New York confirms first coronavirus case; US ramps up preparations

WASHINGTON - New York state confirmed its first positive coronavirus tst, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday as the US government said it would start screening travellers for the virus and hike production of protective masks.

At the federal level, President Donald Trump's administration scrambled on Sunday to reassure Americans as the disease spreads and businesses cancel conferences and flights. The state on Sunday confirmed two other cases and locked down a long-term care facility where a resident and a worker also tested positive for coronavirus and 50 residents and staff are showing symptoms.

A key energy conference in Houston that brings together oil ministers and energy firms was cancelled on Sunday with the organisers of CERAWeek noting that border health checks were becoming more restrictive and companies had begun barring non-essential travel to protect workers. Delta Air Lines said on Sunday it was suspending until May flights to Milan in northern Italy where most of that country's coronavirus cases have been reported. Flights will continue to Rome. American Airlines Group announced a similar move late on Saturday.

He also told Fox News that clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine would start in six weeks but that a vaccine would likely not be available this season.

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