Summary:
- 2nd US death reported in Washington State
- Gottlieb warns US cases likely in 'low thousands'
- BMW tells 150 to quarantine after Munich employee infected
- Jordan reports first two cases
- Death toll in France doubles
- UK total climbs to 40
- OECD warns global growth could fall by half
- Indonesia reports first cases
- "Progress is being made" toward a vaccine
- Cuomo says NY expects more cases
- India confirms 2 more cases
- 'Official' Iran death toll hits 66
- EU confirms 38 deaths across 18 members
- First cases confirmed in Fla.
- 2 Amazon employees test positive in Milan
- Virus now in 7 US states: Washington, California, Illinois, Rhode Island, New York, Florida and Oregon
- San Antonio virus patient re-hospitalized after testing positive
- China warns it could face 'locust invasion'
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Update (0900ET): Here's a funny headline about the G7 emergency coronavirus meeting.
- FRANCE'S FINANCE MIN. LE MAIRE: G7 CORONAVIRUS MEETING IS TO BE HELD BY TELEPHONE TO LIMIT TRAVEL.
The ECB, meanwhile, called off a joint event with the European Commission that was supposed to happen on Tuesday because several participants cancelled because of the outbreak.
In the UK, the total number of cases has climbed to 40.
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Update (0845ET): Echoing the news out of San Antonio, Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma warned Monday morning in the US that one of India's first cases was a passenger who landed in Jaipur from Italy on Feb 29. He was admitted to the isolation ward at a hospital after he showed symptoms of COVID-19 in the screening and at first he tested negative, and he was sent home.
However, a later confirmatory test later showed he was positive.
It just underlines the notion that the most dangerous thing about the novel coronavirus is it's ability to remain undetected for lengths of time.
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Update (0820ET): The French death toll doubled Monday morning when health officials reported 2 new deaths, bringing the total to four.
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Update (0800ET): Former FDA Director Scott Gottlieb, who has been far more vocal than the current FDA director thanks to his regular appearances on CNBC and other cable news channels, warned during an interview on CNBC Monday morning that the public shouldn't trust the administration's rhetoric.
The fact is, things are far from 'okay', Gottlieb said. Now that the government is expanding testing, the US case count will 'grow rapidly'. The public should start stocking up on supplies and preparing for widespread disruptions. Gottlieb warned that the number of cases in the US has probably already reached the 'low thousands'. Hundreds could be confirmed by...