Coronavirus continues to spread around the world with the number of cases now surpassing 100,000.

In the U.S., at least 250 people have contracted the virus with cases being reported from New York to California. And the death toll is growing.

On Friday, President Trump signed an US$ 8.3 billion emergency spending bill to help fight the virus. He also addressed the scale of the outbreak.

Meanwhile, thousands of people are still stranded on board a cruise ship off the California coast awaiting coronavirus test results.

CGTN’s Mark Niu has this report from San Francisco.

Follow Mark Niu on Twitter @MarkNiuWrite

To discuss:

• Einar Tangen is a political and economic affairs commentator.
• Paulo Sotero, Director of the Brazil Institute at the Wilson Center 
• John Sitilides is a geopolitical strategist with Trilogy Advisors.
• Dr. Eric Ding is an Epidemiologist at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health.

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U.S. travel has begun to crumble under the risk of coronavirus https://t.co/2qYlOVNlvQ

— Bloomberg (@business) March 5, 2020

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That's roughly how many students worldwide are out of the classroom due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.https://t.co/IJiEdBvNCj

— NPR (@NPR) March 5, 2020