Coronavirus puts US on Lockdown

The race to control coronavirus in the US has taken a drastic turn as the CDC urged all gatherings of 50 or more people to be canceled or postponed for the next eight weeks.

And more states are adding their own rules. Schools across New Jersey and New York are about to close, adding to the more than 30 million students unable to go to class. Many restaurants across the country can’t have dine-in guests. Even some public beaches in Florida are closing.

But some say these precautions are still not enough to stop the virus, which has infected more than 4,000 people and killed at least 70 in the US, according to the CDC. Read more in CNN.