JUST IN: California reports state's first coronavirus fatality as US death toll hits 11 https://t.co/XHYRAcjH4m pic.twitter.com/OWfFCsuJ7t

— The Hill (@thehill) March 4, 2020

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The proclamation is to help advance resources to aid the state in preparing for a broader spread of the virus. https://t.co/QirGD58lmb

— CNN (@CNN) March 5, 2020

California governor declares state of emergency over #coronavirus with 53 confirmed cases. LIve updates: https://t.co/MU4r5Ig4xd pic.twitter.com/Zpm2T1mRAe

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 5, 2020

Another Princess cruise ship is embroiled in an outbreak of coronavirus—this time the Grand Princess, which was en route to Hawaii and now is returning to San Francisco following the death of a former passenger in California https://t.co/AHuU8MCBqu

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 4, 2020

United Airlines plans to cut back on flights, freeze hiring and halt merit pay raises as travel demand sinks because of the coronavirus https://t.co/sVjNQ4rzNV

— Bloomberg (@business) March 5, 2020

Trump, under growing pressure over administration's at-times chaotic response to the coronavirus outbreak, claims Obama-era rule slowed coronavirus testing https://t.co/s6Sa3SkLE2 pic.twitter.com/e4GSeaUvES

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 5, 2020

Factbox: Latest on the spread of coronavirus around the world https://t.co/LpQYMvJT57 pic.twitter.com/RWbQ67dE1Y

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 5, 2020

Pomeranian has low-level infection and experts unanimously conclude human-to-animal transmission

But experts also cite previous experience with SARS suggesting cats and dogs will not fall sick or transmit virus to people

But it’s not contamination. https://t.co/ElFdkZVj7q

— Dr Kevin Purcell 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇸 (@kevinpurcell) March 4, 2020

Italy closed all schools and universities and prepared to ban almost all public gatherings as the death toll from #coronavirus rose to 107 https://t.co/kOqFww9hz8 pic.twitter.com/YTAnoJ3sRX

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 4, 2020

Israel adds five countries to coronavirus air travel restrictions https://t.co/ZxMCyq9t8I pic.twitter.com/viduipWsFu

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 5, 2020

Coronavirus: Italy closes sports events to fans – including Six Nations match with England https://t.co/69VYYhA3KM

— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 4, 2020

Banning spectators from L.A.-area sporting events is a possibility amid coronavirus outbreakhttps://t.co/3caDvlLF0m

— L.A. Times Sports (@latimessports) March 4, 2020

With players discouraged from signing autographs at spring training because of coronavirus fears, a number of teams are starting to have players sign balls in the clubhouse before games so they can flip them to fans in the stands. Seems like something every team should consider.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 5, 2020

Clorox shares hit an all-time high last week as equity markets tanked. https://t.co/95ZBWo8mOL

— ABC News (@ABC) March 5, 2020

These remarks by @SenSchumer were inexcusable. Chief Justice Roberts was right to call him on his comments. I hope the Senator, whom I’ve long admired and consider a friend, apologizes and takes back his implicit threat. It’s beneath him and his office. https://t.co/xbNnUeznRR

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) March 4, 2020

Roberts Denounces Schumer for Talking About Kavanaugh the Way Kavanaugh Talked About the Senate https://t.co/0v7CEQx1yr

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) March 5, 2020

Fate of Trump's first Supreme Court abortion case may come down to one justice https://t.co/PDMbNQrXCG

— The Independent (@Independent) March 5, 2020

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg abandoned his presidential campaign and endorsed Joe Biden, after spending more than half a billion dollars of his own money on ads across the United States https://t.co/q3ZKGPkDDH pic.twitter.com/ATM5aFqsW3

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 5, 2020

Sanders and Warren allies reportedly in talks to push a progressive agenda – live https://t.co/t8k0AGKTv3

— The Guardian (@guardian) March 5, 2020

“If they do settle on Biden, Democrats may well go into the November election much like they did in the 2016 election: with an increasingly unpopular Democratic candidate hobbled by accusations of corruption” – spot on from ⁦@zackbeauchamp⁩ https://t.co/RP61m4CT2Z

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) March 5, 2020

Bernie Sanders is promoting unrealistic pie-in-the-sky ideas like publicly funded universal healthcare similar to that in many other countries, whereas Joe Biden is a pragmatic realist who will keep exploitative private insurance but cure every major disease so nobody needs it. https://t.co/lvYvzc3Eeq

— Alexander (@purplechrain) March 5, 2020

The failure of Flybe will be a terrible blow for staff and many regional airports who rely on the airline (see below). Eastern Airlines and Blue Island who operate some routes on behalf of Flybe (eg Norwich + Guernsey) are not part of the administration and will continue flying. pic.twitter.com/jO6dX9apZB

— Joel Hills (@ITVJoel) March 4, 2020

With Flybe's collapse, Ni just lost almost 25% of its entire air flow in one fell swoop, and a higher proportion of its business connections. pic.twitter.com/JmjQ1QCPaI

— Duncan Morrow (@duncan_morrow) March 4, 2020

Shortages caused by coronavirus could be a dry run for a no-deal Brexit https://t.co/yHLS4XmviI

— The Independent (@Independent) March 5, 2020

UK fishermen exporting to the EU will face "some friction" after the post-Brexit transition period ends, environment secretary says https://t.co/JnUFxzLOoC

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) March 4, 2020

With the UK beginning trade negotiations with both the EU and the US this month, here is who Brits would prefer to have as the closer trading partner between the two:

🇪🇺: 51%
🇺🇸: 17% https://t.co/WvJ33sSe7V pic.twitter.com/V0Z2WTsp20

— YouGov (@YouGov) March 2, 2020

The Priti Patel allegations are turning into a #MeToo moment for the civil service | The civil servant https://t.co/OF65O0yHsa

— Maureen Fitzsimmons (@mojos55) March 4, 2020