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It's the first time the WHO has called an outbreak a pandemic since the H1N1 "swine flu" in 2009.

"I can say we will see more cases, and things will get worse than they are right now," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The California county includes the hospital that treated the first known U.S. case of community spread of COVID-19, which went undiagnosed for days because of problems with the U.S. testing program.

Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, says, "We do not expect most people to develop serious illness."

Movie theaters, museums and other cultural sites throughout Italy are closed until next month. Meanwhile, a stranded cruise ship off California with infected passengers is finally allowed to dock.

Nearly a year after Sacramento police fatally shot Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed black man who died in his grandmother's backyard, DA Anne-Marie Schubert presented her office's findings on Saturday.

Washington state is reporting at least 79 people were infected with the virus. In both California and Nevada, cases have been connected to the Grand Princess cruise ship.

At a town hall Thursday evening, he contradicted health officials' advice to avoid the traditional greeting.

Half a dozen flu deaths last week pushed the number of fatalities this season to 80. As of this time last year, the county had recorded 44 flu deaths. Last season's deaths totaled 77.

The San Diego County District Attorney's Office announced Thursday that it will seek the death penalty for a man accused of opening fire inside a Poway synagogue last year, killing a woman and injuring three others.