Specialist Dilip Patel, left, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 9, 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 7.8%, its steepest drop since the financial crisis of 2008, as a free-fall in oil prices and worsening fears of fallout from the spreading coronavirus outbreak seize markets. (Photo by Richard Drew/AP Photo)





People observe the development of the Boursa Kuwait national stock market, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, 09 March 2020. According to media reports, Kuwait stock exchange on 09 March stopped trading after main index dropped by 10 percent as OPEC failure to reach an agreement on production brought oil prices down by more than 30 percent. Fears over Coronavirus effects on the economy and the oil crisis also affected stock markets in Gulf countries, with Saudi and UAE share went down and Saudi oil giant Aramco shares have lost 10 percent of their value. (Photo by Noufal Ibrahim/EPA/EFE)





An Indian stockbroker gestures as he watches the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index on a trading terminal in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 9, 2020. Global stock markets and oil prices plunged Monday after a squabble among crude producers jolted investors who already were on edge about the surging costs of a virus outbreak. India's Sensex retreated 6.2% to 35,255.73. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





A woman walks next to riot police vehicle during a women's strike as part of International Women's Day activities in Santiago, Chile on March 9, 2020. (Photo by Sofia Yanjari/Reuters)





A woman is detained by security forces during a rally and strike as part of International Women's Day activities in Valparaiso, Chile on March 9, 2020. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)





A woman throws a stick toward a riot police vehicle during a women's strike as part of International Women's Day activities in Santiago, Chile on March 9, 2020. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





A woman shouts slogans as she marches to Congress to commemorate International Women's Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 9, 2020. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)





Police officers apprehend a protestor demonstrating against the government of Cameroon outside of the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London, Monday, March 9, 2020. The annual service organised by the Royal Commonwealth Society, is the largest annual inter-faith gathering in the United Kingdom. (Photo by Frank Augstein/AP Photo)





Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive to attend the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London, Monday, March 9, 2020. The annual service organised by the Royal Commonwealth Society, is the largest annual inter-faith gathering in the United Kingdom. (Photo by Frank Augstein/AP Photo)





A doctor taking care of people with covid-19 symptoms exits a tent used as a waiting room set up in a courtyard of the Henri Mondor Hospital in Creteil, near Paris, Monday, March 9, 2020. The coronavirus is set to strike a severe blow to French growth in 2020, cutting several decimal points off a figure that may struggle to reach one percent, the finance minister said Monday. (Photo by Christophe Ena/AP Photo)





A man with a mask pass an information sign directing to a new set up test and information centre for the new coronavirus at the district Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 9, 2020. (Photo by Markus Schreiber/AP Photo)





Medical staff, wearing protective gear, move a patient infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) from an ambulance to a hospital on March 09, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. The South Korean government has raised the coronavirus alert to the “highest level” as confirmed case numbers continue to rise across the country. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 69 new cases were reported on Monday, with the death toll rising to 53. The total number of infections in the nation tallies at 7,382, the highest outside of China. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)





A woman wearing a protective face mask looks at the shuttered business shops at the Wangfujing shopping district following the coronavirus outbreak in Beijing, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A man stands on the roof of the San Vittore prison during a protest in Milan, Italy, Monday, March 9, 2020. Italian penitentiary police say six inmates protesting virus containment measures at a northern Italian prison have died after they broke into the infirmary and overdosed on methadone. The protest Sunday in Modena was among the first of more than two-dozen riots at Italy’s overcrowded lock-ups that grew Monday. Human rights advocates have been warning that increasing tensions over fears of coronavirus were hitting inmates particularly hard, especially after restrictions were imposed on family visits to prevent transmissions. (Photo by Antonio Calanni/AP Photo)





In this March 5, 2020, photo, a waitress of the Chinese restaurant Hot Pot serves customers in London. While white collar workers trying to avoid contagion can work from home or call in sick if they experience symptoms of the virus, such precautions are not an options for the millions of waiters, delivery workers, cashiers, ride-hailing drivers, museum attendants and countless others who routinely come into contact with the public. (Photo by Frank Augstein/AP Photo)





A commuter wears a face mask in the New York City transit system, Monday, March 9, 2020, in New York. New York continued grappling Monday with the new coronavirus, as case numbers, school closings and other consequences grew. (Photo by John Minchillo/AP Photo)





People wait at a bus stop, in Rome, Monday, March 9, 2020. Italy announced a sweeping quarantine early Sunday for its northern regions, igniting travel chaos as it restricted the movements of a quarter of its population in a bid to halt the new coronavirus' relentless march across Europe. (Photo by Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP Photo)





A woman wears a face mask in central Madrid, Spain, Monday, March 9, 2020. Health authorities in the Madrid region say that infections for the new coronavirus have more than doubled in the past 24 hours, from 202 to 436, including 16 people who have died. All the deceased had pre-existing conditions, a statement from the regional health department said on Monday. (Photo by Manu Fernandez/AP Photo)





Teenagers play around as they wear costumes while school children dress-up marking the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashkelon, Israel on March 8, 2020. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)





A man with colored powder smeared on his face and head celebrates Holi, the festival of colors, in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 9, 2020. (Photo by Monika Deupala/Reuters)