Coronavirus cases surge in the U.S.
In the United States, the death toll from the coronavirus has risen, with new cases reported in at least four new states from Colorado to Texas.
On Thursday (March 5) families outside of a nursing home in Washington - where six people have died from the virus - demanded answers from US officials and staff.
Kevin Connelly, son-in-law of one of the residents spoke to the press:
(SOUNDBITE) (English) SON-IN-LAW OF NURSERY HOME RESIDENT, KEVIN CONNOLLY, SAYING:
"I don't think that the Life Care Center of Kirkland have done a particularly good job but I don't think they are equipped or trained to deal with this. Whomever the people are who are supposed to fly in and deal with this highly infectious and deadly disease they are the people that I am personally incredibly angry with."
Vice President Pence tried to soothe fears, and visited health workers in Seattle.
But he did admit there were serious shortfalls in the number of testing kits.
In the background, Congress quickly approved more than $8 billion to fight the outbreak.
Meanwhile, out at sea a helicopter flew in testing kits to a cruise ship off the coast of California after at least 35 people developed flu-like symptoms aboard.
The cruiseliner has been barred from docking in San Francisco.
Across the globe, South Korea has reported a rise in cases, tallying to nearly 6,300 cases on Friday (March 6).
India's total hit over 30, and Bhutan reported its first case of infection and banned the entry of tourists for two weeks.
But for China's central province of Hubei, excluding the provincial capital Wuhan where the outbreak began, it reported zero new cases of coronavirus over 24 hours for the first time since the outbreak.
