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Cruise Ship In Limbo Over Coronavirus Outbreak Set To Dock Monday; CPAC Attendee Tested Positive For Coronavirus; Biden, Sanders Campaign In Midwest Ahead Of Super Tuesday II; Most Of Northern Italy Locked Down To Contain Virus; "Time" Releases Covers For "100 Women Of The Year". Aired 7-8a ET

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CHRISTI PAUL, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning to you on this Sunday morning. I'm Christi Paul.

AMARA WALKER, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning. I'm Amara Walker, in for Victor Blackwell.

PAUL: We've got some breaking news overnight we need to let you know about, a final destination has been revealed now for this cruise ship that's stuck off the coast of California, because of the coronavirus.

WALKER: Princess Cruise is announcing that the Grand Princess ship will be docking in Oakland tomorrow. The big question now, for how long will the 3,500 people on board still have to be under quarantine?

PAUL: In the U.S., a jump in cases here. There are two more deaths to tell you about, more than 100 new cases in 24 hours, which pushes the current number of cases over 400 and the number of deaths to 19. New York state has the second highest number of cases at the moment and the governor put it under a state of emergency, asking more than 2,500 people to self-quarantine.

WALKER: And worldwide, there are more than 105,000 cases with a spike of cases in Italy. Nearly 16 million people across northern Italy are now living under lockdown in an effort to contain the spread.

PAUL: So 21 people tested positive for coronavirus aboard this ship that's off the coast of California.

CNN's Natasha Chen is here.

And I'm sure that there is a bit of relief for them, because we now know --

NATASHA CHEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Right, they have some information.

PAUL: Right, there is a plan.

CHEN: Yes and the plan is to dock at the port of Oakland. Don't know the exact timing, but it's supposed to be Monday. And the first order of business is to make sure that the people who require acute medical care are disembarking first and they will be taken to hospitals in California, and then the disembarkation will continue for the rest of the passengers and that process may take a few days.

Those who are residents of California will be transported to federally operated facilities within the state. Those who are not Californian will be transported to other federal facilities out of state and right now, there's still no plan announced for the international passengers.

For the crew on board, they will be tested and treated if necessary on board that ship.

And here is part of an announcement from the captain that was made late Saturday.

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CAPTAIN: As part of our ongoing coordination with federal, state and local authorities, an agreement has been reached to bring our ship into the port of Oakland tomorrow.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank God.

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CHEN: You heard that passenger say "thank God."

This is a relief for a lot of them, especially some with concerns about their prescriptions running out. And the captain did tell them that they were able to get some of the most urgent prescriptions filled. They will be distributed as they await docking in Oakland on Monday, and of those 21 people who have tested positive for coronavirus, we know that 19 of them are crew members and two of them are passengers.

WALKER: Natasha Chen, appreciate it, thank you very much for that.

PAUL: Thank you.

WALKER: Well, Debbie Loftus is one of the passengers stuck on the "Grand Princess" right now, along with her parents, both in their 80s. And last hour, we asked what she is hearing is next for her and those on board after they dock in Oakland tomorrow.

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DEBBIE LOFTUS, AMERICAN QUARANTINED ON GRAND PRINCESS CRUISE: They haven't told us much except we're going to be docking into Oakland and then they said first they'll be taking off the sick passengers, taking them to the hospital and then taking California residents and putting them in a California military base, and the rest of the U.S. citizens will be taken to military bases in other states, and then they said -- then they mentioned the international passengers and it sounded like they had no idea what they wanted to do with them.

They said we would get into Oakland later this afternoon, and they'd begin the process. So, that's all that we know. We haven't been told what the process is going to be like. As far as I know, the passengers have not been tested, so I don't know if we're going to be tested before we get off or while we're getting off or once we get where we're going. I'm not sure.

PAUL: How are your -- how are your parents holding up? I know that there was one woman I heard yesterday who was really concerned for her grandfather because he had prescription refills and daily medication that he needed to get access to. How are your parents?

LOFTUS: They're taking care of that. Yes, we filled out a form yesterday or the day before with any prescription needs that we might have over the next week or two, and they're working on filling those prescriptions and delivering them to us. So, I had two prescriptions that I personally needed, and it sounds like they're going to take care of all of that for us, and I believe it's going to be coming through Walgreens, the captain said.

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WALKER: You know, we --

LOFTUS: We're taken care of there.

WALKER: Yes, yes, Debbie, sorry about, I didn't mean to cut you off. So, 21 people on the Grand Princess so far have tested positive for the coronavirus. Nineteen of them are crew members.

What do you think about these numbers, and the fact that, you know, the majority of the positive tests so far have been people who may -- you know, who are working on that ship, who get in contact regularly with the passengers?

LOFTUS: Right, that was a little disconcerning. We heard that one of the positive crew members was a waiter in one of the restaurants, so there's so many huge restaurants, we have no idea if we had contact with that person or not, but it would be nice to know but they haven't told us anything.

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WALKER: Our next guests are on their tenth cruise aboard the Grand Princess, but it's clear this trip will be the one to remember. They are among the 3,500 people stuck on the ship right now

PAUL: So, let's talk to Vicki and Bill Fisher.

Vicki and Bill, we're glad that we were able to get with you. Can you hear us, first of all?

VICKI FISHER, STUCK ON GRAND PRINCESS CRUISE (via telephone): Yes.

BILL FISHER, STUCK ON GRAND PRINCESS CRUISE (via telephone): Yes.

PAUL: Yes, OK. Want to know first of all --

V. FISHER: We hear you. PAUL: OK, thank you. You sound like you're in good spirit. Talk to us

about your reaction that you are finally going to get off of this boat or at least dock in Oakland tomorrow.

V. FISHER: Yes. Well, we're happy about that, I guess, but a little curious, where we might end up, and, you know, some apprehensive, because of course, you know, being on the boat isn't bad. I'm not quite sure, our accommodations, where would they put us in isolation will be quite this nice, so a little apprehensive I would say from my emotions but relieved we are at least getting some direction or some idea of what our fate will be.

WALKER: How often are you all being updated, and by the way, to our viewers, there is a delay, so we apologize for that. But how often, Vicki and Bill, are you all on the ship getting updated as to the timeline of what's supposed to happen and what happens once you get off the ship, because again the possibility is high that, you know, some will have to go into quarantine once on land.

V. FISHER: Correct. We get updated at least three to four times a day, but last night when he came in, it was later, was it like midnight even? I believe it was later. He apologized, maybe it was 10:30, I'm not sure, but since it was, so important, he did go ahead and come in the room but, of course, it depends on the news.

He's been just waiting patiently to find out what the, you know, what the federal and the state has to say and what our verdict was going to be. So he did break in last night and give us as much, but Princess also has a website. It was interesting, because it was on the, on my phone, on the Internet, and I saw the princess did have an update, even after he came on and said we were going to Oakland and we would probably disembark Sunday. Then the update said oh, no, we wouldn't be arriving to Oakland until Monday now.

So I think that after the state told him where to go, I think they change their mind or for whatever reason delayed even after the post last night because the update, like I said, said now we won't be getting to Oakland until Monday, and start then and that will of course be the most affected patients first or those with underlying health issues. Since we're healthy, I don't look for us to get off any time soon.

PAUL: OK, yeah, they did say the disembarkment procedures are going to take several days. But we're glad to hear that you're healthy. You sound like you're doing really well.

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Vicki and Bill, we hope you're able to talk to your family soon and that everything gets cleared up and that you get to go home.

Thank you so much for keeping us informed as well. We're all thinking about all of you out there.

WALKER: All the best to you. An attendee at the Conservative Political Action Conference tested

positive for the coronavirus. The president, vice president and other administration officials attended the conference.

PAUL: CNN White House Correspondent, Sarah Westwood is live in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Sarah, we know the president, or the White House has been downplaying this. Have you gotten any word at all as to whether there are plans to test the president and his team?

SARAH WESTWOOD, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, Christi, the White House not saying much on that front at the moment but they are at this moment dismissing concerns about the fact that someone who later tested positive for the coronavirus attended the same conference, as President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence last week.

Now, the American Conservative Union, that's the organization that puts on CPAC, has said the person who contracted the virus was not in the main ballroom where the president and the vice president and other cabinet officials spoke at that conference. But nonetheless, this is coming amid growing scrutiny of the president and the vice president's decisions to continue to attend events with large crowds, even as other organizations across the country are starting to cancel events that put people in close proximity to one another.

But I want to read you part of the statement that White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham released yesterday in response to this news about the CPAC patient. There is no indication that either President Trump or Vice President Pence met with or were in close proximity to the attendee.

Now in the wake of this and news of the first cases in the District of Columbia, the president was asked yesterday at Mar-a-Lago whether he was concerned about getting in contact with, close contact with people who have coronavirus, standing next to Brazilian President Bolsonaro. President Trump said he's not worried.

Take a listen.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: What?

REPORTER: Are you concerned the virus is getting close to the White House?

TRUMP: No, I'm not concerned at all. No, I'm not. No, we've done a great job. Thank you very much.

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WESTWOOD: Now, Vice President Mike Pence also said that administration officials are tracking yet another cruise ship, that could have been exposed to coronavirus. Vice President Pence said yesterday in Ft. Lauderdale that they're tracking a cruise ship which he did not name, that could have shared crew with the Grand Princess or the Diamond Princess.

Now, yesterday, FDA officials at the White House briefed reporters, they said 5,800 tests have been performed and more than 1 million tests were shipped to labs and hospitals across the country by Friday -- Amara and Christi.

PAUL: All right. Sarah Westwood, thank you so much for the update. Always good to see you.

Listen, coming up, two days away from Super Tuesday II, and Michigan as you know is a pivotal state. Next, we're talking to the chairwoman of the state Democratic Party.

WALKER: Plus, an active search is under way, as officials in China search for dozens of people missing after a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine center collapsed. The latest is next.

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WALKER: Former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren made an appearance on "Saturday Night Live" and surprisingly said she might endorse both Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders for president.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So you're not endorsing anyone yet?

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA): Well, it's tough. Maybe I'll just pull a "New York Times" and endorse them both.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, now that you're done campaigning, do you have any regrets?

WARREN: Not at all. I am so proud of our campaign. We built a wide coalition of teachers, preschool teachers, middle school teachers and teachers pets, and not only did I not accept money from billionaires, I got to give one a swirly on live TV.

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WALKER: Since Warren dropped out of the race, people have been calling her to endorse a candidate, and she has not made any decisions yet.

In just two days, voters in six states will go to polls for the Super Tuesday II primaries.

PAUL: Yes, the two front runners, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders have been campaigning across the Midwest this weekend, making their respective cases that they each should be president.

WALKER: Three hundred and fifty-two delegates are up for grabs, with Michigan awarding the biggest prize. Today, Sanders will hold two rallies in Michigan. Biden will hold an event in Mississippi. PAUL: Chairwoman of the Michigan Democratic Party, Lavora Barnes, is

with us now, because Michigan is a pivotal.

Lavora, so good to have you with us. Thanks for being with us.

LAVORA BARNES, CHAIRWOMAN, MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY: It's great to be here this morning.

PAUL: Thank you.

So, as I understand it, we want to talk a little bit about the voters here, 1.6 million people we know voted early in California alone. There were 4 million total that voted early on Super Tuesday, and we know how that went, a couple of the candidates got out of the race.

How are you planning to make sure that every vote counts in Michigan?

BARNES: So, we've been talking to voters for weeks now about the importance of this election, and about voting and you know, about almost a million folks have voted early here in Michigan and we're encouraging folks who voted early but voted for someone who dropped out of the race to actually go to the clerk's office and spoil that ballot and vote for someone who is still in the race, so we're talking about it everywhere and going to have a good turnout on Tuesday.

PAUL: All righty. Good to know.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is already warning that Michigan results may be delayed because of the influx of absentee ballots, I understand it's up almost 80 percent. She's arguing though that the state needs to modify the law and allow clerks to count those ballots prior to Election Day.

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What is the resistance to that thought?

BARNES: Well, first, the secretary of state doesn't want folks to count the ballots. She just wants the clerks to be able to process those ballots so they're ready to be counted on Election Day.

PAUL: OK.

BARNES: And, frankly, I'm not sure what the resistance to that is. It would certainly streamline the process and help us get results earlier. Tuesday night, we're going to be up late and maybe into the next day waiting for all of these absentee ballots to be counted.

PAUL: OK, good to know that you two have that expectation of a delay.

BARNES: Yes.

PAUL: But if you're talking about 80 percent increase in absentee ballots, what kind of expect of a surge do you expect with voters on that day? BARNES: I think that there are still millions of voters who haven't

voiced their opinion yet, who haven't gone to their clerk's office to mail in a ballot and I think it's going to be a strong, strong turnout.

PAUL: The party chairwoman, the Republican Party chairwoman Laura Cox told media that they've between 5,000 volunteers and been out there door to door, contacted half a million voters to get out and vote on Tuesday. Is that ground game what you've been focusing on as well for the Democratic side?

BARNES: It is. We've had an aggressive ground game and been on the ground frankly since 2017. We've been talking to voters, some of the work we did early on has paid off in the elections we had in 2018 and we're going to see a surge of that sort of work again here in 2020. We've got thousands of volunteers on the ground. We've got several dozen organizers on the ground already and continuing to hire.

This is going to be a ground game, unlike Michigan has seen in years.

PAUL: Do you get the expectation that people have made up their minds as to who they'll vote for or are you hearing from a lot of people who even now just two days away are still questioning?

BARNES: I think most of our Democratic voters have made up their minds. As I run into people as I'm traveling the state, they seem committed to voting on Tuesday and they know who they're going to vote for.

PAUL: All right. I want to quickly ask you about Representative Tulsi Gabbard, because she's urging both Biden and Sanders to stand with her as she pressures the DNC to let her debate. We know the DNC recalculated the requirements for the debate so she no longer, because of those new requirements, she no longer qualifies for the debate next Sunday, CNN debate in Arizona as well as another one.

Do you think she should be included in that debate?

BARNES: You know, we've done a terrific job of being inclusive and having a strong team of folks running for president all on that debate stage throughout these many, many debates we've had. The field is narrowed. It's clear now there are just two actual viable candidates in this race, and it's time for to us just focus on those two.

PAUL: All right. Lavora Barnes we appreciate you. Good luck on Tuesday.

BARNES: Thank you.

PAUL: Hope everything goes smoothly for you.

BARNES: Thank you so much.

PAUL: Sure.

WALKER: CNN's Fareed Zakaria sat down with Hillary Clinton on the interview for the state of the Democratic race, among other things and she fell short of endorsing a candidate but she tipped her hand on which way she is leaning.

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FAREED ZAKARIA, CNN HOST, "FAREED ZAKARIA GPS": If Bernie Sanders is the Democratic nominee, will you campaign for him?

HILLARY CLINTON, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: I will support the nominee of the Democratic Party.

ZAKARIA: Will you campaign for him?

CLINTON: I don't know if he would ask me to campaign for him, Fareed, because I have no idea what he is thinking about for a general election campaign. As I've said many times, I do not think he's our strongest nominee against Donald Trump.

ZAKARIA: Is that an endorsement of Joe biden?

CLINTON: I'm not endorsing --

ZAKARIA: There's nobody left.

CLINTON: Well, I guess that's true, there isn't anybody left but I think what Joe's victories on Super Tuesday showed is that he is building the kind of coalition that I had basically. It's a broad- based coalition. I finished, you know, most of the work I needed to do for the nomination on Super Tuesday and it kind of lingered on, and I think Joe is on track to doing exactly the same thing, putting together a coalition of voters who are energized.

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WALKER: And you can watch the full interview on "FAREED ZAKARIA GPS" at 10:00 a.m. Eastern, right here on CNN.

PAUL: Well, Congressman Matt Gaetz, a Republican from Florida is receiving criticism for choice to wear a gas mask on the House floor. It happened on Wednesday, during a vote on an emergency funding bill to fight the spread of novel coronavirus.

Now, Gaetz did back that bill. He said he just didn't feel good about it but two days later, he put out this statement, quote, I'm extremely saddened to learn of the first fatality in our district from coronavirus, a northwest Floridian residing in Santa Rosa County. Our prayers are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time, unquote.

Now, Gaetz didn't explain exactly why he was wearing the mask. While he did, one of his constituents was battling the virus, ultimately losing his life, which has brought on this criticism.

Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush of Illinois said, quote: This is an absolute tragedy.

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It's also deeply saddening that when presented with an opportunity to lead, Representative Matt Gaetz chose to make a cheap joke about an epidemic that would ultimately claim the life of one of his constituents. My prayers are with the victim's family.

WALKER: A lockdown in Northern Italy is forcing millions to stay put. How the country is working to halt the spread of the coronavirus. The details, next.

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PAUL: Twenty-five minutes past the hour.

And, right now, nearly 16 million people across northern Italy are on lockdown and one of the toughest that we have seen to combat the spread of coronavirus.

WALKER: Now, Italy is dealing with the largest outbreak in Europe, reporting more than 5,800 cases and 233 deaths.

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Let's get the latest now from Italy and CNN's Ben Wedeman joining us now from Milan with more.

Good morning, Ben.

I mean, you were saying last hour that Italy will be -- is actually closing all public gatherings.

BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, certainly in this area that's covered by this new decree which is the Lombardi region, which is where we are, and 14 provinces. It covers around 16 million people, but it's important to keep in mind that this is really the economic heartland of this country.

So, as I said before, it's a bit like closing down every city between Baltimore and Boston in the United States. And just the list of the measures being taken is long and quite alarming.

For instance, marriages, baptisms and funerals in this part of the country where this decree will come into effect are banned. All medical leaves or leaves for medical personnel have been canceled. Schools and universities will be closed until at least the 3rd of April, all professional sporting events will only be held with the teams themselves, no spectators in the stands. Bars and restaurants in this part of the country will be allowed to open only from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and they will have to maintain a distance between their customers of about a yard.

Malls and supermarkets will be open during the week, but closed during the weekend, and they also will be under restrictions as far as the number of people inside and the distance between them, and those who do not respect these new regulations could be fined or imprisoned, and it's going to be the police, the fire brigade and the armed forces that are going to enforce this decree.

Now, it's not quite clear when it's going to go into effect. We're in front of Milan's main train station. The trains are still running. People are leaving.

Last night, there was quite a crowd here. Today, it seems sort of back to normal, but I spoke to one woman who lives in Milan with two children. She was going to go to Genoa to visit her mother but decided not to go because she was afraid she wouldn't be able to come back. So there are a lot of people in this part of Italy basically deciding should we stay or should we go, and there's a lot to think about in this unprecedented crisis for this country.

WALKER: Absolutely.

WEDEMAN: Christi, Amara?

WALKER: Ben Wedeman, thank you so much for that.

PAUL: Thank you, Ben.

WALKER: Right now, rescuers are looking for 23 people after a hotel used to house people from high-risk coronavirus regions collapsed. It killed at least 10 people.

PAUL: CNN's Steven Jiang reports for us.

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STEVEN JIANG, CNN SENIOR PRODUCER (voice-over): A baby is pulled from the rubble after a hotel in China collapsed on Saturday. Firefighters dig through concrete and steel, trying to find other survivors. At one point, authorities say at least 70 people were trapped in the debris.

It's a double blow for those inside the building. A structure in the city of Quanzhou being used as a quarantine center for people exposed to the novel coronavirus. More than 800 rescue workers were on the scene sometimes using their bare hands, at other times using saws to rescue dozens of people who were taken to nearby ambulances. Witnesses say they heard a loud noise before the collapse and then saw glass and dust fill the air. Officials say they don't know yet what caused the structure to collapse.

Quanzhou is about 600 miles from Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak in China, where more than 3,000 people have died from the virus.

Steven Jiang, CNN, Beijing.

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PAUL: And there will be no spectators in the stands when the F1 Grand Prix goes to Bahrain in two weeks. Race officials released a race officials released a statement "convening a major sporting event which is open to the public and allows thousands of international travelers and fans to interact in close proximity wouldn't be the right thing to do at the present time", unquote. There were more than 100,000 who attended last year. There are 83 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bahrain, according to the country's ministry of health.

WALKER: Well, it is International Women's Day, and "Time" magazine is honoring 100 years of women who work to make the world a better place. We speak with "Time's" senior editor about the project.

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PAUL: So, the rising number of cases in the coronavirus prompted the governor of New York to declare a state of emergency, Governor Andrew Cuomo, of course, we're talking about. He's asked more than 2,500 people to self-quarantine.

WALKER: And in the meantime, he has a warning for businesses price gouging masks and hand sanitizers.

CNN's Polo Sandoval has the latest from New York.

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POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, a significant increase in the number of coronavirus cases confirmed in New York state. Governor Andrew Cuomo announcing Saturday it stands at 76, 11 of them here in New York City where the vast majority of them north of the city of Westchester County, where officials are confirming 57 now.

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We should point out that a majority of those have actually been tied to a specific cluster that has to do with a 50-year-old attorney who is confirmed to have the virus earlier this week. So, authorities certainly testing those who have come in contact with him.

Meanwhile, authorities here in New York shifting part of their focus, a part of their focus to price gouging.

According to the governor, they received multiple reports of various businesses, significantly increasing the price of various cleaning products like hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes. The governor warning those businesses that they will be investigated and could face potential consequences.

GOV. ANDREW CUOMO (D), NEW YORK: We have reports of stores selling hand sanitizer for $80 a bottle. It is not worth it to the store owner. You can lose your license, and we are very serious about this. For the few dollars that you're going to make during this situation, it's not worth your while.

SANDOVAL: That emergency declaration, what it does is it essentially expedites the hiring of health professionals, also makes for the quicker purchasing of supplies that are also needed, as well as testing. This as authorities try to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Polo Sandoval, CNN, New York.

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PAUL: Polo, thank you so much.

We'll be right back.

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PAUL: So, retreats are big business in the travel industry. Well, a true wellness retreat can span from Rome to home. In this "Staying Well", we look at the restorative power of the retreat.

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OLIVIA CHRISTINE PEREZ, WELLNESS TRAVEL BLOGGER: A retreat doesn't have to be a high-end spa. It can literally be whatever you need it to be.

Before I started traveling, it was a full-on physical manifestation of burnout. I had lupus flare-ups. I was extremely stressed, and I was no longer my best self.

I realized taking time to travel can help remind you to take that moment for self-care. I tracked multiple days through Patagonia, not only taught me how to pace myself and how to listen to my body, but it also taught me how much peace, solitude it could bring.

DR. TAZ BHATIA, INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE SPECIALIST: Not feeling good is propelling that desire to get answers, go somewhere, where they can check out of their stressful life, and really focus on themselves and their health. If you're going to take anything away from a retreat, you should take away self-awareness, because when you can find your own traps and triggers, then you know how to block them.

So, it could be as simple as planning your food, doing a five-minute meditation in the morning and those are the tools that you should be getting when you go to a wellness retreat, so that you know that this is where I need to return back to.

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PAUL: Well, the coronavirus outbreak is having an impact obviously on daily life for a lot of people. Just this morning, we learned in Washington, D.C., for example, health officials are asking a church to pause services.

WALKER: Yes, a review of a coronavirus patient's travel revealed a stop at Christ Church, Georgetown, and now an investigation is under way to see if anyone there might have been exposed.

PAUL: Yes, CNN Health Reporter, Jacqueline Howard is here.

Jacqueline, are you seeing this to be more prevalent across the country? I mean, it's Sunday. People want to go to church and synagogue.

JACQUELINE HOWARD, CNN HEALTH PRODUCER: Exactly. This is not unusual, especially during an outbreak like this. So in a lot of the areas that are hardest hit in the U.S. like Washington state, New York, California, we are seeing more churches offering their services online, offering mass online and really asking their congregation to turn to going online for service and not coming in, because of, you know, the threat of crowds congregating and spreading the virus.

WALKER: And it seems like it's becoming more common to see people wearing masks now, where you go, or had a friend who was on a plane to California last night and he was messaging me photos of a lot of people on this domestic flight, wearing masks and it's almost become normalized now.

HOWARD: Right, we are seeing people do this but health officials are not recommending to wear a mask unless you, yourself, are sick and the mask can really block you from spreading germs to others. But really, when it comes to religious services, check with your church to see or check with your synagogue or Islamic center to see what they plan to do, if there is a case in your area or what they might be recommending now because they might ask you to turn to going online for just temporarily.

PAUL: So, outside of this, what have you noticed to be prevalent in the change in our daily lives, that people are -- what practices are they taking in?

HOWARD: That's a great question.

WALKER: Wash your hands longer.

HOWARD: Exactly --

PAUL: Yes.

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WALKER: Wash your hands longer, twice. I always knew it and never did it until now.

HOWARD: Right, and don't shake hands. That's another issue, especially because a lot of times we touch our face without even realizing it throughout the day, and we can spread germs to our mouth and nose, so avoid shaking hands. I just, hi, when I meet someone, wave, hi, nice to meet you.

WALKER: Elbow bump.

HOWARD: The elbow bump, right, exactly. But really as we see more cases, we might see more schools temporarily

close to really disinfect and clean classrooms and facilities, and if you, you know, are able to work from home, check with your employer to see if they're offering that option as well.

Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon, they're all asking their Seattle-based employees to work from home because of this new threat. So, this is really important to look into.

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PAUL: Can I do the show next week from bed?

WALKER: Via Skype, via Skype.

PAUL: Via Skype.

WALKER: Bring us the studio!

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WALKER: Jacqueline Howard, appreciate that. Thank you so much.

HOWARD: Thank you.

PAUL: So, listen, today, women around the world are marching to celebrate International Women's Day.

WALKER: And the day wasn't officially recognized by the United Nations until 1977. But the history of the celebration can be traced back to labor movements across North America and Europe in the early 20th century.

This year, the United Nations is focusing on gender equality and human rights for all women and girls.

PAUL: That's coinciding with International Women's Day and Women's History Month, "TIME" has launched a program to salute woman who helped define the last hundred years.

WALKER: For 72 years, the outlet has named a man for a person of the year -- very often a man, but it's 100 women of the year project recognizes the most influential women of each year from 1920 through 2019.

Joining us now is Emma Barker, senior editor for "TIME."

And welcome, by the way. Thanks so much for joining us.

I mean, looking at the list of honorees, some of the names we'll recognize, others we won't because they're not as well known. First off, you had to go through every year and select who will make the list. That's quite a long list, I would imagine, you had to go through.

EMMA BARKER, SENIOR EDITOR, TIME: Yes, so we received more than 600 submissions, nominations from our editors and correspondents, all around the globe, as well as outside experts that are in "TIME's" network. So we combed through those 600 submissions and tried to really pick the women that we felt most changed or defined each year for all 100 years.

And some of those years, I think, about 11 of those years had women as person of the year. So that just goes to show what an issue this was. Only 11 of the past 100 years has had women as person of the year.

WALKER: Wow.

PAUL: Wow, that's something.

So we know Queen Elizabeth. We know Gloria Steinem. A lot of big names here.

There are covers of lesser-known women, though, such as Rosalind Franklin, whose work in the sciences was overlooked in favor of her male colleagues. Anna May Wong, who became a silent film star, somebody that you picked out as well.

Did you find it almost frustrating, surprising, that some of these women weren't more well-known?

BARKER: Yes, and I don't know about surprising, certainly frustrating. Obviously, you know, men have written the history books. Men have been editors of most magazines for most of history of the published word.

So, it's not necessarily super surprising that they wouldn't have recognized women. But one of the great things about this project is that it kind of fills in that other half of history. It's a whole half of the world population whose accomplishments we have not recognized throughout these past hundred years.

So, it's really great to be able to go back and look at all of those stories that we may be familiar with, for example, Rosalind Franklin, most people or many people know of Watson and Crick, who are the men who claimed credit for figuring out the structure of DNA. And Rosalind Franklin is the woman who took the photo that their research was based on and she was not acknowledged and did not receive credit for their Nobel Prize either.

WALKER: And, honestly, I'm going to use this as a read for my daughter, because I have a bunch of feminist board books and it kind of goes to all the influential women throughout the center. And I think this will be a good one to use for her as well.

You know, often, these lists, they focus on people who were prominent in Western culture, right, but again, this is International Women's Day, so your list includes women from all over the world, China, Afghanistan, central Africa, you name it. They are influential women all around the globe.

BARKER: And that was something we really wanted to go after with this list. And that's something we do with person of the year, at "TIME." Person of the year is someone from around the globe, not just Americans. So we really wanted to take that into our consideration with 100 women of the year and we looked at women in every country, from every background and something we really wanted to do was to source from experts in their fields, because we're obviously not in those countries, as well as our bureau chiefs around the world.

WALKER: Inspiring stuff. We appreciate you joining us.

Emma Barker, shining a light on some women who may not have been in the spotlight, but deserved to be -- thank you so much for your time.

BARKER: Thanks for having me.

PAUL: Thanks, Emma.

All righty. So go hug your mom, your grandma, your daughter --

WALKER: Your co-anchor.

PAUL: Your co-anchor.

Well --

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PAUL: Go ahead and hug them anyway. Happy International Women's Day to you and we are so grateful to have you with us. Thanks for being here.

WALKER: And be sure to watch "STATE OF THE UNION." Jake Tapper will be joined by U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Jerome Sanders (ph) and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders today at 9:00 a.m. here right on CNN.

But first, "INSDE POLITICS" with John King.