Markus Soeder, minister-president of Bavaria, speaks at a press conference in the German state on Monday. Credit: Matthias Balk/picture alliance/Getty ImagesThe German state of Bavaria has declared a state of emergency as the country's economics ministry issued a stark warning. Trucks line up at a border crossing between Austria and Germany, in the Bavarian town of Kiefersfelden on Monday. Credit: Peter Kneffel/picture alliance/Getty Images"How strong and for how long cannot yet be reliably assessed because no meaningful economic data are available yet," read the statement. “It is also still too uncertain how fast and how much the coronavirus will spread.

Source: CNN March 16, 2020 01:48 UTC