Panic is setting in for residents on the West Coast as California becomes a #coronavirus hotspot, Washington state reports the first death from the virus and Oregon officials announce that an elementary school employee has tested positive for the disease. Anxious shoppers descended on California supermarkets, stocking up on supplies like bottled water, canned food and Clorox wipes. The state has become a coronavirus hotspot, with more than half a dozen residents diagnosed with the disease in recent days. Late last week, two Northern California residents were revealed to be confirmed cases despite having no known contact with anyone else who was infected.

Big clean-up in the Big Easy! Sanitation workers clear 50 TONS of trash left behind by Mardi Gras revelers in New Orleans. The annual jubilance and carefree celebrations that have become synonymous with Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana, have become a staple Carnival season, but new photos show the extensive garbage local sanitation crews have to clean up once the party's over. Pictures taken by Sidney Donaldson Jr. show crews using forklifts to scoop of thousands of discarded beads off French Quarter's streets and bulldozer shoving forgotten cups out of view. #facepalm

Vice President Mike Pence has warned that more US coronavirus deaths could be imminent, after a 'medically high-risk' man in his 50s in Washington state became the first person in the US to die from the rapidly-spreading disease.In a departure from President Trump's continued line that all is well, Pence admitted 'we could have more' fatalities among the American population, in a clip from Sunday's 'State of the Union' show released Saturday night. His comments came as fears are mounting for 50 staff and residents at a nursing facility located just two miles from the deceased male after they have shown coronavirus symptoms, while Trump urged the public not to panic and two new cases – one in Illinois and another in Santa Clara, California – were confirmed Saturday night.

More than 76,000 migrants have left Turkey heading for the EU as Greek police erected barbed wire barricades at border crossings and launched tear gas at crowds. Turkey's Interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, made the claim this morning after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan 'opened the doors'. The EU border force, Frontex, has said it is on 'high alert' and is assisting both Greece and Bulgaria to keep their borders secure. It is thought the Turkish president has opened the borders, causing scenes reminiscent of the 2015 migrant crisis, to try to pressure the EU and its NATO members to lend him support for Turkey's military invaded in Syria. A Greek policeman collects tear gas canisters reportedly thrown from the Turkish side of the border during riots beween migrants and Greek police at the closed Kastanies border crossing, on the borderline between Greece and Turkey, near the Evros River yesterday.