Italy extended its emergency coronavirus measures to the entire country on Monday, putting more than 60 million people on lockdown as it struggles to limit the spread of the virus. It is the worst-hit country outside of China and the first in Europe to put its entire population on lockdown.
The chairman of the American Conservative Union, Matt Schlapp told Laura Ingraham on "The Ingraham Angle" Monday night that "nobody got sick" after a person diagnosed with the coronavirus attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) between Feb. 26 to Feb. 29.
The Grand Princess cruise ship unloaded hundreds of passengers in California on Monday after being idle off the coast since last Thursday with nearly two dozens coronavirus cases on board.
As cases of coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19 soar and the body count escalates globally, there is one country that so far has remained an outlier to fatalities: Germany. As of Monday afternoon, officials had recorded more than 1,175 cases of the disease – but zero deaths.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that Rick Cotton, head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has tested positive for COVID-19.
Officials in Massachusetts said late Sunday that there are 15 new coronavirus cases in the state, including a parent of an elementary school student in the state that will be closed on Monday.
Columbia University has canceled two days of classes this week because a person at the New York City school is under quarantine from the coronavirus, the school announced on Sunday.
The father of Missouri's first coronavirus patient disobeyed quarantine and went to a school dance with his other daughter on Saturday evening, officials said.
France, which has the second largest number of cases in Europe after Italy, is banning events of more than 1,000 people to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
American passengers on the Grand Princess, a cruise ship that has been languishing off the coast of Northern California since Thursday because of the coronavirus, will be transferred to military posts in California, Texas and Georgia to be tested and for a mandatory 14-day quarantine, federal health officials said Sunday during a news conference with Gov. Gavin Newsom.