the united states sees its first death from coronavirus. that as the number of total cases around the world surges. we'll have the very latest for you. also a shot in the arm for joe biden's presidential campaign as the former vice president wins big in the south carolina primary. what does that mean for super tuesday? clashes on the greek/turkish border after turkey says it will not stop refugees traveling into europe. we have the latest on this crisis. we're live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. hello, everyone. i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom."

thank you for joining us. our top story. we're following the relentless spread of the coronavirus as the numbers keep climbing. cases worldwide have now topped 87,000 with nearly 3,000 deaths. outside of mainland china, the biggest clusters now in south korea, italy and iran. that's prompting the u.s. to expand travel restrictions for iran and heightened travel advisories for italy and south korea. meantime, deaths are being reported for the first time in more countries in the united states, australia and thailand. u.s. president donald trump is urging people not to panic in the wake of the death in the u.s. he spoke on the outbreak saturday doing his best to put a

positive spin on this situation. >> additional cases in the united states are likely. but healthy individuals should be able to fully recover so healthy people if you're healthy you will probably go through a process and you'll be fine. >> our elizabeth cohen now has more on the u.s. death and on concerns about how the virus may be spreading. >> in the united states on saturday, a turning point in the coronavirus outbreak. the first death in the united states. it was a man in his 50s in king county in the state of washington. he had underlying medical conditions. as we've seen in china and else where, this virus is typically deadly for people who are older or for people who have underlying medical conditions or both. the other two cases in the same county in the state of

washington, a nursing home resident. a woman in her 70s. she's now in the hospital in serious condition. also a health care worker. that worker is in their 40s and in the hospital in satisfactory condition. all of these cases are what's called community spread. none of these people had traveled to china or any other coronavirus hot spot. they hadn't known anyone who had traveled to china or anywhere else. it's unknown how they contracted the virus. back to you. more now on south korea, home to the most cases outside of mainland china and that figure has just risen even higher with the number of confirmed cases surging past 3,700 and you're looking at some of the vigorous efforts to try to stop the spread. soldiers are being mobilized to disinfect public places, such as train stations. paula hawn cauncocks is coverin angle. the number of cases keep rising there, paula. what else are you learning?

>> well, natalie, we've just had confirmation of the youngest patient so far. a 45-day-old baby is confirmeded as carrying the coronavirus. the baby is in quarantine at the moment with the family at home. these numbers do continue to rise and, obviously, there is concern at how to contain the spread. around 60% of these confirmed cases still are linked to this one religious group. this is a group that has come under tremendous criticism here in south korea, as well as with authorities themselves. they're starting to fight back this weekend. a bit of a pr offensive from them. spoke to one of the directors this sunday morning and one thing i asked him is how did it take one week to go from making the link to the group and the virus to giving the full list of members names to authorities?

>> translator: we tried as quickly as possible to provide all the information the government has been asking for. our efforts have been delayed, so, unfortunately, we may not have lived up to the expectation of the people but we did our best to provide it as quickly as possible. >> reporting your group to the police for admitting members names and hampering the fight against the virus. he clearly doesn't think you've been transparent. >> translator: on the 25th, our headquarters gave a list of all the members, including domestic and overseas. i'm sure they received this and the kcdc and we also gave a list of all those educated at the centers on the 27th. >> mr. kim, you say your group is transparent but they had to track the members down because they weren't answering phones. this slows things down. this is the accusation that this has slowed down the fight to be

able to stop the spread of this virus. >> translator: within the list, we have those who are currently in the military. those who may be overseas for work and those who have changed their numbers and failed to report it to us and those who were unable to pick up their phone because they were busy. the authorities didn't take that into consideration and thought the members unreachable if they didn't pick up their phone twice. >> and the u.s. has also raised the alert level in south creako in the area particularly hit. the u.s. now says it's a level four, which means that you shouldn't travel to that area. natalie? >> paula hancocks for us there in seoul, thanks so much. now too, the european epicenter of the outbreak and that is italy. cases there have now topped 1,100 and at least 29 people have died. it is causing a hit to the country's tourism industry and officials there have warned of

overcrowding in hospitals. cnn senior international correspondent ben wedemen is in milan in lombardy region which has the highest concentration of people in that country. ben, what is the latest from where you are? >> the country continues to be a little surprised by the continuing increase in the number of cases. the day before yesterday, it was 88 a 888 and now it's 1,128. as you mentioned as the number of cases increase, it's putting increasing pressure on the italian health system. we were at a press conference the other day where senior medical officials in the lombardy region where we are said if this continues it may be a critical shortage of beds in the intensive care units. now, the authorities are extending the so-called red

zones for another week. that's where about 50,000 people live in lock down where the outbreak was most intense in the beginning and also schools in the lombardy and regions are going to be closed for another week. now, of course, we heard vice president mike pence in the white house yesterday advising americans not to travel to the affected regions in italy where we are. american airlines has apparently suspended its flights to milan. now, we've seen several italian politicians calling on people to continue to come to italy. apart from the affected areas, they say the situation is good. no real danger of disease. but certainly what we're seeing here in milan. the prime tourist location in this city and we have been

scouting around all morning for american tourists. just out of curiosity. and i can report to you, natalie, we have not found one. >> i can see that. would you say most people that are residents is beyond the tourist area, are they adhering to the restrictions that have been placed on them? >> well, beyond the, the tourist areas or the red zones? >> where you are. where you normally see tourists. >> there's no restrictions, so to speak, in the sense that people can go wherever they like except for museums, which are closed. universities and schools are also closed. the cathedral behind me today is open for worshippers, although mass is not being held, but there weren't a lot of people inside. and an interesting detail we got

from our producer who went inside is that the basin for holy water that is normally in these churches is empty. perhaps to prevent people from spreading germs. >> that would make sense. all right, ben wedemen, thank you so much from milan. well, the most direct way of getting the coronavirus is close human contact. people in china are taking that seriously, staying away from areas that would normally be bustling with crowds and that is taking a toll as you might imagine on business. cnn's david culver looks at how one company is coping with the reality of the outbreak. >> you are looking at the new normal for many fast food restaurants in china. customers entering this kfc passing through the now standard temperature checks. walking up to a giant screen. they transfer their orders from their smartphones thus avoiding the surface where they type it

in. as soon as they step away, an employee swoops in to disinfect. the goal, keep people from gathering. this as the corporate side to stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus. >> daily crisis meetings since the end of january. >> reporter: we sat down with joey watt. her company runs some of the most popular food brands in china, including kfc, taco bell and pizza hut. >> what's the best way to deal is to stay calm and protect ourselves. >> reporter: that protection continues outside of the restaurants. food delivery also about keeping your space. >> this is what happens here. they leave it there and he tells me i can go and i move in. pick up the food. and head home to heat. as soon as you get your food, you'll notice on top of the receipt is this little card. it has two different types of readings on it.

the temperature reading of the person who prepared your food with their name and the name and temperature of the person who delivered your food. >> certainly shows the complexities they're dealing with there. u.s. vice president pence on saturday spoke with cnn's jake tapper about what americans should expect from the virus and how the white house plans to respond. here he is. >> there will be more cases. >> possibly more deaths? >> it is possible. i mean, the reality that others have explained to me since i took on these duties a few days ago is that for most people that contract the coronavirus, they will recover. they will deal with a respiratory illness and we'll get them treated and for people who have other conditions that

would militate towards a worse outcome. we could have more. we could have more sad news, but the american people should know the risk for the average american remains low. >> be sure to watch jake tapper's entire interview with the vice president later today on cnn's "state of the union" and also speaking with former vice president joe biden on his democratic primary win in south carolina. that airs at 9:00 a.m. u.s. eastern standard time and 2:00 p.m. in london. as i just mentioned, joe biden was the choice for voters in south carolina, but what will voters in texas, california and the other super tuesday states say? we break that all down coming up here on "cnn newsroom." i live alone, but i still do it. right after dinner. definitely after meatloaf. like clockwork. do it! run your dishwasher every night with cascade platinum.

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businessman tom steyer dropped out of the race. pete buttigieg, elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar all finished in the single digits. we have ryan nobles in virginia beach, virginia, with the sanders campaign. let's begin with jessica dean at biden's victory celebration in columbia, south carolina. >> south carolina delivered vice president joe biden a blowout win. his first win in this democratic primary. and while his campaign and even the candidate himself were predicting a win here in the palmetto state, even this exceeds expectations a big win here for vice president joe biden. >> those of you who have been knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign. just days ago the press and the pundits had declared this

candidacy dead. now, thanks to all of you, the heart of the democratic party, we just won and we've won big because of you. >> the campaign is telling us that they think this is going to give them the momentum and the money that they need to really boomerang into super tuesday in just a couple days with all of this energy that they're hoping to be able to consolidate that moderate lane of the democratic party within this process. we'll see how that shakes out. now, south carolina behind them. the biden campaign turns to super tuesday and all the super tuesday states. we'll see joe biden in a number of them in the coming days. in columbia, south carolina, jessica dean, cnn. >> there is no doubt that bernie sanders is ready to move past south carolina. in fact, he didn't spend any time in the palmetto state on saturday instead devoting his time to the important super tuesday contests that are just days away in massachusetts and virginia where he told the crowd

he was ready and willing to put up a big fight in this state and believed they could come away with a victory. >> i want to congratulate joe biden on his victory tonight. and now we head to super tuesday in virginia. >> but there's no doubt that the results in south carolina are going to have an impact on the vote on tuesday. the sanders campaign never expected to win in south carolina, but they did have hope that the margin was going to be lot closer than it turned out to be. in fact, the sanders campaign devoting resources in the closing days of the south carolina primary hoping to make it a little bit closer. it did not turn out that way and it was the big bump that joe biden was looking for. we'll have to see how this turns out because sanders has been able to spend more money and time and they still believe that tuesday is going to be a very strong night for the sanders

campaign. ryan nobles, cnn, virginia beach, virginia. i'm joined by amy pope and associate fellow at the international affairs chatham think tank and adviser under president obama. good to see you. good morning. >> good morning. >> what does joe biden's route in south carolina signify to you? >> look, he needed to win the primary for a number of reasons. right. his showing in the three states before were disappointing to the campaign. and he needed to show people that he was still in the race. that he could still command a significant majority. that he had the support of democrats and most importantly, african-american democrats who have been a crucial vote and where the other candidates have really struggled to win the support. >> right. so, biden came in number one, but as we just heard bernie sanders, a little disappointed that he was that far back.

did that surprise you? >> not really. i mean, this demonstrates when you're looking at particular communities within a democratic party, there are some where bernie has just not performed that well and where biden has sort of the traditional strength and traditional relationships and he really needs to bank on those if he's going to be successful to get the nomination ultimately. i mean, obviously, this is one state, but it was crucial that biden demonstrate that he could really bring in a tremendous amount of support if he is going to continue in the race. you can see the relief when he gave that super charged speech afterward. sanders is riding on a coalition of young, liberal voters energized by rising support of hispanics. biden volts to the top with super tuesday around the corner. which wing right now might prevail? >> oh, my goodness.

that's difficult for anyone to predict i'm sure. but it's a really unusual situation that we're in. we're seeing what, frankly, i think the republicans saw during the republican primary the last time around, right. we have so many candidates in the field representing so many different points of view. and in some ways, the fact that there are so many candidates means that the more traditional candidates are losing support. that they're really fighting for votes. and they're fighting amongst themselves for votes. so, as long as we have such a crowded field, i think it is going to be difficult for any one candidate to move far ahead and that's particularly true for someone like joe biden who, if it were really a bernie/biden contest, i think we'd see a lot more support for biden because right now that part of the field is quite crowded. >> only tom steyer has dropped out since his third place showing in south carolina. of course, we have bloomberg,

the billionaire in the mix, as well, on super tuesday. and still buttigieg, warren and klobuchar are hanging in there. it's not exactly like it's solidifying. it could really be all over the map after super tuesday. >> it could be. and i think bloomberg is a bit of a wildcard here. and that's simply because he has so much money. right. if he really decides that he wants to spend 10% of his fortune on winning the nomination, that is going to be tough for any candidate. and, you know, that distorts the field. so, if people are only seeing commercials from bloomberg and then you have, for example, the biden campaign that is not spending the same amount of money, it really, it creates a dynamic that we really haven't seen before in a primary and i think that's the wildcard here and whether that ultimately siphons votes away from bernie, it's a good bet. >> right. we're on different tracks here. the democratic party, you know,

used to come to some point of unity to be able to pass donald trump. >> right. >> and, of course, the big issue is who can beat trump. moderates in the party must feel emboldened that a moderate came out from south carolina because there's some thinking that if a moderate is a candidate for the democrats, perhaps some nontrumper republicans will cross over. what are your thoughts on that? >> i still look to the midterm elections, which to me are instructive about where the american people as a whole are. and what we saw in the mid-term elections are frustration with the extremism on the right and the left. a move towards the middle. the election of more moderate democrats and traditionally republican districts. so, based on that history, my view is still that the best way forward to beating donald trump is to choose a moderate who can appeal to many more americans,

as oppose to just appeal to particular members of the democratic party. ultimately, this has to be a president who can govern the country, not just govern one party. that's what americans are really looking for. >> well, super tuesday just two days away. we'll be watching, of course. amy, always appreciate your insights. thank you. >> thank you very much. coming up here, the u.s. president is offering aid to other countries as the coronavirus continues to spread. and why the family of a woman jailed in an iranian prison demanding she get tested for the coronavirus. with advil liqui-gels, you have fast-acting power over pain,

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and welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen. this is "cnn newsroom. "we appreciate you tuning in. our top stories for you. clashes broke out on the greek/turkish border after turkey said it will not stop refugees headed to europe. the greek police fired tear gas and some migrants threw rocks because they're not opening their border. turkey cannot handle more refugees amid the latest fighting in northern syria. a surge of coronavirus cases in south korea. 586 were reported in a single day bringing the total there past 3,700 people. 18 people have died from there virus. the country has the largest concentration of cases outside

of mainland china. officials have confirmed the first death from the coronavirus inside the united states. the patient was a man from washington state in his 50s with underlying health conditions. it is not clear how he contracted it. there are now 71 cases of the virus in the u.s. president trump has announced new travel restrictions ramping up efforts to combat the spread of the virus. the u.s. issued do not travel warnings for italy and south korea. and mr. trump expanded the existing travel ban on iran. >> in addition to the existing ban on travel by most iranian nationals, we're banning the travel of anyone who has been to iran in the last 14 days. they're having a very big outbreak. and they say here and now, if we can help the iranians we're

doing certain things for them now. if we can help the iranians, we have the greatest health care professionals in the world. if we can help the iranians with this problem, we are certainly willing to do so. we are willing to help them and all they have to do is ask. >> well, we'll see if they do. let's talk with cnn's raman who is joining us from iran. what can you tell us about the latest situation in iran and whether they're looking to get outside help. >> no, i don't think so. especially they don't have any, i mean, willingness to help from their great state of america, they call it. the health ministry is advising people to minimize the human contact and if they feel any symptoms of coronavirus infections, they can call some specific number they designated

and then advise people to stay at home and take the prescription on the phone from the doctors. but the problem in iran is that the number of the dead 43, the number of the positive are around 600. the ratio is not compatible to anything in italy and south korea. so, it seems that as mike and ryan the head of the w.h.o. have said already is that coronavirus came to iran undetected. undiagnosed in earlier stage. i mean, several weeks before it was known and accepted by the authorities. so, the officials here are warning people. in fact, i can say, so the

numbers can jump over to something more and i think, as observers say, they get used to that. the number of positive could be many thousand more because the ratio between the positive officially announced is not compatible with everything done in italy or south korea, natalie. >> we'll continue to stay in close tabs with you as you follow the situation there. thank you. another story involving iran is this one. a british iranian woman jailed in iran says she believes she has been infected with the coronavirus. in a statement released from her family, na sbrrxanin zaghari-ratcliffe. her husband wants her tested

immediately and is calling on the british government to make it happen. elena joins us now from london with more about this story. you're following the developments closely. tell us more about reaction in the uk to these latest reports of nazanin being infected. >> well, the uk foreign office has urged the iranian authorities to give them more information and allow a doctor to urgently see nazanin zaghari-ratcliffe. she had spoken to her family on saturday she had been feeling ill all week, running nose, cough and shaking at night. as you mentioned, she had not been tested for coronavirus but based on everything she explained to her family and she believes that she has contracted this disease. and she also said on her ward are displaying similar symptoms. now, her husband richard ratcliffe says she believes she contracted this disease at least

in part to what he called a lack of hygiene materials available to prisoners. now, we have put these questions to the iranian authorities, but we have not yet had a response. what we do know is that iran is amid a major outbreak of coronavirus. there have been at least 43 deaths out of nearly 600 cases and even the deputy health minister has tested positive and ngos and human rights organizations are warning and expressing concern that they think this virus may have moved into the prison population. >> what a predicament these ladies are in there. talk about the background to nazanin's case. why are iranians holding her? >> well, she was arrested back in 2016 at tehran's airport when she was trying to fly back to the uk with her young daughter. she is a british iranian dual national and she was visiting her family in iran. now, she was accused of working with organizations trying to

overthrow the regime and she was sentenienenced to five years in pridzen pridz en. these are the charges her and her husband have always denied. her husband lobbied to secure nazanin's release and he had met with boris johnson in january and also when he was the foreign secretary. boris johnson did land himself in a bit of hot water when he was the foreign secretary because he told a parliamentary committee that nazanin zaghari-ratcliffe was in iran to teach journalism and that's something her family and the british government has always denied. this has been a really complex case and this latest development is making it more worrying for her family. >> her predicament is made even worse now. we really feel for the family. thank you. well, president trump says the risk of the coronavirus to

the american people remains very low, however, the centers for disease controls warns it's not a matter of if but when the virus will spread in the united states. cnn's brian todd looks at what you can do to prepare. >> top american health officials say they expect to see more cases of coronavirus in the u.s. they're not sure how much the virus will spread in the u.s., but they say americans' everyday lives could be impacted and they need to prepare for the worse. >> disruption to every day life may be severe. >> reporter: what exactly does that mean? >> canceling mass gatherings and sporting events and working from home as much as possible. >> reporter: and experts say possible school closures, but they stress that may all occur only in certain areas where there could be some community spreading of the virus not all across the country. what can the average american do to prepare or to fend off coronavirus?

experts say some very simple but important steps. >> those include items like washing your hands for 20 seconds. most people do it less than five to ten. including not touching your face. not touching your eyes if you haven't washed your hands recently. >> reporter: fist or elbow bumps experts say are good alternatives to shaking hands while the outbreak is at its height. use knuckles and elbows to touch elevator buttons and door knobs instead of your fingers. stay home if you're sick. what about wearing masks as we see people do so often in asia. experts say americans don't need to wear masks on a wide-spread basis. one reason, they don't always work perfectly. >> that could be more harmful because if it's not fitted right you're going to fumble with it and you're going to be touching your face, which is the number one way you'll get diseases. uncleaned hands touching your face. >> reporter: longer term preparations are being advised to make. experts say think of it like an approaching hurricane. >> having maybe two weeks worth

of food at home in terms of dried goods, frozen goods in case for whatever reason, you know, there were to be some quarantine instituted and i think, actually, most importantly, having a good supply of prescription medications on hand. >> reporter: what americans should not do experts say is panic. the transmission and fatality rates from coronavirus are extremely low. in the u.s., most people who get it will survive. as far as the things we enjoy and do every day, like going out to eat. >> i'm going out to eat and i'm not worried. my job in the government was to be worried about the worst possible things that could happen. >> reporter: what about everyday travel on subways and buses. experts say we should not refrain from taking subways and buses to work. just create a few more inches of space between you and those close to you, if you can. same for air travel, they say. don't change plans or stop traveling unless there is a significant spread of

coronavirus inside the united states and a large cluster in a particular city. then maybe look at adjusting your travel there. brian todd, cnn, washington. next here, turkey may be setting up a new migrant crisis for the european union. how it's looking to use refugees as a bargaining chip. our arwa damon is live from the area right after this. new falsies lash lift mascara from maybelline new york. the look of a lash lift without the salon hassle. double-curved lifting brush. long, lifted volume. ♪ new falsies lash lift mascara. only from maybelline new york. how we worship, or who we love. and the 2020 census is how that great promise is kept. because this is the count that informs where hundreds of billions in funding will go each year for things like education,

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afghanistan's president is already shooting down part of a historic deal between u.s. and taliban. there is no commitment to release 5,000 taliban prisoners and this has been made clear to the chief u.s. negotiator. u.s. president trump said he would soon meet with taliban leaders following the deal. the agreement lays out a plan to withdraw u.s. forces and set up

direct talks between the taliban and afghan government. well, turkey appears to be using the war in syria to set up a new migrant crisis for europe. here's what's going on. turkish president erdogan says his country cannot take more refugees and he's encouraging them to go to europe. that translated into clashes with turkey's border with greece on saturday. some people threw stones and greek police fired tear gas to force people back. but that isn't stopping them, not all of whom are syrian. men, women and children had been piling on to buses trying to reach greece from istanbul. our senior international correspondent arwa damon has reported extensively from northern syria, home to many of these refugees and joining us from the turkish side of the border with greece. arwa, hello. what is the latest there? >> well, just take a look at

this. i mean, this is highly reminiscent of what we were seeing back in 2015 at the peak of the refugee crisis. the refugee flood from turkey into europe. this is one of the fields that is just up against turkey's border with greece. these people were telling us that they spent a couple nights sleeping out in the open and then they were encouraged to come in this direction. and they're walking towards what they think is going to be an open greek border. they think this is it. some of the people coming by have been waving their hands at us. but as the crowd grew on the other side of the border, we heard on a loud speaker people being told to go back. there is quite a crowd that has amassed on the road and on the other side of the fence a number of greek security vehicles and also seeing some security forces in riot gear. this is not an open border on the greek side, natalie.

but these people really have no idea as they're walking towards it that they are going to be turned back. now, as you were saying in the introduction, turkey is using these people as leverage against europe on multiple fronts. turkey is fed up with having to shoulder the burden of the refugee crisis on its own. it's home to upwards of 3.5 million of them but also very angry at this stage with the west because turkey feels as if it is inside idlib province fighting on its own. inside idlib province you have another growing by the day humanitarian crisis as more and more people are being pushed up against turkey's southern border. it is a reaction to that. turkey says it will open its northern border with europe. but this is what happens when people's desperation and misery ends up being turned into some sort of a political weapon.

you do have a scene here that we haven't seen much of throughout our coverage over the last few days, which is people being kind to those who are walking through. these are citizen residents from the area who are handing out water. we also saw them handing out baby diapers, baby formula, as well, to those who are coming by. when asked why, they said we need to do this. there are some of us here who have not yet lost our humanity. but for those who are trying to push through here, some of them say that they realize that they're being played as political pawns. they just don't care. this is a small sliver of hope that has been given to them and they're going to do everything they can to try to grab it. >> you can certainly understand that they would. all right, arwa, appreciate your reporting. nice to see the folks there also helping support them. thank you. well, the spread of the coronavirus in the u.s. looks like it might be inevitable. when we return, we'll show you

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testing a swab to rule out the regular flu, bring in a doctor for further screening and everyone putting on gear at the right times. >> it doesn't allow anything to go through. it's a little bit better than some of the standard masks you would use. >> reporter: will there be enough during a pandemic. the drfood and drug administratn said it is not aware of shortages but heard of reports of supply challenges for some protective gear. while this clinic said they have enough, doctors and health officials across the country say they've received notices about current or anticipated shortages, especially n 95 resprratre respirat respirators. >> they're being done around some metro atlanta area and others practice for general pandem pandemics, which could apply to a coronavirus outbreak. >> i don't think we should be

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