doctors working to help treat the infected amid the vast spreading coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. are now in critical condition as a result of the virus, according to a statement from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) on Saturday.

Federal, state and local governments, in the past 72 hours, have taken unprecedented steps to try and slow the coronavirus’ spread, and bolster small businesses, first-responders and hospitals that prepare for an influx of patients exhibiting symptoms.