A traveler trying to get out of Italy, where the coronavirus outbreak seemed to balloon overnight, described a scene where tourists and students scrambled to find a flight out of Florence.

An outbreak of a brain-destroying virus is currently happening in the Kerala state of India.

A chain of events led to the outbreak of the war.

The novel coronavirus outbreak has hit the United States on the tail end of spring break — a time-honored March tradition for college students.

The mayor of Bergamo, Giorgio Gori, says his province, like many others in Italy, were not prepared for the coronavirus outbreak.

Kuwait suspended all flights to Italy because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The authorities disclosed little useful information about the spread of COVID-19 at the beginning of the outbreak.

Now, Marzio is one of around 50,000 people whose lives are on hold after they were placed under quarantine as Italy tries to contain Europe's worst outbreak of coronavirus that flared up in the regions of Lombardy and Veneto.

Patchy outbreaks of rain will soon fizzle out in the west, leaving the rest of the day bright and sunny.

The death toll in Italy from the coronavirus outbreak stands at seven with more than 200 cases confirmed.