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"Now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries, the threat of a pandemic has become very real," WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on a conference call Monday.

President Donald Trump is expected to attend the meeting, which is scheduled to be held Wednesday.

The fear of coronavirus and its impact on global supply chains has led to significant spikes in sales of sanitation products — including hand sanitizer. In a press conference Monday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York State has 142 confirmed cases of coronavirus and the state has developed its own line of hand sanitizer that is 75% alcohol and is producing 100,000 gallons per week.

Sanders has focused on winning Michigan, the biggest delegate haul among Tuesday's primaries, after Biden took a delegate lead on Super Tuesday.

From "cash is king" to "a first-half issue," here's what top commentators are saying about and the stock market's plunge.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that it now has the testing capacity in 78 state and local public health labs across 50 states to test for the coronavirus.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is scheduled to speak on the deadly coronavirus outbreak at a press briefing Monday.

Monday's open in the ETF representing the S&P 500 was 7.4% lower than Friday;'s close.

"I like Amazon right here." CNBC's Jim Cramer said Monday. "I think you start a position in Amazon absolutely,"

SpaceX is raising half a billion dollars in new funding, as Elon Musk company continues work on three ambitious projects.

Trump's and Pence's words of assurance to donors come as the president is facing political backlash for what his critics describe as a sluggish coronavirus response from the federal government.

Elliott Management and Silver Lake each get one board seat at Twitter.

"The algorithms operated all night as if trillions of dollars were trading......Uncharted waters," Cramer tweeted early Monday.

Coronavirus worries are multiplying, but a few S&P 500 stocks are still in rally mode despite the stock market's jitters.

Trump's Twitter tirade came as global markets tumbled from coronavirus fallout, and Joe Biden appeared to be surging toward the Democratic nomination.

"This is just the need for fiscal policy," CNBC's Jim Cramer said.

Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency by value, fell 10% in 24 hours with other big digital coins ethereum, XRP and bitcoin cash, posting double-digit losses.

The Consumer Brands Association – which represents brands including Colgate-Palmolive, Coca-Cola, General Mills and Clorox – wrote a letter to Attorney General William Barr on Monday urging him to take action on sellers taking advantage of the coronavirus outbreak.

Wedbush Securities' analyst Dan Ives said in a note on Monday that investors should focus on "tech winners for the next 5-10 years" like Apple, which he expects will ship more than a record 231 million iPhones in FY21.

Scientists estimate that over half the world's sea turtles and nearly every seabird have ingested plastic. More than 8 million tons of plastic are dumped into the oceans every year.