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Low-cost U.S. carrier Spirit Airlines Inc said on Monday it will cancel all flights to and from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey after U.S. officials warned against travel to the area because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The unprecedented move dramatically reduced the number of people on beaches, in city parks and on country roads

A growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China, where the epidemic originated in December, risked fanning a second wave of infections when domestic transmissions had “basically been stopped”, a senior health official said on Sunday.

The White House coronavirus task force unanimously recommended a travel advisory for the New York tri-state area.

The Holland America ship, which has reported four deaths among "older passengers," is headed for Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Airbnb Inc has suspended all its marketing activities to save $800 million this year, and its founders will take no salary for the next six months while top executives will take a 50% cut.

The airline will suspend 60 percent of its capacity with plans to suspend up to 80 percent of its capacity in May,

New York's stay-at-home order had repercussions hundreds of miles south in Florida.

China says it is temporarily barring most foreigners from entering the country as it seeks to curb the number of imported coronavirus cases.

Flights from the virus-stricken New York tri-state area are still arriving at PBI, according to FlightAware.