A FOURTH CASE OF CORONAVIRUS IN

THE U.K., AND A SECOND IN SPAIN.

CHRIS: EUROPE AS 39 CASES TOTAL

IN 9 COUNTRIES, DEATH TOLL

REACHED 813, ALL BUT 2 IN CHINA.

IN OVER 37,000 PEOPLE HAVE

BEEN INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS

WORLDWIDE.

CBS2'S LESLEY MARIN WITH MORE.

REPORTER: TONIGHT NUMBER OF

PEOPLE WHO DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS

IN CHINA SURPASS DEATH TOLL FROM

SARS EPIDEMIC.

CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO U.S.

ADDRESSES CONTAINMENT ON FACE

THE NATION.

WHY HASN'T THE VIRUS BEEN

CONTAINS.

YOU SEE THIS A NEW VIRUS,

VIRTUALLY VERY FEW PEOPLE KNEW

ANYTHING ABOUT IT AT THE

BEGINNING, THAT IS HOW PEOPLE

ARE STILL LEARNING.

VIRUS.

REPORTER: AS NUMBER OF CASES

CONTINUES TO GO UP, MAJOR

AIRLINE

FLIGHTS AND MANY SHUTTERED

RETAIL OUTLET IN CHINA, AND

DISNEY CLOSED THE THEME PARK.

IN HOUSTON, RESTAURANT SEEING

THOUSANDS OF DOLLAR LOST.

I JUST KNOW OF ONE RESTAURANT

LOST 30 THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY.

THIS BUSINESS OVER HERE SUPER

MARKET, 30 THOUSAND A DAY.

I VISITED WITH PEOPLE IN THIS

RESTAURANT.

L.A. TOURISM AND CONVENTION

BOARD PREDICTS A DROP OF 325,000

VISITORS, RESULTING IN A DROP OF

921 MILLION IN SPENDING THIS

YEAR, ECONOMISTS ASSESS THE

GLOBAL IMPACT.

IN CHINA FROM A HALF TO FULL

PERCENTAGE GROWTH, THAT COULD

BRING CHINA GDP FROM 6 TO 5%.

THAT COULD DAMAGE TRADING.

REDUCING ECONOMIC GROWTH BY .2

TO . 3% IN 2020.

ECONOMISTS SAY PAST EPIDEMICS

HAD SHORT-TERM IMPACT OF LESS

THAN 6 MONTHS FOLLOWED BY A