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South Korean President Moon Jae-in, rear center, looks around the production line of mask at Wooil C&Tech in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday, March 6, 2020. North Korea said Friday it has released about 220 foreigners from a quarantine imposed as part of its vigilant prevention efforts to avoid an outbreak of the coronavirus that has spread around the world. (Lee Jin-wook/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, rear center, looks around the production line of mask at Wooil C&Tech in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday, March 6, 2020. North Korea said Friday it has released about 220 foreigners from a quarantine imposed as part of its vigilant prevention efforts to avoid an outbreak of the coronavirus that has spread around the world. (Lee Jin-wook/Yonhap via AP)

March 6, 2020

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Virus cases top 100,000 in 90 countries as markets take dive
March 6, 2020 5:54 p.m.

Virus cases top 100,000 in 90 countries as markets take dive

PARIS (AP) — Crossing more borders, the new coronavirus hit a milestone, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide as it wove itself deeper into the daily lives of millions, infecting the powerful, the unprotected poor and vast masses in between.