The Hill (3/23, Wilson) reports on Monday, the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “The pandemic is accelerating” with more than 350,000 cases in the world. Tedros called for countries to cooperate, “We need to attack the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics.” The article says that “it took 67 days to confirm the first hundred thousand cases, 11 days to confirm the second hundred thousand cases and just four days to confirm the third hundred thousand cases.”
Almost 100 Million Americans Are Subject To Stay-At-Home Orders That Aim To Reduce Spread Of Coronavirus. In an analysis piece, the Washington Post (3/23, Cunningham) reports that almost 100 million Americans are subject to stay-at-home orders issued by multiple states and cities to reduce the spread of coronavirus. The article says that “President Trump insists he won’t issue a nationwide lockdown to halt the coronavirus. But it may be just a matter of time before virtually every American is living in an area with a shelter-in-place or stay-at-home order,” because the number of states and cities issuing such orders continues to grow.
More Than 100,000 People In The World Have Recovered From Coronavirus, Data Show .Newsweek (3/23, Kim) reports that “more than 100,000 people have recovered from the novel coronavirus, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.” The article says that “more than 70,000 people in China have recovered from the virus” with almost 59,000 people alone in Hubei province, the original epicenter of the outbreak in China.
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— “WHO chief: ‘Pandemic is accelerating’, “Reid Wilson, The Hill, March 23, 2020