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In this image from video, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Senate Television via AP) ** FILE **

Bob Menendez, Patrick Leahy press G20 to fund WHO, IMF and World Bank

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Coronavirus rocks already strained ties between US and China

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 14, 2020, file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows to toward a Japanese flag before delivering his speech at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo. Prime Minister Abe might be the biggest loser if the Tokyo Olympics don't go off as planned in just over four months. Abe has attached himself to the success of the Olympics since pushing hard for Tokyo's selection at an IOC meeting in 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tokyo was picked over Istanbul by billing itself as a “safe pair of hands.&quot; (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Abe could be big loser if Tokyo Olympics canceled, postponed

By STEPHEN WADE and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

A caregiver tests a patient for coronavirus at University Hospitals, Monday, March 16, 2020, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. At this site, there is a capability to test 300 people today. Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals have partnered to provide COVID-19 testing to patients with a doctor's order. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

WHO: Fighting the coronavirus must be ‘everybody’s business’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Global fund launched to raise funds for COVID-19 pandemic

Associated Press

A sole spectator watches a film in a movie theatre in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Effective from today, cinemas in Hungary are restricted to sell a maximum of 99 tickets for a show as the Hungarian government declared a state of emergency in response to the novel coronavirus, and prohibited all indoor events with more than 100 participants and outdoor events attended by more than 500 participants. (Marton Monus/MTI via AP)

Movie theaters, for now, stay open nationwide

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020 file photo, Tom Hanks, left, and Rita Wilson arrive at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The couple have tested positive for the coronavirus, the actor said in a statement Wednesday, March 11. The 63-year-old actor said they will be &quot;tested, observed and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires.&quot; (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson in Australian hospital with new virus

By MOUSSA MOUSSA - Associated Press

A health official checks the body temperature of a government employee in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, March 12, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

What’s Happening: Isolation measures spread, markets dive

Associated Press

Firemen spray disinfectants outside a public market in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The Latest: US advises Americans to reconsider travel abroad

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks in an addresses to the nation from the Oval Office at the White House about the coronavirus Wednesday, March, 11, 2020, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Donald Trump in coronavirus address halts Europe travel, outlines ‘unprecedented’ actions

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this March 6, 2020, file photo, South Korean army soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus at Daegu International Airport in Daegu, South Korea. As cases of the coronavirus surge in Italy, Iran, South Korea, the U.S. and elsewhere, many scientists say it's plain that the world is in the grips of a pandemic — a serious global outbreak. (Kim Joo-sung/Yonhap via AP)

As coronavirus outbreaks multiply, UN declines to declare pandemic

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

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

World Health Organization, WHO, workers prepare coronavirus aid items to be shipped, at a warehouse of the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, March 5, 2020. In an open expanse of desert in Dubai, seven World Health Organization workers are racing to sort, package and send out hundreds of shipments of medical supplies to countries around the world battling a new virus that has spread fast, disrupting life for millions of people globally. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

WHO racing to send supplies to countries as new virus surges

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

A man wearing a mask walks past a billboard depicting lightning in Beijing on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The mushrooming outbreaks in other countries contrasted with optimism in China, where thousands of recovered patients were going home and the number of new infections dropped to the lowest level in more than six weeks. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Virus death rate still uncertain as mild cases are missed

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

Coronavirus and China illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Playing coronavirus politics: China puts Taiwan and world at risk

By David Keene - The Washington Times

South Korean army soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus on a street in Daegu, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. As the worst-hit areas of Asia continued to struggle with a viral epidemic, with hundreds more cases reported Thursday in South Korea and China, worries about infection and containment spread across the globe. (Lee Moo-ryul/Newsis via AP)

In scramble to stop virus, testing raises tough questions

By MIKE STOBBE and ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

Bruce Aylward, Team Lead WHO-China joint mission on COVID-19, speaks to the media about the COVID-19 after returning from China, during a press conference, at the World Health Organization, WHO, headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

How deadly is new coronavirus? It’s still too early to tell

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

Facebook bans ads for products that claim to cure coronavirus

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A health worker wears protective suit at the infectious disease clinic in Zagreb, Croatia, where the first coronavirus case in Croatia is hospitalized, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Croatia confirmed its first case of coronavirus in a man who had been to Milan, the capital of Lombardy, Italy. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

‘Time is everything’: World braces for spread of new virus

By CARLA K. JOHNSON - Associated Press

Workers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus at a market in Bupyeong, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. South Korea reported another large jump in new virus cases Monday a day after the the president called for &quot;unprecedented, powerful&quot; steps to combat the outbreak that is increasingly confounding attempts to stop the spread. (Lee Jong-chul/Newsis via AP)

WHO: Don’t call the COVID-19 crisis a pandemic just yet

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times