- U.S. death toll at 26.
- Trump to meet with Senate leaders about economic stimulus plan.
- Italy expanding coronavirus lockdown to entire country.
- Stocks drop more than 2,000 points.
- Four more Congress members go into self-quarantine.
At least 15 patients have recovered: Six in California, four in Nebraska, two in Illinois, one in Washington, one in Arizona and one in Wisconsin.
Three people in Ohio have tested positive for coronavirus, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said on Monday.
He also declared a state of emergency. All three people are from Cuyahoga County, the governor said.
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), who President Trump last week selected as his newest acting chief of staff, will self-quarantine at his home after learning that he may have come into contact with a person who later tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said.
“Out of an abundance of caution, Meadows received testing which came back negative,” Meadows spokesman Ben Williamson said. “While he’s experiencing zero symptoms, under doctors’ standard precautionary recommendations, he’ll remain at home until the 14 day period expires this Wednesday.”
The Hill:
Louie Gohmert did the opposite. 😡😡😡
No more locker room interviews:
Boston cancels St. Patrick’s Day parade:
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced that the city’s 2020 St. Patrick’s Day parade will be canceled out of abundance of caution over the coronavirus.
“While the risk in Boston remains low, this situation is changing very quickly and we are closely monitoring any local cases. Our top priority is preventing any new cases.”
Italy expands lockdown to entire country:
The Italian government is directing all residents to remain at home and not to travel unless required by their work.
All public gatherings in open air or public places are being banned. Schools in the entire country are to remain closed until April 3.
The decree, which affects all 60 million people living in Italy, will go into effect tomorrow, according to Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
- China reported 19 new confirmed cases and 17 additional deaths as of March 9, according to the country’s National Health Commission.
- This brings the total number of confirmed cases in mainland China to 80,754, with 3,136 deaths in total.
- South Korea confirmed another 131 cases, and three more deaths, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday morning.
Even a broken clock gets it right now and then:
“People you trust, people you probably voted for, have spent weeks minimizing what is clearly a very serious problem. ‘It’s just partisan politics,’ they say. ‘Calm down. In the end this was just like the flu and people die from that every year. Coronavirus will pass. And when it does, we will feel foolish for worrying about it.’ That’s their position. No doubt these people have good intentions as they say, this many of them anyway. They may not know any better. Maybe they’re just not paying attention, or maybe they believe they’re serving some higher cause by shading reality. No one wants to be manipulated by a corrupt media establishment — and it is corrupt. And there’s an election coming up. Best not to say anything that might help the other side. We get it. But they’re wrong. The Chinese coronavirus is a major event… It’s definitely not just the flu.”
FuckerTucker Carlson
