Authorities announce that there have been some 9,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 throughout Islamic Republic; news comes amid speculation regarding VP's health

Losses accelerate as health authorities declare outbreak a pandemic, bringing US stock market to brink of ending one of its greatest-ever runs

Most aid to go to businesses hit with losses due to virus outbreak; some funding to go to health system, preventative measures, aviation industry

TV report says classes would instead be held online; prisons service to empty jail, turn it into facility for housing any prisoners who become sick with coronavirus

Kentucky governor calls on churches to cancel services; gatherings of over 250 people expected to be banned in Seattle-area; leading universities to hold classes remotely

Multiple countries report their first coronavirus deaths; Italians grapple with new nationwide lockdown meant to halt spread of COVID-19

In using charged word that it had previously shied away from, UN health agency intent on shaking more lethargic countries into taking more aggressive steps against contagion

Total number of deaths caused by coronavirus in the Islamic Republic hits 354 out of 9,000 cases, Tehran says

Union offers to suspend most pilots without pay to help Israel's flag carrier weather storm, calls on government to aid virus-hit company

Tutors, students have online system that enables classes to continue even if they are in quarantine; Rothberg International School reports almost all students able to arrive