i'm anna coren. the coronavirus is leading to panic buying ail over the world. in venezuela, the news of the first two confirmed cases sent shoppers scrambling. panic buying leading to panic the united states. grocery store chains saying its stores would be closing early to sanitize their stores and resock. cnn's vanessa yucuch yurkevicl. >> reporter: the honor here in manhattan has seen a 300% increase in just the last day in the amount of people coming through and building bread, toilet paper, pasta, nonperishables. we spoke to him earlier, and he's told us how he's coping with this. are you rationing things in the grocery stores? >> we're not rationing. some distributors are rationing. particularly sanitary products like hand sanitizer and wipes as you saw on the shelves. we cannot stock these items quickly enough. whenever we do get rations in avenue hand sanitizers and wipes we put them by the republic sisters and they go in minutes. >> reporter: we ran into the bread manager, he filled the whol

i'm anna coren. travelers are in the middle of a travel nightmare across the united states. international o'hare in chicago, there are unimaginably long lines for hours and hours to get cdc screenings meant to ensure arriving passengers do not have symptoms of coronavirus. >>> well, the new u.s. travel restrictions on people at the european union have expanded to include the united kingdom and ireland beginning on monday. it does not apply to american citizens, but they must sel self-quarantine once back in the united states. there are now more than 220,000 infections worldwide and more than 2,000 deaths. spain is imposing a nationwide lockdown. people must stay home unless they're going to work, buy food, caring for a child or elderly person. france is closing all cafe, clubs, and theater. they're closing all plays that do not perform an essential function. >>> there's announced a combined 40 billion dollar plan and we're still in the middle of a price war. john defterios joins us from abu dhabi. ho

i'm anna coren. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> it's 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast and the hours ahead will see residence of three states waking up to a two-week travel advisory. the region has been hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic so the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention is telling people leaving there not to travel anywhere unless absolutely necessary. it's a big step back from the quarantine donald trump suggested on saturday, an idea rejected by at least one state governor. it's not clear the travel advisory actually changes anything. stay-at-home orders are already in place in those states and many others. only people with critical jobs such as health care providers and delivery drivers are exempt. still, the cdc's latest advisory shows the trump administration is grasping for ways to slow the pandemic in the u.s. the number of reported infections has spiraled upward to more than 121,000. far more than any other place in the world. and the u.s. death toll has doubled over the past two days to more than 2,000. globally, johns hopkins un

i'm anna coren.lines this hour -- the coronavirus pandemic is exploding across the united states. some 17,000 new in-effects were c confirmed on friday raising the toonlgts total 101,000. and more than 400 americans died.the total 101,000. and more than 400 americans died. %-po compel u.s. automaker general motors to make hospital ventilators. but it is not clear that such an order was required. sources tell cnn that general motors was already proceeding with plans to make the ventilators before the act was invoked. >>> mr. trump signed a $2.2 trillion stimulus dealing soon after it passed congress on friday, it provides emergency cash payments to americans and increases jobless benefits for people thrown out of work by about the pandemic. >>> louisiana authorities are frantically preparing for an onslaught of coronavirus patients. the state now has more than 2700 con finfirmed cases and 119 dea. new orleans's infamous convention center is being converted into a makeshift hospital as medical workers

i'm anna coren. the headlines this hour.rting a grim milestone, the country's civil protection agency announced that the death toll from the coronavirus had crossed the 10,000 mark on saturday. the country has surpassed china in the number of cases and deaths. in the u.s., confirmed covid-19 infections have shot up 20% in the past 24 hours. the latest testing data shows more than 121,000 americans have contracted the disease and more than 2,000 of them have died. double the number of fatalities two days ago. u.s. health officials have issued a two-week travel advisory for the states of new york, new jersey and connecticut, a region hit hard by the pandemic. residents are urged not to travel anywhere unless necessary. the advisory is a step back from the quarantine that president trump had suggested earlier. >>> whether it's climate change or sheer luck, it's feeling like summer in the southeast of the u.s. the question is, will this help or hurt the fight against the coronavirus? dozens of high-temperature records have been

i'm anna coren in hong kong. the headlines at this hour. coronavirus pandemic is exploding across the united states. some 17,000 new infections are were confirmed on friday, raising the national number to more than 101,000. that's far more than any other country. >>> on friday, more than 400 americans died of the country's highest one-day death toll so far. >>> u.s. president donald trump says he has invoked the defense production act to compel u.s. automaker general motors to make hospital ventilators. but it's unclear if such an order was required. sources tell cnn that general motors was already proceeding with plans to make the ventilators before the act was invoked. >>> mr. trump signed a $2.2 trillion stimulus bill soon after it passed congress on friday. it provides emergency cash payments to americans and increased jobless benefits to people out of work by the pandemic. as coronavirus pandemic cases in the u.s. soar, so do the number of people out of work. cnn's jason carroll has been speaking to several of those directly impacted b

i'm anna coren. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> we've been following the troubled chaos overnight in some of america's largest airports as the impact of the white house travel bans literally hits home. well, this was the scene in chicago's o'hare airport. thousands of passengers coming in from multiple international flights. forget any hope of social distancing. and hand sanitizers no, where in sight. passengers describe being in line for hours before being screened for coronavirus, and no one, not even staff, sure what was going on. >>> a short time ago, my colleague michael holmes spoke with a woman caught up in it all. >> we got off our plane and were directed, you know, down a hall to the international terminal. we got on an escalator, and it was absolutely -- there were people piled up at the bottom. that line went as far as the eye could see, around the corner, all through the customs area and snaked around. we went through two different customs and immigration check points before a cdc sc

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welcome to our viewer, we're live in hong kong, i'm anna coren, newsroom starts right now. >>> the coronavirus pandemic is moving rapidly across the globe with updates coming into cnn every few minutes. here are some of the latest developments. just hours after u.s. trump declared a national emergency, the u.s. house passed emergency legislation to help americans deal with the unexpected costs. we'll have more about what that means in a moment. we've also learned a third guest the donald trump's florida resort has tested positive but still the white house physician says president trump does not need to be tested. when the u.s. senate reconvenes next week, a coronavirus relief package will be one of its first orders of business, aimed at helping americans who are facing economic hardships because of the coronavirus. >> we thought it would be important to show the american people, assure the american people, that we are willing and able to work together to get a job done for them so we thank our republicans, those who will be supporting the bill, appreciate the president joining us with his twee

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