Iran Press/ America: The US death toll rose to at least 26 and more than 700 infected cases, among them several members of Congress who are in self-quarantine after possible exposure.
Meanwhile, some US officials self-quarantined themselves due to coronavirus outbreak such as US Representative Mark Meadows, the US President Donald Trump's new pick for acting chief of staff, Georgia Representative Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, and Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida.
This is while Donald Trump is dodging responsibility as the coronavirus outbreak morphs into a global pandemic swiftly spreading across America and the stock markets tank. He's instead accusing Democrats and the media of inflaming the crisis.
Wall Street is reeling and millions of Americans are worried after the worst day on Wall Street since the 2008 financial crisis. The Dow fell more than 2,000 points, or nearly 8%, based largely on concern over the coronavirus.
Shares were already reeling from fears of the impact of the coronavirus as cases globally continue to rise.
Analysts described the market reaction as "utter carnage".
In the US, the major stock indexes fell so sharply at the start of trading, that the buying and selling of shares was halted for 15 minutes, as a so-called 'circuit breaker' aimed at curbing panicky selling came into effect.
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