Im george howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Thank you, again, for joining us. Our top story, another day with more instances of coronavirus. At least six more cases have been confirmed aboard that quarantined cruise ship in japan. Well know live to that for more on that. A second ship in hong kong has been cleared. Those passengers will be allowed to leave the ship on sunday with no further monitoring. The overall death toll has risen to 813. Thats more than the entire sars outbreak of 2003. The World Health Organization is sending experts to china to study this new disease. Around the world, the virus has insfekted more than 37,000 people. Most of them in china. 362 cases have now been reported worldwide. Lets cross live to yokohama, japan, where matt rivers is on the story. We now know what people feared on that cruise ship, the more they stay there, the more people that are getting sick. Yeah, i mean the numbers continue to go up, george. What the Health Officials are saying th
5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. We start with the coronavirus and six more cases have been confirmed aboard a quarantined cruise ship in japan. This brings the total number of people taken off the diamond princess for treatment that brings it to a higher number. A second cruise ship quarantined in hong kong has been given the all clear. Very good news for the people you see dissembarking right there. All the passengers tested negative for the virus and were finally able to get off the ship sunday. No further monitoring will be required for them. Good news for them. Again, the diamond princess, 70 people who were taken off the total number there. This, again, this third ship in negotiations with two different ports for its passengers to get off. That ship has been stranded at sea after being turned away from several asian ports. The overall death toll has risen to 813. That is more than the entire sars outbreak of 2003. Theyre sending experts to china to study this new disease. Cnn
Mayor buttigieg and Bernie Sanders pulling away from the pack. When you dig into the numbers, you see more encouraging signs for Bernie Sanders and his campaign. For a long time, one of the biggest knocks on the Sanders Campaign was that he would not match up best in a head to head matchup with donald trump. That was a concern for democratic voters. When you look at the deeper aspects of the poll, you see that New Hampshire primary voters at least view Bernie Sanders as the person who best could take on donald trump in november. 29 of New Hampshire voters say he has the best shot of winning the general election, followed closely by joe biden with 25 , and Pete Buttigieg at 14 . Then another number thats encouraging for sanders, we asked primary voters which democrat would you not consider voting for at all. For a long time, another knock on Sanders Campaign was polarization, particularly with democratic voters, turning off moderate voters. This poll shows that joe biden is the one at 1
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