The death toll attributed to the 2019 novel coronavirus, dubbed COVID-19, continues to rise, with tens of thousands of people sickened and thousands of others killed by the virus, mostly in China.
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Update 1:38 p.m. EST March 1: Italian authorities said Sunday five more people have died from the coronavirus, boosting the death total to 34 since the first case of the virus was reported Feb. 21. According to The Associated Press, the number of people infected in Italy has jumped 40% in 24 hours, with 1,576 cases.
Update 1:04 p.m. EST March 1: Delta Air Lines announced Sunday it will suspend its daily international flights between John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Milan’s Malpensa Airport for two months, the carrier said on its website.
The move, which takes effect early this week, is in response to the U.S. Department of State’s elevated travel advisory, which was raised to Level 4 on Sunday because of the spread of coronavirus cases in northern Italy.
Delta said it last eastbound flight from New York to Milan will depart Monday, while the final flight from Milan to New York will depart Tuesday. Service to and from Milan will resume May 1 and second, respectively, airline officials said.
Delta’s daily flights between Rome and both JFK in New York and Atlanta continue to operate as scheduled.
Update 9:44 a.m. EST March 1: The Rhode Island Department of Health announced the state’s first presumptive positive case of coronavirus Sunday morning, WFXT reported.
Health officials reported the person is in their 40s and had traveled to Italy in mid-February.
Update 8:49 a.m. EST March 1: Fearing the spread of the coronavirus, officials at France’s Louvre Museum decided to close Sunday, The Associated Press reported. More than 2,300 people work at the museum in Paris,
A record 10.2 million people visited the museum during 2019, the BBC reported. During 2018, nearly 75% of the museum’s visitors were foreigners, the network reported.
“We are very worried because we have visitors from everywhere,” Andre Sacristin, a Louvre employee and union representative for its staffers, told the AP. “The risk is very, very, very great. It’s only a question of time,” before one of the workers is diagnosed with the virus.
Update 6:42 a.m. EST March 1: Two dozen emergency workers in Washington state are off the job as they are being monitored for possible exposure to the coronavirus.
Earlier Saturday evening, KIRO-TV was told it was seven fighters but that number climbed to 25, adding two police officers who are being quarantined.
Fire station 21 in Kirkland has a sign up tell people to keep out, including firefighters based there.
Each firefighter is believed to have possibly come in contact with the coronavirus cases at Life Care Center, a nursing facility in Kirkland. There are two confirmed cases of the virus there, and dozens of residents are reporting symptoms that might suggest the illness, health officials said.
Now the situation has resources being stretched thin.
To keep families safe during the public health crisis, KIRO-TV was told the department will be relying on neighboring firefighters should anything huge happen.
“We have excellent relationships with our regional fire departments, and we’re making sure we have all the conversations in place, so if we need assistance from our partners, that can be provided,” said Kellie Stickney, with the city of Kirkland.
The partnerships may soon include Kirkland police.
In downtown Kirkland, coronavirus has been the talk of the town.
“I’m not sure if we know how it’s been transmitted here, but I do hope we can keep it under control,” visitor Casey Dishman said.
Health works have insisted that none of the quarantined emergency workers have shown any symptoms and said it is just a necessary precaution.
This comes two weeks after Kirkland Fire posted job listings for rescuers.
Update 1:12 a.m. EST March 1: Seattle’s KIRO-TV found out Saturday evening that an area U.S. Postal Service employee tested positive for the coronavirus.
A corporate communications spokesperson said that the employee who works at a Seattle network distribution center located in Federal Way, Washington.
The network distribution center is a mail processing plant that distributes USPS marketing mail and package services in piece and bulk form and does not handle letter mail. No mail is delivered from the facility.
The spokesperson said USPS has been consulting with the county health department and was informed that the risk to other employees is low.
KIRO was also told that USPS will continue to follow the recommended strategies from county and federal health officials.
Update 10:45 p.m. EST Feb. 29: Another 35 people stricken with coronavirus have died in China.
The country recorded 573 new virus cases and 35 more deaths in 24 hours through midnight Saturday, according to the National Health Commission.
That raised the total for the country to 2,870 deaths and 79,834 cases.
South Korea is the second hardest-hit country after China.
There were a reported 376 new cases Sunday morning, raising its total to 3,526. Most of those cases are in the city of Daegu and nearby areas.
Update 2:10 p.m. EST Feb. 29: At a news conference Saturday afternoon, President Donald Trump said the coronavirus is “a tough one,” but that a “lot of progress has been made.”
Trump added that additional cases of coronavirus “are likely,” but added that “healthy people should be able to recover.”
“We’ve taken the most aggressive actions to confront the coronavirus,” Trump said.
Trump authorized new restrictions on people who have traveled to Iran, and additional screening of those coming from Italy and South Korea.
Trump and Vice President Mike Pence passed along their condolences to the family of the person in King County, Washington, who became the first person in the United States to die from the virus.
Trump said the woman was a “medically high-risk patient in her late 50s."
"She was a wonderful woman,” Trump said.
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said there was no evidence that the woman’s death was linked to travel.
Trump also issued a plea to politicians and media members to “not do anything to incite a panic.”
Pence, who was put in charge of the coronavirus task by Trump, said travel restrictions to Iran will include any foreign nationals who have visited the country over the past 14 days.
Pence also said the travel advisories to Italy and South Korea have been elevated to level 4.
Update 1:10 p.m. EST Feb. 29: The Washington Department of Health confirmed Saturday the first coronavirus-related death in Washington state, according to a news release.
It is the first confirmed death in the United States.
Health officials said there are new King County cases in addition to the two new cases confirmed Friday evening, KIRO-TV reported.
The department is hosting a news conference at 1 p.m. local time to provide further details.
Update 10:03 p.m. EST Feb. 29: South Korean officials reported 813 new cases of the coronavirus Saturday, bringing its total to 3,150, The New York Times reported. South Korea has the largest number of confirmed cases of the virus outside mainland China, the newspaper reported.
Meanwhile, U.S. military officials said Saturday the spouse of an American soldier infected with the virus also tested positive for it, the Times reported. The U.S. has more than 28,000 personnel in South Korea, the newspaper reported.
The woman had been in self-quarantine since Wednesday after she learned of her husband’s diagnosis, and she was taken to a military hospital, the Times reported.
Update 6:47 p.m. EST Feb. 29: France confirmed 19 additional cases of coronavirus late Friday, The Washington Post reported. That brings the total in the European country to 57, and health officials cautioned an epidemic was now imminent.
“We are preparing for an epidemic,” French Health Minister Olivier Véran said. He added that “we are now moving to stage two. The virus is circulating in our country and we must stop its spread.”
On Friday, France’s Le Monde newspaper, citing airport security officials, said one airport worker who lives in the Val d’Oise region tested positive for the virus, the Post said.
Update 11:20 p.m. EST Feb. 28: Washington state health officials announced two new coronavirus cases Friday night, a woman who had recently traveled to South Korea and a high school student with no known exposure to the disease whose school will be closed and sanitized.
Neither people were seriously ill, authorities said.
The high school student attends Jackson High School in Everett, Washington, said Dr. Chris Spitters of the Snohomish County Health District. The student had not traveled recently, and authorities were unsure how that person contracted the disease.
The other case in Washington was a woman in in King County in her 50s who had recently traveled to South Korea, authorities said. She is also currently quarantined at home.
Update 9:30 p.m. EST Feb. 28: Oregon Governor Kate Brown has confirmed what is believed to be the first case of coronavirus in Oregon.
The patient, who lives in Washington County, had no contact with anyone with the virus and has not traveled.
“The case was not a person under monitoring or a person under investigation. The individual had neither a history of travel to a country where the virus was circulating, nor is believed to have had a close contact with another confirmed case — the two most common sources of exposure,” the Oregon Health Authority said in a statement.
The Lake Oswego School District sent a robocall to parents saying that Forest Hills Elementary will be closed until Wednesday so it can be deep-cleaned by maintenance workers.
Initial testing done in Oregon came back positive. Officials are referring to the case as “presumptive” until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms the results.
Update 4:20 p.m. EST Feb. 28: A 65-year-old resident of Santa Clara County is the second case of community transmission of coronavirus. The patient has no known travel history to areas hit by the outbreak.
The second case, reported by The Washington Post, said that there was no known connection between the latest patient and anyone else diagnosed with the virus.
Update 4:20 p.m. EST Feb. 28: Stocks sank again after another wild day, extending a rout that left Wall Street with its worst week since October 2008. The market clawed back much of its intraday losses in the last 15 minutes of trading. Bond prices soared as investors sought safety, pushing yields to record lows. The stock swoon is being driven by fear that the coronavirus outbreak will derail the global economy.
Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 357 points, or 1.4%, to 25,409. The S&P 500 lost 24 points, or 0.8%, to 2,954. The benchmark index has lost 13% since hitting a record high 10 days ago. The Nasdaq rose 1 point to 8,567.
Update 1:40 p.m. EST Feb. 28: Italian Civil Protection Agency officials said there are 821 cases of coronavirus. Of that number, 412 of the people have shown no symptoms and are in isolation at their homes, CNN reported. The agency also announced 21 people have died. They were in their 70s and 80s with other illnesses, according to CNN.
As for the United States, there are now 62 confirmed cases, the CDC said in a press briefing. Forty-four came from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, three are repatriated from China and the remaining 15 are US-specific cases, CNN reported.
Update 11:21 a.m. EST Feb. 28: The World health organization has announced that there are more than 20 vaccines in development and treatments for coronavirus. They are in clinical trials and officials hope to see results in a few weeks, CNN reported.
The WHO also said that they consider the spread and risk of COVID-19 is at a high level, but have yet to declare it a pandemic. Most cases are being contributed to known contact or clusters and that the virus does not seem to be spreading freely, according to CNN.
Update 10:20 a.m. EST Feb. 28: Mexico has two cases of COVID-19, the country’s assistant health secretary said, according to ABC News.
One case, which is confirmed, is in Mexico City, the other suspected case is in Sinaloa. While the test results haven’t come back in the second yet, officials are treating the patient as if it was positive, ABC News reported.
Both cases are reportedly not serious.
Meanwhile, the illness is spreading in Singapore, as the country now says there are 98 cases, CNN reported.
Update 10 a.m. EST Feb. 28: The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 800 points shortly after the opening bell to start the final day of trading this week, CNBC reported.
The Dow isn’t the only index to feel the effects of the coronavirus. Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both open down.
Update 6:30 a.m. EST Feb 28: South Korea’s number of infected has jumped. Now officials say an additional 571 people have tested positive for Coronavirus, CNN reported. A total of 2,337 cases have been diagnosed, the most outside of mainland China, CNN reported.
Events are being canceled as the virus continues to have a hold on most of the world.
One of the world’s biggest car shows, the Geneva Motor Show, has been canceled because of coronavirus. More than 600,000 people were supposed to attend the event starting on March 2, CNN reported.
The Swiss government has banned any events that have more than 1,000 expected to attend. The ban is in effect until March 15.
Tokyo Disneyland has closed because of the virus. The gates will remain closed for two weeks. Both of Tokyo’s Disney parks, Disneyland and DisneySea, are planned to reopen on March 15, but it could be closed longer, NBC News reported.
Lithuania now has its first confirmed case. The woman, who has mild symptoms, is in isolation at a hospital and her three family members are being monitored, CNN reported.
France has two new infections, bringing its total to 40.
Sub-Saharan Africa has had its first case with a person in Nigeria has tested positive. The person, who is an Italian citizen, traveled from Milan to Lagos earlier this week. Nigeria is Africa’s largest populated country with more than 200 million. Officials are trying to determine who came in contact with the person and are taking measures to make sure it doesn’t spread, The New York Times reported.
Update 12 a.m. EST Feb. 28: The US Navy has ordered the self-quarantine of all ships that have been to countries in the Pacific and to monitor for any symptoms, CNN reported.
But as of the order, there were no signs that anyone on the ships has become infected.
The ships are to remain at sea for 14 days. The quarantine comes after a planned exercise with South Korea was suspended because of the outbreak, CNN reported.
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