By Helen Regan, Jessie Yeung, Adam Renton, Meg Wagner, Mike Hayes and Jack Guy, CNN
From CNN's Tina Burnside and Amanda Watts
Hartsfield Jackson International Airport has temporarily closed the north and south domestic terminal checkpoints due to "declining demand," according to airport spokesperson, Elise Durham.
Passengers at the world's busiest airport are being directed to the Main checkpoint until further notice.
From CNN's Erica Orden
The Brooklyn, New York, district attorney's office says it will stop prosecuting “low-level offenses that don’t jeopardize public safety.”
Brooklyn district attorney Eric Gonzalez also says he is asking public defenders to tell the office about clients in pre-trial detention who are vulnerable to infection “and who we should consider releasing during this crisis.”
Popular resort operator Vail Resorts said all of its North American resorts and retail stores will remain closed for the remainder of the winter ski season amidst the continued challenges associated with the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement.
The company previously announced it was closing March 15-22, but now has chose to extend closures for 37 of its ski resorts located around the world.
The company will consider reopening Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado, Heavenly Mountain Resort in Lake Tahoe and Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia in late April/early May, dependent on weather and coronavirus situations, according to the statement.
From CNN Health’s Jacqueline Howard
The European region is facing some “critical shortages” in medical supplies, Dr. Hans Henri Kluge, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Europe, said during a media briefing.
“WHO is monitoring the potential risk of a disruption to medicine supplies, focusing on essential medicines critical for primary health care and emergencies, including antibiotics, painkillers, treatments for diabetes, hypertension, HIV, tuberculosis,” Kluge said.
“WHO delivers laboratory equipment, medical devices and personal protective equipment to countries in need. We are aware of some critical shortages and working hand-in-hand with partners like the European Commission and WHO globally and the private industry to tackle this,” Kluge said. “Resources are critical to sustain our effort so that no one is left behind nor at the sidelines.”
More context: Kluge’s comments come just days after WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Europe is the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.
Europe has “more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, apart from China,” Tedros said on Friday. “More cases are now being reported every day than were reported in China at the height of its epidemic.”
From CNN’s Anneken Tappe
US stocks opened higher on Tuesday, attempting to bounce back from their dramatic losses from the prior session. On Monday, the Dow recorded its worst day since “Black Monday” in 1987, as well as its worst point drop in history.
Investors take comfort in new stimulus plans out of Washington, which are expected later in the day.
Here's how things look:
From CNN’s Ramin Mostaghim in Tehran and Nada AlTaher in Abu Dhabi
Iran has temporarily sent home 85,000 prisoners to curb the spread of the coronavirus, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said according to semi-official Tasnim news agency on Tuesday.
Around 50% of those released are “security-related” prisoners, he said.
Iran has also incarcerated 50% fewer inmates this year in comparison to the same period in 2019, Esmaili said according to Mizan Online, a website associated with the judicial department said.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is "absolutely considering" ordering the city's residents to shelter in place during the coronavirus pandemic.
"Right now we have taken a series of steps to reduce the number of people who are circulating around," he said. "But we're going to look at all other options, and it could get to that for sure."
New York City has already closed schools, ordered restaurants to offer takeout and delivery only and encouraged workers to telecommute if they can.
Nearly seven million people living in a wide swath of Northern California, including Silicon Valley, have been ordered to shelter in place. The order went into effect at midnight Monday.
From CNN's Ben Church
UEFA has decided to postpone this year's European Championship until 2021 because of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, according to the Norwegian FA.
The soccer tournament had been due to kick off in Rome, Italy, on June 12 and was to be played in 12 different host cities across the continent.
At an emergency meeting Tuesday, European football's governing body ruled the competition will now be played between June 11 to July 11 next year, says the Norwegian FA, which is one of UEFA's 55 members associations. UEFA has yet to confirm the decision.
From CNN's Mick Krever
The short answer: Because as soon as it’s out on shelves, it’s gone.
Boots, the largest pharmacy chain in the UK, finds itself on the front lines of supplying a panicked public trying to hoard supplies.
“There is stock available,” says Tracey Clements, chief operating officer for Boots in the UK and Ireland. In stores, it’s likely to arrive “little and often.”
Demand for hand sanitizer last week was up 650% over the same time last year. For hand soap, it was up 958%.
At the Nottingham warehouse that supplies all 2,500 Boots pharmacies in the UK and Ireland, CNN’s Nina Dos Santos saw staff unload pallet after pallet of soap and paracetamol.
The company says it’s hiring back seasonal workers it normally uses for the Christmas season. It is also sourcing new suppliers abroad and buying in new brands.
Still, when we visited a large Boots just miles from the warehouse, in downtown Nottingham, there was no hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol, or thermometers.
“Customers may find that we have it for a part of the day but not the whole of the day,” Clements says. “But we continue to try to procure as much as possible.”
Like everyone, they’re learning as they go.
“We need to accept that in this type of situation, there is no – you can’t be perfect. You have to make decisions that you believe are right.”