CoronaVirus Updates

TRUMP SENDS LETTER TO NORTH KOREA, RUSSIA SENDS HELP TO ITALY
— Russia is sending equipment and 100 doctors and virologists to Italy, a country that is still facing the worst of the new coronavirus, according to CNN. Italy now has over 53,500 cases and 4,825 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins Dashboard.

— President Trump sent a letter to Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader saying the U.S. would be willing to help North Korea combat the coronavirus, according to the New York Times. North Korea has not reported any COVID-19 cases so far.

— The U.S. has over 26,700 confirmed cases, 340 deaths and 176 recoveries, according to the Johns Hopkins dashboard. In a press conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio called New York City the "epicenter" of the outbreak in the U.S.

SPAIN IS EXTENDING ITS NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN
— Ford, General Motors and Tesla "are being given the go ahead" to make ventilators and other products to help with the coronavirus, according to a tweet that President Trump sent out on Sunday (March 22).

— Spain will extend its nationwide lockdown by 15 days, making the measure last until April 11, according to The Washington Post. Spain has the second-most cases of COVID-19 in Europe, following behind Italy with 28,603 cases. Over 1,750 people have died in Spain and 2,575 have recovered.

— Greece is enacting a nationwide non-essential movement ban starting on Monday, according to CNN. Only people that need to go to work, the supermarket, or to see healthcare providers are allowed to leave their house, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced today. The country has 624 total COVID-19 cases.

CDC Briefing Room: Dr. Nancy Messonnier gives an update on COVID-19. For more info visit www.cdc.gov/COVID19.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.