BALDWIN: Governments all around the world are taking extensive measures to slow the spread of coronavirus. More than 70 countries have now confirmed cases of the deadly virus. More than 3,000 people have died. And Paris has taken the drastic step of shutting down the famed Louvre Museum. France has more than 100 cases of the virus including two deaths in the Louvre. This is the most popular museum in the entire world. And a majority of its daily visitors are tourist who come from other parts of the world. It is not clear when the museum will reopen. CNN's Ben Wedeman is in Milan where Italy is scrambling just to get this outbreak under control there. Ben?</s>BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Brooke, the Italian civil protection agency has come out the with latest figures of the coronavirus here, 2,036 cases, 52 dead. Now what's interesting is that the number of new cases, 342 is less than 200 than the previous number of new cases recorded in the previous 24 hours. Hard to say if this is the beginning of a downward trend. We'll have to see in the coming days and now to Fred Pleitgen for an update on the situation in Iran.</s>FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Thanks, Ben. In Iran, the situation continues to get more difficult. The Iranians now confirming that more than 60 people have died because of the coronavirus and more than 1,500 have been infected including top government officials. In fact, a senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has died of the disease, and now the World Health Organization, which is also trying to help out Iran says, one of its workers has also tested positive -- Brooke.</s>BALDWIN: All right. Fred, thank you. And a quick check at the Dow before we go. In the green this afternoon up 1,200 points soaring after last week's free fall. How about that to start your week. I'm Brooke Baldwin and thanks so much for being with me. Let's go to Washington and "THE LEAD" with Jake Tapper starts right now.
Paris Closes Louvre Museum as France Battles Coronavirus.