Tracking Coronavirus: What you need to know for March 17
LAKE MARY, Fla. - Ohio's top health has ordered the polls closed over concerns about the coronavirus, hours before voters were supposed to begin casting ballots in the state's presidential primary on Tuesday, the governor said late Monday.
The Florida Primary is still on with some precincts taking extra steps to keep polling places as clean and safe as possible.
Below is a log of the day's events as it relates to the global coronavirus pandemic.
12:00 a.m. -- Shares have reversed early losses in major Asian markets after the U.S. stock market plunged to its worst day in more than three decades. Read more HERE.
12:15 a.m. -- Officials in seven San Francisco Bay Area counties have issued a shelter-in-place mandate affecting about 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself. Read more HERE.
7:00 a.m. -- Polls open for Florida's Democratic primary -- despite concerns over the coronavirus. Many polling locations are reporting that workers have dropped their shifts for Tuesday's primary. Read more HERE.
7:30 a.m. -- U.S. equity futures are pointing to a higher open a day after markets suffered their steepest single-day loss since 1987. Read more HERE.
7:45 a.m. -- The World Health Organization said Tuesday that two of its workers have been diagnosed with the coronavirus as healthcare workers across the U.S. begin to test positive. Read more HERE.
8:00 a.m. -- Dollar General to encouraging locations across the country to dedicate the first hour of of shopping to senior citizens amid the coronavirus outbreak. Read more HERE.
10:30 a.m. -- Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced that establishments such as bars and nightclubs in Orlando will be banned from selling alcohol for on-site consumption until March 31. Read more HERE.
11:00 a.m. -- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced tighter guidelines for the state, including closing all bars and nightclubs for 30 days. The closure begins at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Read more HERE.
12:00 p.m. -- The White House proposes sending checks to Americans to ease the economic impact of the coronavirus. Read more HERE.
5:30 p.m. -- Testing for all students in Florida public schools K-12 is canceled for the remainder of the school year, Governor DeSantis announced on Tuesday afternoon. He said that all testing will be waived for the rest of the school year. With that, all public schools will remain closed until April 15. Following that, classes may resume in person or students will continue with virtual learning. Read more HERE.
6:30 p.m. -- The Florida Department of Health said that there are 216 positive cases of COVID-19 in the state. 21 of those cases are non-Florida residents who are isolated in the state. Read more HERE.
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