This is the scene at O’Hare airport. The traveler who took the photo said it’s a 6-hour wait for bags then on to customs for 2-4 more of waiting in shoulder-to-shoulder crowds. Police are handing out water and disinfectant wipes. @fly2ohare #ord #coronavirus #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/UTx9E0nj1s

— Brooke Geiger McDonald (@BrookeGMcDonald) March 15, 2020

A hospital in Seattle area has sent out a note to staff, shared with me, suspending elective surgery and warning that "our local COVID-19 trajectory is likely to be similar to that of Northern Italy." The hospital is down to a four-day supply of gloves.

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) March 14, 2020

NEW: today’s update of coronavirus case trajectory tracker introduces some improvements

• Malaysia is added, and appears on a similar path to Japan
• Iran & Italy paths shifted by one day to better reflect when they reached 100 cases

Live version here: https://t.co/VcSZISFxzF pic.twitter.com/sXOBMoAk3Z

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 14, 2020