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President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials appeared to disregard recommended health guidelines on preventing the spread of respiratory illnesses Friday.

Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen, who died in 2018. Gates is also leaving the board of Berkshire Hathaway.

As of Friday, more than 137,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported, resulting in at least 5,000 deaths.

The addition of the U.K. to the travel restrictions could cause further pain for airlines reeling from the coronavirus's spread.

Tech stocks rose, but Tesla shares sank on Friday after weeks of market turmoil sparked by covid-19 and oil price wars.

President Donald Trump on Friday said he's directed the U.S. Department of Energy to purchase crude oil for the strategic petroleum reserve.

Oil prices jumped more than 5% after President Trump said the Department of Energy would purchase crude for the nation's strategic petroleum reserve.

Pfizer joins a growing number of companies that are mandating that employees remain at home.

Stocks rallied as Wall Street recovered some of the sharp losses suffered in the previous session — the worst since "Black Monday" in 1987.

AMC theaters will be a little less crowded. On Friday, the company announced that it is capping its ticket availability for all showtimes, allowing for only 50% seat capacity.

CNBC Beijing Bureau Chief Eunice Yoon reflects, as both a reporter and a Beijing resident, on what daily life has been like during the COVID-19 outbreak in China.

"More cases are now being reported [in Europe] every day than were reported in China at the height of its epidemic," says WHO's top official.

Shares of Swiss diagnostics and pharmaceutical giant Roche soared 11% after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued emergency authorization for their COVID-19 test.

European stocks closed higher on Friday, but logged major losses for the week.

Trump had said he is "not concerned" about his exposure to a Brazilian press aide who tested positive for the coronavirus, and the White House said there were no plans for the president to get tested.

German flagship carrier Lufthansa said on Friday it is planning to request state aid from several European governments to weather the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.

"The fight against coronavirus in the Islamic Republic of Iran is ongoing, and everybody in the country is engaged in this response," one WHO official says.

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin told CNBC the market sell-off will be short-lived and looks like a compelling investment opportunity.

Trudeau himself is in "good health with no symptoms," according to a statement posted on Twitter by his communications director.

The U.S. should follow Hong Kong's lead and give a cash handout to its citizens amid the coronavirus pandemic, a strategist told CNBC Friday.