because being effective means getting results. welcome back to our viewers joining us here in the united states and of course all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. from lockdowns in italy to cutting out potential risks in the united states, countries around the world ramping up containment measures for the coronavirus. plus north korea is at it again, launching at least three projectiles into the sea off its coast. part two in the race for the white house. why this is a make or break moment for bernie sanders.

♪ and we start with the novel coronavirus. it has infected more than 108,000 people worldwide and killed at least 3,800. here's a look at where things stand right now. u.s. futures are down as the number of infected here tops 560. the number of dead in the u.s. has also risen to 22. markets have also been hurt by u.s. oil prices hitting a four-year low. on the u.s. west coast, passengers on board a cruise ship are waiting to dock in oakland. the grand princess has at least 21 infected on board. passengers can expect health screenings and a potentially longer quarantine once they come ashore. meanwhile, italy is facing more

than 7,300 cases and 366 deaths. it's putting around a quarter of its population on lockdown to contain the outbreak. and we're covering this story from around the world. we're tracking markets in tokyo and cnn is in rome for a look at italy's lockdown. now lucy is watching for the grand princess in oakland. let's start with tokyo. some frightening numbers there. talk to us about how they're looking right now and what this could mean as we count down to the open in the united states. >> reporter: well, rosemary, a mood of panic across the asian region today as oil prices plunged from the on set as opec talks deteriorated and saudi arabia effectively launched a price war with russia. the move in oil was really the trigger finance an all-out sell

down on japanese equities which rippled into other asian markets. on top of that, you had dow futures opening down more than 1,000 points, still down 1,200 points which really is a bad omen for the dow which opens later on today. as if that were not enough, you have a near flash crash in the dally yen which is one of the most liquid pairs in the currency sphere. you have a range of 101.5 and 105.5 on the daly yen as it whips up in trading. the market was set up for a steep sell off on the equity market and the tokyo stock market ending at its lowest point since january 2019, below the 20,000 mark. into the trading, the projectiles launched by north korea barely moved the markets because it was already in panic mode. at the same time you had a rush to treasuries as has been the case over the last couple of

weeks with record low yields on u.s. treasuries. this is not all. we're seeing panic across the board. equity market here hitting its lowest level since 2008 and the aussie dollar pushed lower against a range of currency as well. trying to shore up their economies as more data emerging about the economic fallout from the coronavirus. first it was the factory shutdowns clearly moving into the corporate sphere with companies lowering guidance for their business plans. and as the government decides what to do to try and contain the virus, they're caught in a very difficult position because they want to contain the virus. but that may mean containing the movement of people and of businesses which of course bodes well for an economic recovery with countries like japan already halfway towards recession. >> all very unnerving.

many thanks to you for joining us and bringing us up to date on the situation. nearly 16 million people are facing lockdown in italy as the virus spreads. it's a large portion of the population of italy. 16 million people in lockdown. how is this going to work exactly? >> well, rosemary, you know, these new government measures put in place just yesterday have caused not only a lockdown in the north but many changes for italians throughout the country. it was a rude awakening for italians on sunday morning, a government decree signed overnight has thrown their lives into confusion. do you know where we can go, how we can go, what we're supposed to do, says a regular at one of rome's popular cafes.

he says many people aren't sure what to do since the government has temporarily suspended sporting events, cinema, bingo, even weddings and funerals. the owner of the cafe spent the morning trying to understand what the rules are. the thing that perplexes me, he says, is serving at tables f. the waiter has to stay one meter away, how can he bring the food to the table? he's also worried about paying the bills. he says there's been a steep drop in customers, and he has 100 employees to take care of. we have to pay the bills, lights, water, gas, and personnel. if i don't make money, i close. people in rome, unlike the north of italy, still have freedom of movement. but schools, museums, and historical sites like the coliseum are closed. these new restrictions are in

place at least for the next 3 1/2 weeks until april 3rd. what remains to be seen is how well italians will be able to adapt to them. the civil protection authority has made an appeal asking italians to change their daily habits in order to help stop the spread of the virus. one sunday habit for italians is coming to st. peter's square to see the pope at his window. but in a break with tradition, the pope spoke on this sunday from a video screen. the vatican says they made that choice to avoid too many people gathering in the square. france has admitted it was strange to see a pope caged in like this. [ speaking foreign language ] the pope did manage away from the window saying he wanted to see people in real time. but for people in italy today, the real times are tough. with new measures in place, there may be hope in the

not-too-distant future. and rosemary, now we wait and see essentially for the next 3 1/2 weeks whether this temporary disruption in the lives of italians will have the desired effect of containing the virus. >> let's hope it does. many thanks. well, a cruise ship that had been prevented from docking in san francisco will now head for port in oakland, california. at least 21 people on board the grand princess have coronavirus. lucy kavanaugh reports a plan is in place to get passengers off monday and send the ship back out to sea quickly. >> well, the details of the plan are still being worked out by the authorities involved. but i can tell you sort of the rough sequence as we understand it from the governor of california. we know that medical staff boarded the ship on sunday to begin the process of interviewing the passengers,

getting their medical history, getting everything ready for that disembarkment process on monday. we know the boat will come into the port of oakland, this location chosen in part due to the proximity to the travis air force base, where some of the people will be quarantined. it's also close to the oakland international airport. that might be an opportunity to get some of those international passengers out of the country but on chartered flights. the governor of california saying they're making every step possible to prevent the population of the ship from mixing with the local population with the local community here to keep that disease from spreading. >> we are not prepared to tell you exactly when and for those passengers that may be watching this, we are not able to tell you exactly when the cruise ship will come in to the port as we are still working out the enormity and perplexity of making sure we prepare the site and moreover prepare for a quick

turn around and quick boarding of individuals to respective locations which i will talk about in a moment. we want to make sure that all of that is locked in before the ship comes to port which i think would just create more anxiety for the passengers and moreover for the general public. >> we know that the thousand or socal c so california residents will be split between travis air force base up north or the march base in san francisco. the rest of the u.s. residents will be flown to texas or georgia, quarantined at the two military bases there. the big question, what to do with the hundreds of foreign citizens on board, the passengers, the crews' attendees. we know that the state department is working out those details as we speak. they're trying to get the foreigners evacuated on private chartered flights. they will not be mixing with the general population at the

airport. the crew members, about 1,100 of them, they will remain on the ship. they will spend 14 days in quarantine on the grand princess. that ship will pull away from the port of oakland, go back to sea, and that is where the staff members will ride out the end of the quarantine. lucy calf know, cnn, oakland. >> there are more than 550 cases of the coronavirus in the united states but the u.s. surgeon general believes the outbreak is being contained in certain parts of the country and the government's response is shifting into a mitigation phase. meanwhile the trump administration is coming under increased scrutiny for the response to the outbreak. u.s. officials are now offering different answers on the number of test kits available. >> we have 75,000 tests available right now for folks. by early next week, tomorrow, we should have over 2 million tests available. by the end of the week through partnerships with private industry, over 4 million tests available. >> right now i believe

1.1 million tests have already been sent out. by monday, there will be an additional 400,000. by the end of next week, probably around 4 million. >> over a million tests were shipped out already this past week. tomorrow another 640,000 will be available. >> joining me now, ivan hung, clinical professor and chief of the infectious diseases division at the university of hong kong. good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> as we just heard there, we keep getting these mixed messages, different numbers from u.s. leaders on the coronavirus. how many test kits we can expect to be made available impacting the real number of people actually infected by this virus. so, why do you think u.s. authorities are having so many problems staying on message and giving citizens the truth about the situation?

>> well, i think they are just moving into the mitigation phase which is very early. in hong kong, we're still doing very much, you know, quarantine and isolating patients as early as possible. so, once they move into mitigation phase, then in other words, that patient who remained asymptomatic or contact cases will not have to be screened by this kit. so, i think they are now trying -- the u.s. government is just preparing and trying to get the numbers of the kits that are available for testing in order to make an offer to the public in case that they are major outbreaks in various parts of the states. >> all right. and i want to move to the grand princess cruise ship. it is expected to dock in just a few hours from now in oakland,

california with at least 21 people on board infected with the coronavirus. now, they will be taken off first. then all u.s. passengers will be quarantined for 14 days. and the remaining international passengers, we understand, will eventually be flown home. now, are u.s. authorities doing all the right things when you hear this with the cruise ship certainly compared to japan's botched effort with the diamond princess? >> yes, i think the u.s. government making a correct decision to letting the passengers to go disembark and get quarantined on the ground because in japan, passengers have been quarantined on the ship and i think a lot of passengers got cross-infect while on board. if they allow people to disembark, they will be able to keep the infection coefficient

down to 1.3, 1.4 which will be much better than keeping people on board and basically contaminated environment. >> right. so, let's hope that all runs smoothly. i want to turn to italy now where authoritys are putting nearly 16 million -- 16 million -- people on lockdown across the north in an effort to contain this virus after the number of dead jumped to at least 366 with more than 7,300 infected. how effective do you think this lockdown will be in containing the virus? and why has italy had so many more problems than other nations do you think? >> well, i think it's correct decision although it might be slightly late. looking at the experience we had with wuhan and wubei that once the cities lock down they're able to stop the infection from spreading to other parts of italy and europe.

so, it is extremely important to isolate the people there right now. and i think the problem with italy is that they probably are not very aware at the beginning that this virus is very contagious. and i think at the beginning people had not been, you know, isolating themselves on seeking medical help earlier on. and also many people are actually carrying the virus while they remain asymptomatic. so, that's why the virus was spreading very quickly in northern part of italy before they actually noticed that they have so many patients there already which is maybe already too late before they actually now are putting in control measures. >> right. let's hope this lockdown works for italy. iv

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welcome back everyone. north korea appears once again to be ramping up weapons tests. both u.s. and south korean officials confirm projectiles were fired into the waters between the korean peninsula and japan. south korea says they were launched from the north sun dock area. cnn ivan watson joins us from seoul, south korea with more on this developing story. ivan, what more are you learning about these projectiles and what this all might mean. >> there were at least three projectiles and that they flew a distance of about 200 kilometers at altitude of about 50 kilometers. u.s. officials telling cnn these launches were somewhat expected. the south korean military is saying that the launches were not in the spirit of a recent

military agreement between the south korea and north korea aimed at deescalating tensions on the korean peninsula. the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, has gone a step further. he's called these launches a threat to peace and stability. and the launches were conducted exactly a week after north korea conducted a separate series of launches, what the u.s. military later said were short range ballistic missiles. five european countries launched a formal protest against that condemning those launches saying they were in violation of united nations security council resolutions. pyongyang bristled at this chris schism saying that all of this, all of these military exercises that kim jong-un himself, the north korean leader, has presided over are defensive in nature. >> and ivan, what are you able

to tell us about the impact of the coronavirus on u.s.-south korea military exercises? >> it's significant. both militaries have found cases of coronavirus within their ranks. the south korean military has thousands of its forces in self-isolation. and it's so extreme that some time ago, the military alliance announced it was putting joint military exercises on hold. the u.s. army has gone so far as to ban all travel for u.s. soldiers and their families in or out of south korea. and that's substantial when you consider there are more than 30,000 u.s. forces stationed here. the u.s. and the south korean military say they are on alert and are monitoring north korea's actions. but the coronavirus has triggered a new round of tit for tat diplomatic moves for the

u.s.'s key allies in the area, japan and south korea with south korea recently announcing that it would not be validating. it would be throwing out all visas that japanese citizens may have got to visit south korea. in this equation, north korea hasn't confirmed any cases of coronavirus on its territory yet. it has a notorious reputation for not being transparent. some see aide organizations like doctors without borders and the international federation of the red cross are not taking chances. they've gotten the un to give them waivers on sanctions to get emergency medical supplies to north korea anticipating if the outbreak hits on the north side of the demilitarized zone, it will be a major, major problem for a country with little resources. >> absolutely. ivan bringing us the latest from

his vantage point in south korea. meanwhile some women in north korea didn't let coronavirus dampen their concerns on international women's day. they treated themselves with flowers and cosmetics to mark the day. maybe they wore face masks, there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus in north korea as we just heard. outside health action perts are skeptical given the close proximity to china and south korea. the duchess of sussex started celebrating international women's day early this year. she noted it was tiimportant to spend time with the future. she called on young men to value and appreciate young women and got a response from the crowd. >> i'm going to go off the cuff here. if there's one brave young man in this room who wants to come

and say what he thinks the importance of international women's day is -- i know there's going to be one of you. [ cheers and applause ] >> she really is beautiful. >> well, the duke and duchess of sussex will have their last scheduled appearance in a few hours for the commonwealth day services. if you're watching internationally, thanks for being with us. innovate africa is up next. if you're janing us here in the united states, stay with us. we have more news for you on the other side of the break.

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. welcome back to our viewers here in the united states. you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. i want to check the headlines for you this hour. the grand princess cruise ship will dock briefly in oakland, california on monday. there are at least 21 people on board with the coronavirus. passengers needing medical care will be taken off first. the remaining u.s. passengers will be sent to quarantined bases for 14 days. in washington state, there are 19 deaths. most of the cases are from the life care center in kirkland.

u.s. health officials have sent extra nurses and doctors to the nursing home. # a5 residents remain at the facility while dozens have been transferred to various hospitals. the outbreak in battering investor confidence. dow futures have plunged more than a thousand points. the s&p 500 fell as much as 5% trig erg exchange limit. oil prices tanked in historic collapse. saudi arabia started a price war with russia. u.s. senator ted cruz has gone into soft quarantine after shaking hands with a person who has tested positive for the coronavirus. cruz met the individual at the conservative political action conference. the texas republican said in a statement i'm not experiencing any symptoms, and i feel fine and healthy. to give everyone peace of mind, sri decided to remain at my home in texas this week until a full

14 days have past since the cpac interaction. cpac says the infected individual is doing better and no other attendees have tested positive for the virus. >> i think he was there most of the time, and the patient did not -- you know, he -- i would say this. he didn't spend a lot of time going all over the conference. he stayed more in a small area. and anybody i know that might have had contact with the patient, if i can verify it, believe me, i've called that person. well, this week in the united states, super tuesday, round two. and a lot of is on the line in the democratic presidential race. there are 352 delegates at

stake. the big prize is michigan which was critical in 2016. senator bernie sanders narrowly won the state in that year's primary when hillary clinton was widely expected to win. but in the general election, donald trump ultimately flipped the state to his side. our correspondents brunging you the latest from the campaign trail. abby phillip is with bernie sanders in ann arbor, michigan. but we start with jessica dean traveling with the biden campaign in jackson, mississippi. >> former vice president joe biden turning his attention to the next round of super tuesday voting. he spent the day in mississippi where he's hoping to shore up support here especially among african-american voters who have continued to show up very strongly for the former vice president. >> the reason i am the come back kid, i'm not there yet. but if i'm the come back kid, there's only one reason i've come back, the african-american community all around the country. folks, i think we are in position for a new awakening.

i think we're at an inflection point. this election, we can take the country back. and heal what's wrong with this country. >> and we saw him do very well in southern states last tuesday. he's certainly hoping to repeat it this coming tuesday. from here he's going to head to michigan. it's the biggest prize of this next round of voting. bernie sanders won it narrowly back in 2016. biden hoping to put michigan in his win column this go around. and he's going to have help from a former rival. senator kamala harris announcing her endorsement of biden on sunday. we learned from a source that she did not want to do anything until elizabeth warren exited the race. she didn't want to go against warren or senator amy klobuchar. she came to that decision late saturday night to endorse biden. she will be getting out the vote with him, rallying with him on monday. in jackson, mississippi, jessica dean, cnn. >> reporter: it is make or break

for bernie sanders' campaign here in michigan. on tuesday when michigan voters go to the polls, they really hold the future of the sanders campaign in their hands. sanders is trying to regain momentum that he lost after a disappointing super tuesday finish. he's got to prove that he can bring out his voters, that he can appeal to working class voters in the middle of the country and the industrial midwest and that he can appeal to african-american voters. and to that end he rolled out a major endorsement from jesse jackson, the civil rights icon who put his support behind sanders at a rally in grand rapids on sunday. here is how jackson framed why he was supporting sanders. >> i talk about democratic socialism, what does all that mean? democracy all for and by the people. bernie can win, will win, must win. bernie wins, health care wins. >> reporter: now, that endorsement comes at a time when

sanders is sharpening his attacks against joe biden trying to make the case to voters in the industrial midwest that biden was wrong on issues like trade, even arguing that biden voted the wrong way on issues of abortion rights in this country. but one of the big challenges for bernie sanders is going to be can he improve his standing with african-american voters? they're a big chunk of the democratic electorate here in michigan. in flint over the weekend, sanders did a round table with african-american leaders. and that's a message they're hoping the jackson endorsement can help them with. the question is is there enough time between now and tuesday for sanders to make the change. he's making the argument to his supporters that what he needs to do is get out to the polls and do not count him out yet. he says this election is not over yet. they are still in it to win it. abby phillips, cnn, ann arbor, michigan. with me now to talk more

u.s. poll it cans professor of government is university of essex. >> thanks for having me. >> counting down to the super tuesday contest, a two-man race between joe biden and bernie sanders, what is the likely outcome of this next race particularly in michigan? >> well, the michigan contest is really interesting because before super tuesday results and where buden had made this miraculous come back, the polls looked like sanders was going to win michigan. but then another poll that came out after super tuesday results showed biden six points ahead. so, if we look at that and what the trajectory has been as of late, momentum that joe biden has, it's possible he's going to win michigan. and then we would expect him to win mississippi and missouri. sanders is likely to win washington even though they moved from caucus to primary and he's likely to win north dakota and idaho.

but those have less delegate counts. michigan is the big prize with 125 delegates. it's a key state you want to win in the 2020 election. that was the report already mentioned. that flipped for trump, that hillary clinton ended up losing by a small margin. and these states in the rust belt and in the midwest are really critical to whatever, whoever is going to win in the 2020 contest. >> right. and it is fascinating, isn't it? i'd like to ask you what you think changed joe biden's sudden political fortunes from almost being written out of the race to being the new democratic front runner? do you think it is the voters have decided look, we're just -- democratic voters at least have thought we just need the person who can beat trump? is that what this is about? >> that is what it is about, but they're looking at electability. and you have voters that are voting strategically. so, some of them may not be as

moderate, in the moderate lane. they may even be more progressive. but they're worried if they end up voting for sanders, then that could be a big risk and that trump would probably prefer to go against sanders even though he tried to say on tv that he wouldn't. we know he sees biden as the main competitor. that's why he tried to undermine the 2020 election by trying to get him investigated. to answer the question about the change in momentum, early on in the early primaries and caucuses, biden's campaign wasn't very effective. he was coming in fourth and fifth places in some cases and just didn't look luke a winner. when he had the endorsement from african-american representative james clyburn, that seemed to change things and he had such a huge victory in south carolina it changed the way people viewed him. he was no longer someone who had this horrible campaign that he was sort of dead on arrival. he looked like a winner and people then changed the way they

saw the race. and that obviously changed the result on super tuesday. he also had a pretty good debate performance going into super tuesday. i think all of these factors really changed the way people were thinking about how they should vote. >> yeah, just changed everything, didn't it? and i did want to ask you this because some critics are questioning president trump's handling of the coronavirus in the united states. some suggesting he hasn't been completely honest and transparent about the real number of infections and the way tests are being conducted. what might the political consequences be of suggestions he mishandled this? >> well, there are big political consequences to this because now all over the media we're seeing stories about coronavirus and how trump is handling this. we have to recall that in 2018 he cut 80% of the cdc or the center for disease control and prevention. that makes it much more difficult for the u.s. to conduct these tests. when they can't conduct the test, we don't know how many people have the virus. so, their response has been poor

which has also been poor is the communication. he's been on fox news saying that some people can go to work with the virus. he clearly doesn't know how infectious it is and what people should be doing. they should be self-isolating if they have the virus or have these types of symptoms. and he was also miscommunicating on whether or not people could be tested. he said well everybody could be tested. as it turned out, that wasn't the case. >> i'm a little confused about when there might be a vaccine. with e need more answers, don't we. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. next on "cnn newsroom" refugees kicked out with no clothe or ids. we'll take a look when we come back. want to brain better?

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the turkish coast guard announced this weekend it is actively stopping migrants

attempting to cross the agean sea, citing the dangers of this journey. this comes as tensions remain high on the country's border with greece. after turkey opened the crossings to those trying to get to europe, last week eu officials praised the greek government and pledged nearly $800 million in aid to help keep the border secure. but greek forces are accused of brutal tactics in pushing back refugees and migrants to turkey. >> reporter: they were desperate for europe, but europe didn't want them. sent back to turkey stripped of their clothes, id documents, and their dignity. these men from pakistan and syria say they were violently pushed back by greek security forces. we can't verify the conditions

in which this video was filmed, but human rights groups have documented dozens of similar testimonies from refugees in recent years. thousands have made it across the river to greece. many of them have come back with shocking accounts of what they've been through. this 20-year-old has been walking for hours, barefoot. we found him and his friends on the road. they say greek security forces caught them shortly after they crossed into greece illegally. >> translator: it was the military or police, he tells us. they were carrying weapons. they took all our clothes. we were left in our underwear. they took our phones, our money, and documents. they burnt the id and tokens. he claims they were beaten up, lined up on the ground, and kicked with combat boots. greek authorities have denied using these pushback methods or excessive force. the government says greece has the right to defend its borders from illegal crossings. it's also doing so on behalf of

europe. during our time at the border, we heard many similar stories. >> everybody from afghanistan? >> we met this group of afghan refugees, exhausted yet determined. ha meet carried his baby boy through the river and the fields. after walking for five hours, he says they were caught by greek security. >> it sounds like it was a stick. >> did they beat you up? >> yes. my wife, they beat -- >> so, they hit you and they hit your wife? >> yes, yes, everything. >> hameet says people don't choose to become refugees. >> we want to and my children become big in the good area and have good life. >> reporter: in their pursuit of

that good life, thousands have found themselves pawns on a political chess board between turkey and the eu. >> i tried one time but the greek army say go back to istanbul, take all our money. we come here with only underwear. what is this? we are -- we are all likeable and both countries are like a bat. they're playing games with us. >> reporter: no one here knows how this game will end, but they say nothing will stop them from trying to make it to europe. cnn on the turkish/greek border. empty shelves, long lines, and frustrated shoppers. how fears over the coronavirus are causing people to stock pile supplies. back with that in just a moment. want to brain better?

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in washington state, has at

least 137 cases including 19 deaths, more than any other state. >> we've asked a host of communities to consider whether they really need to have their events right now. they are being cancelled. comic-con has been postponed. we have a number of school closures. we are contemplating next steps to protect our vulnerable populations. and we are looking to determine whether mandatory measures are required. >> and store shelves are being emptied. panic buying is happening despite officials saying there's no need. >> from california to maine, it's not getting any easier for shoppers to get their hands on the overwhelmingly popular hand sanitizers and disinfecting wipes. they're among the products wiped

clean from many store shelves as coronavirus fears seem to spread faster than the virus itself. residents in one neighborhood may only have this homemade hand sanitizer stand to turn to. >> we started to make it and we thought how about we sell it because since it's sold out everywhere. >> face masks are also in high demand despite the country's top doctor asking people to stop buying them saying they're not an effective preventive. this milwaukee pharmacy, they're quickly running out. >> people are hording them and there's no reason for it. >> empty food shelves are also becoming the norm at brick and mortar stores. economists fear the shortages are prompting people to stock up, even clearing out toilet paper. >> i think people have a right to be worried. i also think people should live their lives and not sit home and be scared. >> this california mother says

she's not taking chances on her or her family's health. >> i'm stock piling some things because my health is important. i don't want my kids to be impacted. >> consumers also facing the threat of inflated prices from third party retailers. amazon saying its removed over 1 million products for price gauging or falsely advertising against the virus. the buying frenzy coming as reminding that hand washing is still one of the best ways to prevent against the virus. your chances of contracting the virus hasn't changed. >> because the risk across the country of infection is quite low. >> the overall risk to the american public does remain low. >> the risk to the american public of contracting the coronavirus remains low. >> cnn, new york. keep calm and carry on. so, what are the best ways to protect yourself against the

coronavirus? the world health organization says wash your hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. this is really the best way to prevent the spread of infection. in between hand washing you can use alcohol-based hand sanitizer. next, if you cough or sneeze, remember to cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or of course you can sneeze and cough into your elbow. avoid close contact with anyone who has flu-like symptoms. use different cutting boards and knives for raw meat and wash your hands after handling it. that is key. cnn's new podcast also has answers about the coronavirus, what to do, what to avoid, and when to see a doctor. join our dr. sanjay gupta for "coronavirus: fact versus fiction" and listen wherever you get your favorite podcast. thanks so much for your company

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global market shudder. on wall street futures take an historic dive overnight falling so far they stop trading. how the coronavirus and an oil war could make for a very down day. thousands of passengers and crew will dock today after almost a week in limbo over the coronavirus. what's next in their long journey home? and bernie sanders facing a big test tomorrow in michigan. can he beat back the joe biden surge and can he stay viable if he doesn't? welcome to our v