7.55 am: COVID-19 has infected 2,74,707 people worldwide and killed 11,387, according to an estimate from John Hopkins University , which ...
7.55 am: COVID-19 has infected 2,74,707 people worldwide and killed 11,387, according to an estimate from John Hopkins University, which is live-tracking cases reported by the World Health Organization and additional sources.
7.50 am: Governors of California, New York and Illinois ask residents to stay at home and get out only for emergencies.
7.45 am: Zimbabwe confirms its first case of the pandemic, AP reports. The infected man, 38, had travelled to Britain on March 7 and returned via South Africa on March 15.
7.40 am: France reports 78 more deaths on Friday, taking the toll to 450. As many as 12,612 people have tested positive.
7.35 am: Brazil downgrades its growth projections for 2020 by 2.1% to 0.02% due to the pandemic, AFP reports. The country had dropped the projections from 2.4% to 2.1% on March 11.
7.30 am: Western Railways cancels six trains, ANI reports.
Western Railway: Six trains (14309, 14310, 22413, 22414, 29019, and 29020) have been cancelled as a precautionary measure in the wake of #COVID19 pandemic. pic.twitter.com/94eAipk884
— ANI (@ANI) March 21, 2020
7.25 am: Pakistan records third death and the total number of confirmed cases rose to 481 on Friday, PTI reports. Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked people to self-quarantine for at least another 45 days.
7.20 am: There were no locally...
