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CDC 'Vaccine Expert' On Coronavirus Outbreak In The U.S.

5:03pm March 05, 2020

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, about confronting the U.S. coronavirus outbreak.

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Students sit for an exam in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday. In the nation's capital, New Delhi, all primary schools have been ordered closed until March 31 because of coronavirus concerns.

As Schools Close Because Of Coronavirus, Nearly 300 Million Kids Aren't In Class

4:54pm March 05, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

According to the United Nations, almost two dozen countries on three continents have closed schools because of the virus. China by far has the most students affected: more than 233 million.

Cruise Ship Kept In Coronavirus Quarantine Off California Coast

4:24pm March 05, 2020

by Eric Westervelt

A cruise ship traveling from Hawaii is being kept off the California coast until sick passengers and crew can be tested for coronavirus. A previous passenger of the ship has died of COVID-19.

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Inside A Seattle Lab Now Testing For Coronavirus

4:24pm March 05, 2020

by Jon Hamilton

A lack of testing for coronavirus has hampered the U.S. public health response to the outbreak. But in Washington state, an outbreak hot spot, a university lab can now run 1,000 tests a day.

At least 100 people aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship will be tested for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 after a former passenger died from the disease this week. The ship is seen here in a photo from 2001.

Coronavirus: Cruise Ship In Limbo Off California After A Former Passenger Died

3:56pm March 05, 2020

by Bill Chappell

At least 21 people are showing symptoms of COVID-19 after traveling on the same ship as a passenger who died from the respiratory disease this week. The ship is now returning from Hawaii.

一个武汉人的心声——"我正活在地狱中"

2:57pm March 05, 2020

by 一位武汉的居民

在这个最初出现新型冠装病毒的城市，一个年轻人回首反思政府的响应措施如何永久地改变了她。

Vice President Mike Pence leads a press briefing along with members of the Coronavirus Task Force formed by the White House in response to the outbreak.

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Public Trust In Health Authorities Is Key To Fighting Coronavirus — Is It At Risk?

2:52pm March 05, 2020

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Experts weigh in on the coronavirus response in the U.S. and how some early missteps may have affected public trust.

Amazon is among the companies telling workers in the Seattle area to stay home as the coronavirus outbreak spreads.

Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Tell Seattle Workers To Stay Home

2:05pm March 05, 2020

by Shannon Bond

U.S. companies are trying to limit disruption from the coronavirus outbreak by curtailing travel and telling some employees to work from home. Several major tech firms are among the latest to act.

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State Lab Now Able To Test For Coronavirus

12:52pm March 05, 2020

by Bethany Chafin

State health officials are preparing for the spread of coronavirus after the first case was confirmed on Tuesday.

The Trump administration said Wednesday that inspectors will be dispatched to determine whether staff at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., followed infection-control rules in the weeks leading up to deaths of residents there from COVID-19.

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Trump Administration Announces New Scrutiny Of Nursing Homes

11:39am March 05, 2020

by Jordan Rau

Health inspectors are to be "hyperfocused on infection control right now," officials say, as they suss out what allowed COVID-19 to spread in a Kirkland, Wash., nursing home.