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Canada becomes first country to announce it won't be sending athletes to this year's Tokyo Olympics | via @CNN

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China confirms nine more deaths and 39 additional cases of coronavirus.

None of the latest cases were in Hubei — once the center of China's coronavirus outbreak — making this the fifth straight day that the province has had no new cases | via @CNN

New Zealand will issue its highest alert level and close all non-essential businesses across the country amid the coronavirus pandemic | via @CNN

@CNN Actor Tom Hanks says he and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, are feeling better after testing positive for coronavirus

In a tweet, Hanks posted an update, and offered some advice on what sheltering in place means | via @CNN

https://twitter.com/tomhanks/status/1241919151829954566

Japan reports five deaths due to the novel coronavirus, its biggest one-day surge.

That takes the national toll to 49 deaths | via @CNN

@CNN BREAKING: Hong Kong bans all non-residents from entering the city as the number of confirmed coronavirus almost doubled the past week | via @CNN

There are now more than 34,000 US coronavirus cases and 414 deaths | via @CNN

JUST IN: After insisting for weeks that the 2020 Olympic Games would go ahead as planned, Tokyo's Organizing Committee says that postponement is now a "realistic option." | via @CNN

Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Germany. The country reports 86 deaths and a total of 22,672 cases of COVID-19 | via @CNN

Spanish authorities expect the so-called "peak" of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country to happen as soon as Wednesday | via @CNN

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar said her husband has tested positive for coronavirus.

"I have news that many Americans are facing right now: my husband John has the coronavirus. We just got the test results at 7 a.m. this morning," Klobuchar wrote in a Medium post. | via @CNN

The Democratic senator and former 2020 presidential candidate said that her husband has been "cut off from all visitors" and that she will also not see him during this time, but that she and her daughter "are constantly calling and texting and emailing." | via @CNN

Scientists at Oxford University have developed a 30-minute test for COVID-19, which can be done anywhere. The raw materials for it cost about $25. | via @CNN

@CNN At least 23 Italian doctors have died in coronavirus epidemic

The number of doctors who have died in Italy since the coronavirus epidemic began has risen to 23, the Italian federation of doctors said today. | via @CNN

@CNN New York has more than 20,000 positive cases

More than 20,000 people across the state of New York have tested positive for coronavirus, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in a news conference Monday. | via @CNN

@CNN More than 150 people have died from coronavirus in New York

As of Monday morning, at least 157 people who have tested positive for coronavirus have died, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a press conference. | via @CNN

@CNN BREAKING: Zimbabwe confirms its first coronavirus death

Zimbabwean officials confirmed the country’s first novel coronavirus death on Monday. The 30-year-old victim has been identified as broadcast journalist Zororo Makamba. | via @CNN

@CNN JUST IN: Merkel tests negative in first coronavirus test

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has tested negative for coronavirus after taking a preliminary test. | via @CNN