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Memo to People Hunting Sanitizer: Soap Is Better
Memo to People Hunting
Sanitizer: Soap Is Better
the rundown
Mar 12, 2020 10:55 AM CDT

Memo to People Hunting Sanitizer: Soap Is Better

It functions like a 'demolition team' against the coronavirus, explains scientist

(Newser) - The coronavirus has people freaking out about toilet paper , which may seem a little odd. It's a little easier to understand the run on hand sanitizers, which are now hard to find on store shelves. But the CDC and others are emphasizing a key point: Hand-washing with ordinary soap...

Major Cruise Lines Take 'Bold Action' Amid Virus Outbreak

Viking, Princess Cruises suspend global operations following travel advisory

(Newser) - With the State Department warning Americans not to travel by cruise ship , two cruise lines are temporarily shutting down. Viking Cruises announced Thursday that it would suspend all operations in response to the coronavirus outbreak. It's "what is best for our guests and our employees," Chairman Torstein...

US Capitol Closing to Public
Outbreak Closes
US Capitol, White House
UPDATED
Mar 12, 2020 9:40 AM CDT

Outbreak Closes US Capitol, White House

They're closed to public until next month, thanks to coronavirus

(Newser) - Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus, the AP reports. The House and Senate sergeants-at-arms said in a statement that the closure will begin at 5pm ET Thursday. Lawmakers, aides, journalists, and...

Toilet Paper Is the &#39;Icon&#39; of Panic Buying
Toilet Paper Is the
'Icon' of Panic Buying
the rundown
Mar 12, 2020 9:00 AM CDT

Toilet Paper Is the 'Icon' of Panic Buying

Shoppers are looking for a sense of control, say psychologists

(Newser) - Anyone who's been in a supermarket of late has likely seen the empty shelves for hand sanitizers and ... toilet paper? The latter is seen as a prime example of panic buying amid the coronavirus outbreak, and not just in the US. Coverage:
  • The psychology: Toilet paper is sort of
...

Wall Street Plunged So Fast They Suspended Trading

Dow falls more than 1,700 points

(Newser) - The market is cratering at the open, and it happened so fast that trading was suspended for the second time this week. The Dow fell more than 1,700 points, about 7%, after another string of worrying coronavirus developments . The benchmark S&P fell 7% as well, and that triggered...

Trump&#39;s Europe Travel Ban Hammers Stock Markets
Trump's Europe Travel Ban
Hammers Stock Markets
the rundown
Mar 12, 2020 7:02 AM CDT

Trump's Europe Travel Ban Hammers Stock Markets

Dow Jones set to plummet at open

(Newser) - President Trump announced a 30-day ban on travel to the US from Europe Wednesday night—but the anti-coronavirus move did not reassure the stock market. CNN reports that Dow Jones futures plummeted more than 1,000 points overnight, setting up another day of stock market carnage Thursday, the day after...

He Jokingly Touched Everything. Now, a Diagnosis

2 days after seeming to mock coronavirus, Utah Jazz's Rudy Gobert reportedly tests positive

(Newser) - Within an hour Wednesday night, President Trump announced travel restrictions from Europe amid the coronavirus pandemic , Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they'd contracted the contagious virus , and the NBA announced it was suspending its season because of it. Now, a video is circulating of the Utah Jazz player...

Governor: NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade Postponed

Mayor promises it will go ahead at some point

(Newser) - The New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been postponed for the first time in its 258-year history because of coronavirus concerns, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday. Cuomo said while the risk of transmission might be lower in an outdoor gathering, health experts had urged him to...

Tom Hanks, Wife Test Positive for Coronavirus

Couple were diagnosed in Australia

(Newser) - Tom Hanks is now the world's most famous coronavirus patient. The actor and wife Rita Wilson have been diagnosed with the virus in Queensland, Australia, where he was set to start filming a Baz Luhrmann movie about Elvis Presley on Monday, Deadline reports. "We felt a bit tired,...

NBA Suspends Season After Player Tests Positive
NBA Abruptly
Suspends Season  
Mar 12, 2020 12:30 AM CDT

NBA Abruptly Suspends Season

Utah Jazz player tests positive for coronavirus

(Newser) - After the NBA game between the Utah Jazz and the Oklahoma City Thunder was abruptly delayed seconds before it was due to start Wednesday night and then called off, the NBA announced that the season is being suspended until further notice because a player has tested positive for coronavirus. The...

Trump Suspends Travel From Europe to US for 30 Days

Blamed EU for not moving quickly enough against 'foreign virus'

(Newser) - President Trump said Wednesday he is suspending all travel from Europe to the US for 30 days beginning Friday as a measure to combat the novel coronavirus. Trump made the announcement in an Oval Office address to the nation, blaming the European Union for not acting quickly enough to address...

As Cities Cancel St. Paddy's Day Parades, One Remains

New York City denies reports that its parade, the biggest in the world, is being canceled

(Newser) - Chicago on Wednesday canceled this year's St. Patrick's Day parade due to the coronavirus outbreak, joining many other cities around the world in doing so—but not, notably, New York. Despite reports coming out that NYC would be canceling its annual event—the holiday's largest gathering anywhere...

NCAA Has Big News About March Madness

NCAA President Mark Emmert closes tournament games due to the coronavirus

(Newser) - NCAA President Mark Emmert says NCAA Division I basketball tournament games will not be open to the general public because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus, the AP reports. Emmert said in a statement Wednesday that he made the decision to conduct both the men's and women's...

Trump Will Address the Nation Tonight on Coronavirus

President announces statement to come later Wednesday

(Newser) - President Trump will address the nation regarding the coronavirus outbreak within hours, the Hill reports. During a meeting with bank executives regarding COVID-19, he told reporters, "I’ll be making a statement later tonight," pegging 8pm ET as the time it will come. He gave no further details,...

Jim Bakker Sued Over Coronavirus 'Cure'

Stop selling 'silver solution,' Missouri attorney general warns televangelist

(Newser) - If you've been watching the Jim Bakker Show and got taken in by promises of a coronavirus cure hawked by the televangelist, we have bad news for you. The Missouri attorney general is suing the show over what it says is a "fake" cure. "Anyone who has...

WHO Makes It Official: It&#39;s a Pandemic
WHO Says the
P-Word Now Applies
Mar 11, 2020 11:55 AM CDT

WHO Says the P-Word Now Applies

Declares the novel coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic

(Newser) - Expressing alarm both about mounting infections and inadequate government responses, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic but added that it's not too late for countries to act. By reversing course and using the charged word "pandemic" that it had...

7-Eleven Owner Charged Over Homemade Sanitizer

4 kids allegedly suffered burns after using Manisha Bharade's concoction

(Newser) - A convenience store owner in New Jersey reacting to the coronavirus outbreak created and sold a spray sanitizer that left four children with burns, state and county law enforcement officials said. Authorities on Tuesday issued a summons charging Manisha Bharade, 47, of Wood-Ridge with endangering the welfare of children and...

After Big Day on Tuesday, Dow Takes Plunge at the Open
Dow Plunges at the Open,
Then Keeps Sinking
UPDATED
Mar 11, 2020 9:50 AM CDT

Dow Plunges at the Open, Then Keeps Sinking

Was down more than 1K points just shy of 90 minutes into trading

(Newser) - "What goes up must come down" seems to be the rule of thumb as of late. Though the Dow finished up 1,167 points on Tuesday, Dow futures were down 811 points a half-hour before the opening bell, and stocks did indeed plunge at the open, with the Dow...

What Virus? 3.5K People Dress Up, Hang Out as Smurfs

Event criticized as 'potentially a very dangerous viral bomb'

(Newser) - A day before France banned gatherings of more than 1,000 people, some 3,500 of them gathered to break a world record. The village of Landerneau in northwestern France, home to the annual Festival of the Starry Moon, was betting on breaking the world record for the "most...

National Guard Sent to NY Virus 'Containment Zone'

'This is literally a matter of life and death'

(Newser) - National Guard troops are being deployed to a "containment zone" around the New York's most severe coronavirus outbreak—but authorities stress that no travel restrictions are being enforced in New Rochelle. Instead, authorities say the troops will help clean public spaces and deliver food to infected individuals, the...

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