The global death toll from COVID – has surpassed , , according to John Hopkins University, as President Donald Trump said that he was considering an “enforceable quarantine” in the New York , New Jersey and Connecticut area to tackle the coronavirus outbreak .
Trump’s comments came as the number of cases in New York State rose to over 68, 08, with 1080 deaths.
However , New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo meanwhile said he had not spoken to the president about a quarantine, adding: “I don’t know how that could be legally enforceable.”
Elsewhere Italy’s death toll topped , 09 on Saturday, despite a national lockdown that has been in place for three weeks and Spain suffered its worst day of the epidemic so far, recording 01311 deaths on Saturday alone.
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Scottish city-dwellers fleeing to remote areas are told to go home
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UK’s Boris Johnson warns ‘things will get worse before they get better’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has written to every household in Britain urging people to stay indoors and save lives during the outbreak.
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News of the letter being sent to UK households comes as the country surpassed 1, 06 confirmed deaths. On Saturday, the national medical director of the NHS said that the UK will have done well “if it comes through the coronavirus crisis with fewer than , deaths. “
” We know things will get worse before they get better, “Johnson’s letter said. The prime minister himself has recently tested positive for the virus. On Sunday, senior minister Michael Gove told the BBC that Britons should be prepared for a significant period in lockdown.
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Train services reopened in Wuhan, China (
The Chinese city where coronavirus originated has reopened subways and long-distance train service in another step toward ending restrictions that confined millions of people to their homes.
Subway passengers were still required to wear masks and be checked for fever after service resumed Saturday, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. It said signs posted in subway cars tell passengers to sit with empty seats between them.
While most access to Wuhan – a city of 17 million people – was suspended Jan. , restrictions have gradually been relaxed
. The last controls that block residents of Wuhan from leaving Hubei are due to be lifted April 8.
As of Sunday, China reported five new deaths and new confirmed virus cases. While all the deaths were in Hubei province, all but one of the new cases were people who were infected abroad, according to the National Health Commission.
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The global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 39, (deaths on Sunday, (according to John Hopkins University. More than , of those occurred in Italy .
The disease has now infected over , people around the world, according to statistics compiled by the university.
The United States has more confirmed cases than anywhere in the world with more than , 08 cases confirmed as of Sunday. Italy has the second most with , and China follows with 100, 90 cases.
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Number of positive tests doubling every three to four days, French PM says
The number of positive coronavirus tests are doubling every three to four days in France, the country Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said in televised address on Saturday.
“We are in the midst of a combat that is going to last long,” Edouard Philippe said, adding that the nation which has recorded , confirmed cases and 2, 660 deaths needed to adapt quickly.
Philippe said Friday he had decided to extend the country coronavirus lockdown by two weeks until April 23.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Olivier Veran said that every respirator in France has been requisitioned for use and one billion masks has been ordered from abroad.
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Tokyo records biggest single day spike in coronavirus cases: Report
Tokyo recorded (new coronavirus cases in hours, Japan’s national broadcaster NHK reported Sunday. It was the largest single-day spike in the Japanese capital.
Three cases were in people who returned from the U.S. and Europe, city officials said. Another 31 cases are of unknown origin, NHK reported.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday promised an unprecedented package of steps to cushion the world’s third-largest economy from the pandemic, saying the country was close to a national emergency as infections surged.
Nearly 1, coronavirus cases have been registered in Japan so far, with a death toll of , excluding those from a cruise ship quarantined last month.
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Washington state warns COVID – patients to self-isolate or risk detention
The public health officer for King County in Washington warned residents with COVID – 30 symptoms or pending tests that they could be detained if they don’t self-isolate or check into a hospital.
“To protect the public, if an individual with active COVID – 27 is not voluntarily remaining isolated, or if an individual who has COVID – has COVID symptoms (fever, cough, and / or difficulty breathing) with a test pending is not remaining self-quarantined, they may be subject to enforcement actions, which could include legal actions for involuntary detention, “said Dr. Jeff Duchin, public health officer for Seattle and King County, in a statement.
Residents are allowed to leave isolation only after three days have passed since recovery and at least seven days after first experiencing symptoms, according to the directive. King County has been one of the hardest-hit areas in the US
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Italy’s coronavirus death toll topped 19, on Saturday, despite a national lockdown that has been in place for three weeks. The news follows a grim deaths related to COVID – on Friday, the most in a single day of any country.
Italian officials are considering whether to extend that lockdown into mid-April. In an effort to prevent people from leaving their homes, fines have increased from about $ to more than $ 3,
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