NBA star says mom is in a coma after battling virus symptoms
"This disease needs not to be taken lightly," Towns said. "Please protect your families, your loved ones, your friends, yourself."
Christopher Brito is a social media manager and trending content writer for CBS News. During his time at CBS, he's written about a variety of topics, often focusing on sports and social justice issues, and helped produce "Pandemia: "Latinos in Crisis," a special focused on how the coronavirus impacted Latinos in the U.S, and "Black Lives Matter Around the World: The Global Impact of George Floyd," a longform video on how Floyd's death sparked protests in many countries.
Prior to CBS News, Christopher worked at WPIX in New York City, where he was a digital producer and covered local crime. He began his journalism career interning at newspapers in Queens, New York. He graduated from St. John's University.
"This disease needs not to be taken lightly," Towns said. "Please protect your families, your loved ones, your friends, yourself."
Brady Sluder said in the viral video last week that coronavirus wasn't going to stop him from partying.
Dezann Romain is among the 125 coronavirus deaths in New York City.
One expert told CBS News people with a recent loss of smell should self-isolate and consider it like other common COVID-19 symptoms such as cough or fever.
To help in the crisis, "Grey's Anatomy" has stepped up to provide gloves and gowns while "Station 19" is donating N95 masks.
Her rant has turned into a rallying cry for fans around the world staying at home because of the virus.
"If I get corona, I get corona," one partier said in Miami. "At the end of the day, I'm not going to let it stop me from partying."
"Tests should not be for the wealthy, but for the sick," Bill de Blasio tweeted.
The claim appears to be a good sign in the fight against the virus.
Despite calls to avoid racial labeling, Mr. Trump has repeatedly referred to COVID-19 as the "Chinese virus."
The Louisiana pastor said, "The virus, we believe, is politically motivated. We hold our religious rights dear and we are going to assemble no matter what someone says."
Paisley is mobilizing volunteers to help drop off groceries to elderly people who "should not be out shopping out on their own in these times."
Mitchell warned that he's not displaying any symptoms related to the novel virus.
Nathan Nichols, who owns a two units in South Portland, urged other landlords to give their tenants rent relief.
A Chinese official tweeted a conspiracy theory about coronavirus, while some U.S. lawmakers have hurled accusations of their own.