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Over 200 Americans dead, 14,000 infected as New York City emerges as nation’s epicenter; global deaths surpass 11,000; China claims no new infections for 3rd straight day

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Coronavirus live updates: Worldwide death toll surges past 11,000  Al Jazeera English Italy’s hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus as death toll soars  CBS This Morning ‘Accept it’: 3 states lock down 70 million against the virus  Salt Lake Tribune Italy records its highest death

The strict new directives, in some of the country’s most populous states, were intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Trump says he’s suspending travel from Europe to US, though citizens and others are exempt  CNN

Trump lands in India and feels the love  CNN

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Illinois are joining California in severely restricting residents’ movement.

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Washington Post: US intelligence warned Trump in January and February as he dismissed coronavirus threat  CNN Virus drug touted by President Trump, Elon Musk can kill with just two gram dose  The Mercury News U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned

Washington Post: US intelligence warned Trump in January and February as he dismissed coronavirus threat  CNN U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic  The Washington Post Trump peddles unsubstantiated hope in dark times  CNN Call Trump’s News Conferences