CNBC reports that Over 3.2 million people have been infected worldwide by the coronavirus and more than 233,000 people have died from the respiratory disease Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Major carriers in the U.S. will start requiring passengers and employees who meet customers to wear cloth face coverings throughout the flight, announced trade group Airlines for America. This includes check-in, boarding, in-flight and deplaning, the statement said.

President Donald Trump said, without offering any evidence, that he had reason to believe that the coronavirus outbreak originated from a laboratory in China.