China announced on Thursday there had been just 34 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours and all of the cases were imported from overseas.

There were no new reported cases in Hubei province in China.

China has reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases for the first time since the the pandemic began, marking a major turning point in the global battle to contain Covid-19. https://t.co/m5jXd7JCR2 — CNN (@CNN) March 19, 2020

Best news of day: China=no new infections today. Undeniably light at end of wretched tunnel. Our job= to follow rules on keeping sanitary by scrubbing hands & keeping our distance. &Hey, reporter colleagues, plz stop treating @realDonaldTrump like a chump. He's our wartime @POTUS — Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) March 19, 2020

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