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This daily live blog will provide the latest updates, news and details of COVID-19 from media outlets and social media sources nationally and around the world.
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5:30 p.m. AMC movie theaters will limit showings to 50 people, meanwhile competitor Regal closes doors indefinitely.
5:12 p.m.
4:46 p.m. A TSA worker at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport tests positive for COVID-19. The screening officer last worked at the Atlanta airport at the international terminal on the morning of March 7.
4:07 p.m.
4:00 p.m. In a press briefing with his Coronavirus Task Force, President Donald Trump advised the nation to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people to combat COVID-19.
3:52 p.m. A coronavirus vaccine test opens with first doses administered in Seattle to healthy volunteers. The speed of vaccine development is "unprecedented," however it will be 12 to 18 months before a vaccine will be made available to the public.
3:49 p.m.
3:48 p.m. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine delays the Democratic presidential primary until June 2. Mail-in voting will be available until June 2 as well.
2:56 p.m. Mayor Joe Goethals announces "shelter-in-place" directive for nine counties in the San Francisco Bay Area will be placed under a shelter-in-place directive by public health officials. This order will close virtually all businesses and direct residents to remain at home, reports LA Times.
2:32 p.m.
2:18 p.m. Idris Elba announces testing positive for coronavirus.
2:07 p.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces Canada is closing its borders to people who are not citizens or permanent residents as outbreak in North America worsens.
1:48 p.m.
1:17 p.m. The White House releases press statement from G7 leaders saying that "the COVID-19 pandemic is a human tragedy and a global health crisis, which also poses major risks for the world economy," and that international cooperation will be required.
1:07 p.m. First coronavirus death reported in South Carolina, an elderly person from a nursing home in Lexington.
12:35 p.m. Kentucky and Indiana join New York, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio and Rhode Island on list of states banning indoor dining at bars and restaurants.
12:10 p.m. Official number of cases reported in Georgia rises to 121, a 22% increase from Sunday.
11:42 a.m. Malaysia and Chile join list of countries with closed borders due to coronavirus
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10:32 a.m. Passengers disembarking a Carnival Cruise ship in Charleston were reportedly not being screened for COVID-19 after a 4-day trip to the Bahamas.
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6:59 a.m. Chick-fil-A closes dining room service. The Atlanta-based fast-food giant is closing its dining room service in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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