Thousands of passengers on that cruise ship are stuck at sea off the coast of California, right now, confined to their rooms as they wait for test results.

Are we talking to one of those passengers coming up and right here in New York?

Thousands of people are self quarantining at home after they may have come in contact with the Corona virus.

A 12 fatality has now been reported here in the United States, the latest in Washington state and at this hour, the number of cases topping 200.

Congress has now passed an $8 billion emergency Corona virus funding bill to help battle the spread, sending that bill straight to the president's desk.

We have team coverage, starting with Wood Johnson here in New York.

Were cases have doubled.

Good morning, wit George.

Good morning to you.

New York's governor is opening an emergency operation center, as several 1000 people have been told to self quarantine.

Most of those linked toe one single patient at this hospital behind me.

Across the across the country, health officials are rapidly trying to ramp up their testing and contain the spread.

Corona virus test kits flown in by helicopter for that idling cruise ship off the coast of San Francisco.

This morning, more than 2400 passengers on the Grand Princess cruise now order to stay in their rooms until they could be evacuated.

A 71 year old man who sailed on the Grand Princess last month died of Cove in 19 the state's first death linked to the illness.

At least 20 people on board reportedly showing symptoms A nurse from Northern California now under quarantine after treating an infected patient.

Issuing this anonymous statement through union representative criticizing the way the CDC is handled the outbreak.

The national CDC would not initiate the test.

Seattle has seen the virus spread to at least 70 patients.

Take a look at the city's iconic Pike Place market, normally bustling with tourists and shoppers.

On Thursday virtually deserted some of the Emerald City's biggest employers, ordering workers to stay home overnight.

Microsoft and linked in confirming one worker from each company testing positive for the virus.

Amazon and Facebook already closing their offices until at least Monday amid the outbreak in nearby Kirkland, the life care nursing home has seen at least eight of his residents die.

Families are outraged at the lack of response and communication from the CDC, the facility and local authorities.

Colleen Mallory spoke with our Kaylee Hartung about her mother, Peggy, who shares a room with one of the patients who died from the virus.

Have you asked them to test her?

Yes.

Uh huh.

And what do they say if she's not showing symptoms?

She doesn't have a fever.

She's not Coffin.

So even though she had a roommate, even though she had a roommate that was sick and now another major American city seeing the virus spread within its borders.

Harris County, Texas, home to Houston, confirming three cases overnight in New York the number of cases doubling to 22 at least 18 link to that Westchester County lawyer who was still hospitalized.

The other patients have had no known contact with the infected individual.

More than 2700 people in the state are currently self quarantine.

Meanwhile, growing fear and outrage in New Hampshire, one employee at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center returned from a trip to Italy symptomatic.

He had been told the self isolate but broke the quarantine, attending a party.

Now, Both he and another person linked to him have been confirmed his New Hampshire's 1st 2 cases.

Here in New York, the mayor is telling anybody who traveled to any of those five hardest hit countries to immediately self quarantine for two weeks.

The health commissioner is also ordering a number of city employees to be tested for the virus if they show any sign of symptoms at all.

Hi, everyone, George Stephanopoulos here.

Thanks for checking on ABC News YouTube channel.

If you'd like to get more video show highlights and watch live event coverage, click on the right over here to subscribe to our channel.

And don't forget the download.

The ABC News After breaking news alerts, Thanks for watching.