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People wearing face masks walk across the Millennium footbridge backdropped by the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in London, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Starkly illustrating the global east-to-west spread of the new coronavirus, Italy began an extraordinary, sweeping nationwide travel ban on Tuesday while in China, the diminishing threat prompted the president to visit the epicenter and declare: ""We will certainly defeat this epidemic." (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Coronavirus 101: What you need to know about the virus and the latest on the response

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A view of the empty Dacia Arena stadium in Udine, Northern Italy, prior to the Italian Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Fiorentina, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Serie A played on Sunday despite calls from Italy’s sports minister and players’ association president to suspend the games in Italy’s top soccer division. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A view of the empty Juventus stadium, as a measure against coronavirus contagion, prior to the Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Inter, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Serie A played on Sunday despite calls from Italy’s sports minister and players’ association president to suspend the games in Italy’s top soccer division. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Chairs are empty at a cafe in Largo Argentina square amid growing concern about the spread of a new coronavirus in Rome Saturday, March 7, 2020. Italy is taking an almighty hit to its already weak economy from being the focal point of the coronavirus emergency in Europe. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Italy quarantines north in drastic bid to slow virus spread

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 9, 2020. North Korea fired three unidentified projectiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea's military said, two days after the North threatened to take &quot;momentous&quot; action to protest outside condemnation over its earlier live-fire exercises. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires weapons after threatening ‘momentous’ action

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

People walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The Tokyo Olympics are being threatened by a fast-spreading virus that has shut down most schools, sports competitions and Olympic-related events in Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Members of paramedics wearing protective gears are disinfected near their ambulances in Daegu, South Korea, Friday, March 6, 2020. Seoul expressed &quot;extreme regret&quot; Friday over Japan's ordering 14-day quarantines on all visitors from South Korea due to a surge in viral infections and warned of retaliation if Tokyo doesn't withdraw the restrictions. (Kim Hyun-tai/Yonhap via AP)

The Latest: Virus threat prompts cancellation of SXSW

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A South Korean soldier wearing protective gears cleans his goggles to spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus on a street in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 6, 2020. South Korea's premier has criticized Japan's 14-day quarantine on all visitors from South Korea due to its viral outbreak, demanding that Tokyo immediately withdraw the &quot;excessive and irrational measures.&quot; (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Virus cases top 100,000 in 90 countries as markets take dive

By ANGELA CHARLTON and MATT SEDENSKY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2019, file, photo, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, shakes hand with China's President Xi Jinping, right, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi's state visit to Japan has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak affecting both countries, Japan's chief government spokesman said Thursday, March 5, 2020. (Noel Celis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Latest: China’s virus outbreak steady, with 143 new cases

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Pedestrians with protective masks on a street Thursday, March 5, 2020, in Tokyo. The number of infections of the COVID-19 disease spread around the globe. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

World braces for months of trouble as virus pushes west

By Matt Sedensky - Associated Press

Japan Airlines' notice is placed at Gimpo Airport in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 5, 2020. People around the world girded for months of disruptions from the new virus Thursday as its unrelenting spread brought ballooning infections, economic fallout and sweeping containment measures. (Sun Myung-geon/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea, Japan trade travel restrictions in virus row

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

South Korean soldiers wearing protective gears spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 5, 2020. The number of infections of the COVID-19 disease spread around the globe. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

N. Korea’s Kim expresses condolences over virus in S. Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Flight crew wear protective masks as they arrive at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Virus concerns: What to know if you’re planning a trip

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided released on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, by the North Korean government, workers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant on a bus as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a parking lot in Sinuiju, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

The Latest: Australia bans travel from S Korea over virus

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A security official checks the body temperature of a man at a building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Indonesia confirmed its first cases Monday, in two people who contracted the illness from a foreign traveler. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Virus alarms sound worldwide, but China sees crisis ebbing

By Ken Moritsugu and Matt Sedensky - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 2, 2019, file photo, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam. In her first known official statement, Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, leveled diatribes and insults on South Korea for protesting over her country's latest live-fire exercises. Believed to be in her early 30s, Kim Yo Jong is in charge of propaganda affairs and has frequently appeared at her brother’s major public events including summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and other regional leaders. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Kim’s sister’s 1st official remarks hint at elevated status

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a department store in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 2, 2020. South Korea has the world's second-highest cases. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

U.S. death toll climbs to 6 as viral crisis eases in China

Associated Press