NYC Mayor de Blasio warned that "April will be much worse than March" as coronavirus spreads through the city. on.msnbc.com/2QHg6zD
Pres. Trump tweets his view on social distancing measures that have been implemented in parts of US:
"Our people want to return to work. They will practice Social Distancing and all else, and Seniors will be watched over protectively & lovingly. We can do two things together."
"Our people want to return to work. They will practice Social Distancing and all else, and Seniors will be watched over protectively & lovingly. We can do two things together."
LGBTQ advocates call on the US government to allow gay and bisexual men to give lifesaving blood without restriction to address donation shortages amid coronavirus pandemic. nbcnews.to/2wAa5hl
Las Vegas darkens its neon lights due to coronavirus, leaving thousands unemployed. nbcnews.to/2QIqQxK
Live now on @MSNBC: NY Gov. Cuomo updates on coronavirus. 
This is how South Korea flattened its coronavirus curve. nbcnews.to/2WHCsVt
NEW: In new projection (blue line), NY Gov. Cuomo says New York state will need 140,000 hospital beds at peak, an increase from the previous 110,000 peak projection:
"The apex is higher than we thought, and the apex is sooner than we thought, that is a bad combination of facts."
"The apex is higher than we thought, and the apex is sooner than we thought, that is a bad combination of facts."
Indian PM Modi orders 21-day lockdown of the country starting at midnight local time. nbcnews.to/2UEv2jw
NY Gov. Cuomo latest:
• We have 53,000 hospital beds, need 140,000 total beds
• We've procured 7,000 ventilators, need 30,000 more
• "The apex is higher than we thought, and the apex is sooner than we thought."
• "We need the federal help now."
• We have 53,000 hospital beds, need 140,000 total beds
• We've procured 7,000 ventilators, need 30,000 more
• "The apex is higher than we thought, and the apex is sooner than we thought."
• "We need the federal help now."
NY Gov. Cuomo concludes today’s coronavirus update with a message to New Yorkers:
“At the end of the day, my friends — even if it is a long day, and this is a long day — love wins. Always. And it will win again through this virus.”
“At the end of the day, my friends — even if it is a long day, and this is a long day — love wins. Always. And it will win again through this virus.”
Live now on @MSNBC.
Latest: As of 11 a.m. ET, March 24, NBC News has confirmed 44,809 coronavirus cases in the US.
NEW: Senate Minority Leader Schumer says "we're on the [2-yard line]" of coronavirus relief negotiations; thinks deal can be reached “in the next few hours.”
Live now on @MSNBC.
WATCH: Gov. Cuomo on possibility of re-opening economy amid coronavirus outbreak:
“We’re not willing to sacrifice that 1-2% ... We are going to fight every way we can to save every life that we can, b/c that’s what, I think, it means to be an American ... I am not giving up.”
“We’re not willing to sacrifice that 1-2% ... We are going to fight every way we can to save every life that we can, b/c that’s what, I think, it means to be an American ... I am not giving up.”
Coronavirus deaths in the US: As of 11 a.m. ET, March 24, there have been 550 deaths.
Highest US state death totals:
• 157 in New York
• 110 in Washington
• 42 in California
• 34 in Louisiana
• 25 in Georgia
Highest US state death totals:
• 157 in New York
• 110 in Washington
• 42 in California
• 34 in Louisiana
• 25 in Georgia
Speaker Pelosi responds to President Trump saying "we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself": "What the president is suggesting is really a formula for more uncertainty, more infections and more harm to the economy."
on.msnbc.com/2WEGJJn
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JUST IN: "I would love to have the country opened up and raring to go by Easter (April 12),” President Trump says on Fox News.
Harvard President Larry Bacow and his wife Adele tested positive for the coronavirus, he announced in a statement. nbcnews.to/2WH7Xz2
President Trump says he wants to ease coronavirus restrictions by April 12, despite caution from health experts. nbcnews.to/2UgUyw2
US states that are under orders to stay home amid coronavirus spread.
WATCH: @WillemMarx reports on the steps Iceland is taking to combat COVID-19, including testing large numbers of people, quarantining possibly infected people, and using genetic sequencing to understand how the virus spreads.
BREAKING: Playwright Terrence McNally has died at age 81 due to complications from coronavirus, his publicist says. nbcnews.to/39h847l
Joe Biden on the response to COVID-19: “We have to focus on people's health. Listen to the scientists … We haven’t even flattened the curve.”
"The people who got hurt most in the economic recovery last time were the millennial generation,” Joe Biden says. “They inherited this incredible debt ... as a consequence of student loans. We should be forgiving $10,000 minimum in student loan debt."
WATCH: President Trump: “Private companies are heeding our call to produce medical equipment and supplies because they know that we will not hesitate to invoke the [Defense Production Act] in order to get them to do what they have to do. It’s called leverage.”
President Trump's top economic adviser says there is "great progress" on coronavirus relief legislation, and that the "total package here comes to roughly $6 trillion: $2 trillion direct assistance, roughly $4 trillion in federal reserve lending power."
Reporter: "Who suggested Easter?"
President Trump: "I just thought it was a beautiful time … It was based on a certain level of weeks from the time we started.”
President Trump: "I just thought it was a beautiful time … It was based on a certain level of weeks from the time we started.”
NEW: White House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Birx instructs anyone who has been in New York recently to self-quarantine for 14 days.
“You may have been exposed before you left New York.” nbcnews.to/2WH1FQb
“You may have been exposed before you left New York.” nbcnews.to/2WH1FQb
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on the coronavirus relief package: “We really need to make sure that the dollars and dimes actually make sense and add up for a working family’s expenses for a month.”
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott issued a stay-at-home order for the state that included the closure of all non-essential businesses.
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