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Tuesday and involves San Francisco, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa and Alameda counties. Seven San Francisco Bay Area counties on Monday ordered their 7 million residents to 'shelter in place' for the next three weeks. 'At this point, not nationwide, but there are some - you know, some places in our nation that are not very affected at all but we may - we may look at certain areas,' he said. President Donald Trump said Monday during a news conference that there are no plans for a nationwide quarantine or curfew. If anyone in a household tests positive for the virus, everyone who lives there should stay home. Titled 'The President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 15 days to slow the spread,' they include advice such as older people should stay home, everyone should should not gather in groups of more than 10 people, schooling should be at home and discretionary travel and social visits should be avoided. The White House issued guidelines Monday for Americans to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were both down about 12%. It was the Dow's worst drop in three decades and the largest point loss in history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2998.9 points Monday to close down nearly 13%. More than 179,000 people have been sickened by COVID-19 worldwide and more than 7,000 have died as of Monday afternoon, according to the Johns Hopkins coronavirus dashboard. The virus has been confirmed in every state except West Virginia. There have been at least 73 deaths in 16 states. have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

'When you look at the projections, there's every chance that we could be Italy.'Īt least 4,200 people in the U.S. We are where Italy was two weeks ago in terms of our numbers,' U.S. 'We are at a critical inflection point in this country, people. More than 32 million children will be out of the classroom for weeks after at least 36 states and New York City and Los Angeles closed schools.īeyond the U.S., borders are closed, flights are canceled and people are being told to stay inside their homes. Officials across the country ordered bars and restaurants to close, shut down beaches and canceled events to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.

The White House later said people should avoid groups of more than 10 people and older people should stay in their homes.

It's just one of the ways the CDC recommends increasing social distancing - a phrase few of us had even heard a few weeks ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said gatherings of 50 people or more should be canceled or postponed throughout the U.S. KHN correspondent Anna Almendrala contributed to this report.Millions of Americans whose lives have already been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic learned Monday that they are now subject to even more restrictions. This time, it took her nearly two days - Monday and Tuesday - to document them because of traffic. That same day, California Healthline’s Heidi de Marco returned to the landmarks she photographed in March. “This is simply the fastest increase California has seen since the beginning of this pandemic,” Newsom said in a press conference Monday, when he announced a major rollback of the state’s reopening process, saying the state’s daily case numbers had doubled in the previous 10 days. Gavin Newsom issued the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the coronavirus, some of Southern California’s most famous landmarks were deserted and few cars traveled the region’s notoriously congested freeways.Įight months later, businesses are open, traffic is back - and COVID-19 cases in the state are surging. On a Monday afternoon in March, four days after Gov. Among them, outdoor dining and drinking at restaurants and breweries will be limited to 50% of capacity, and outdoor gatherings can include only 15 people from no more than three households, including the host’s household. Public health officials there blame the surge on an increase in social gatherings, such as private dinners and sports-watching parties with people from multiple households, and the virus is spreading mostly among adults ages 18 to 29. In a bid to slow the virus, county public health director Barbara Ferrer announced additional restrictions on businesses, effective Friday. It turns out that activities such as strolling along the beach and window-shopping are not the primary way the disease is spreading in Los Angeles County.

Foot traffic had also stepped up, but most pedestrians and shoppers were wearing masks and not gathering in large numbers. The biggest change was the greater number of vehicles on the road.

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