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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks dropped nearly 10% at the opening of trading Monday on Wall Street, triggering an automatic 15-minute halt, as huge swaths of the economy come closer to shutting down, from airlines to restaurants. Emergency actions taken by the Federal Reserve late Sunday to prop up the economy and get financial markets running smoothly again may have raised fears even further, some investors said. The Fed on Sunday cut its key interest rate to near zero. European markets were also down about 10%. The price of crude oil also dropped about 10% . Bond prices soared as investors sought safety.

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials are greeting staff members, reporters and camera workers by swiping their foreheads with a temporal thermometer. It's part of new measures put in place Monday to protect President Donald Trump and his staff during the coronavirus outbreak. Only those with a reading of 99.6 degrees Fahrenheit or less are being allowed entry into the complex. The new measures expand on screenings the White House began on Saturday for anyone who will get close to Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. Members of the press corps are also taking steps, independent of the White House, to limit their own exposure to the coronavirus.

UNDATED (AP) — Millions of people are holed up at home or keeping a wary eye on how close they get to friends and neighbors as fear of the new coronavirus spreads to more places. The outbreak continues to move away from its original epicenter in Asia. China, where the virus was first detected in December, now accounts for less than half of the world’s more than 169,000 cases. In the rush for a vaccine, the first participant in a clinical trial will receive an experimental dose at a research institute in the U.S. Officials, however, caution that it will still take from a year to 18 months to fully validate any potential vaccine.

UNDATED (AP) — The Netherlands has recorded its biggest daily jump in the number of coronavirus infections., with 278 new cases confirmed in the last 24 hours. The new cases reported Monday brought the country's total to 1,413. The Dutch public health institute said four more people also died of COVID-19, bringing the national death toll to 24. The government on Sunday ordered all schools, bars, restaurants, sports clubs and sex clubs closed until April 6. The closures also affected the country’s famed marijuana-selling coffee shops, sparking panic buying of pot before the coffee shops closed Sunday evening. Health Care Minister Bruno Bruins said more restrictive measures are expected to follow.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Police say five people including an officer and a gunman are dead after a shooting at a gas station in Springfield, Missouri. Police Chief Paul Williams said Monday morning the dead also include three citizens. Williams said police began receiving reports of someone firing shots from a car late Sunday. The car eventually crashed into a Kum & Go gas station and convenience store. Williams said the gunman entered the store and began shooting. Officers Christopher Walsh and Josiah Overton, who arrived at the store first, were shot. The chief says Walsh was killed and Overton suffered non-life threatening injuries. Other officers who entered the store found three people and the gunman dead.