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The novel coronavirus, now named COVID-19, was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. It is the sixth pandemic named in about a century. So when does a disease become a pandemic, and what does the designation mean for governments and markets? CNBC's Tom Chitty explains.

"I would hope within a few weeks we may be able to make an announcement to you all that we've given the first shot to the first person," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said.

The Federal Reserve intervened in financial markets for the second day in a row.

A top U.S. health official said the country is "not really geared" to conduct the amount of testing for the coronavirus that will be required as the virus continues to spread across the nation.

Dimon was released one week after he underwent emergency heart surgery.

Trump's European travel ban because of the coronavirus sparked a surge in demand for U.S.-bound flights.

Cuban said on "Halftime Report" that the market has not "hit a level that is really out of line."

Norwegian Air will scrap 4,000 flights and temporarily lay off around half its employees due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the company said on Thursday.

President Trump said that markets will be "just fine" as U.S. stocks sold off in yet another dramatic session fueled by worries over the coronavirus outbreak and the administration's response to it.

Tesla was in the beginning stages of building a factory in Brandenburg, outside of Berlin, with hopes to deliver vehicles made there starting in 2021.

Stocks of the nation's homebuilders are tanking, on pace for their worst day since December 1, 2008, when the subprime mortgage crisis brought the whole housing market to its knees.

Oil has lost half of its value this year as crude gets hit from both the supply and demand side.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is self-isolating at home while his wife, Sophie Gregoire, awaits the results of a test for COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, a spokesperson said Thursday.

"They know nothing. We know more than they do, and that's not acceptable either," CNBC's Jim Cramer said.

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Thursday that he believes the government is debating some big options to tackle the economic and financial markets crisis arising from the coronavirus pandemic.

"A Quiet Place Part II" is the latest Hollywood film to push its global box office release amid the growing coronavirus pandemic.

The coronavirus has begun appearing at Wall Street firms in the past week.

The coronavirus outbreak spurring the NBA to suspend the season indefinitely could mean bad news on top of already bad news for sporting goods companies like Nike.

Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel said on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" that the federal government should backstop lines of credit for companies.

Low interest rates could give the homebuilding stocks a boost as they fall alongside the broader market, says Craig Johnson, senior technical research analyst at Piper Sandler.