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A woman wears a protective glove as she purchases a metro card at a subway station, Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in New York. She said that she always wears gloves in the subway "because it's filthy." According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC), "It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

A woman wears a protective glove as she purchases a metro card at a subway station, Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in New York. She said that she always wears gloves in the subway "because it's filthy." According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC), "It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought t…

March 5, 2020

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Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing
March 5, 2020 8:27 p.m.

Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew can be tested, after a traveler from its previous voyage died of the disease and at least four others became infected.