Britain joins list of countries that have ordered a near lockdown over the Covid-19 pandemic, as London imposes its most draconian peacetime restrictions
An isolated couple, Nick and Cat Mehta, watch British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's press conference as the spread of coronavirus disease continues in Britain. March 24, 2020.
It came the same day the head of the World Health Organization warned that the outbreak was accelerating and called on countries to take strong, coordinated action. “This is going to get much worse before it gets better. We are still in the relative calm before the storm,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. British health workers pleaded for more gear, saying they felt like “cannon fodder.” In France, doctors scrounged masks from construction workers, factory floors, an architect.
In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the virus the “biggest threat this country has faced for decades” as he ordered people to stay home and directed shops that don't sell essential goods to shut down. He warned that police would be authorized to break up public gatherings of more than two people. Johnson faced pressure to roll out tougher measures because many have ignored advice on social distancing.
China is now sending planeloads of protective gear and doctors to Europe as the crisis kept easing in the country where the virus first emerged late last year. For more than a week, the vast majority of China’s cases have been in people coming into the country rather than from community spread, according to the National Health Commission.
“Trump keeps saying he’s a wartime president,” Biden said in an online address. “Well, start acting like one.” After just a few weeks, the US has nearly 44,000 cases and more than 500 deaths. Indiana, Michigan, Washington state and West Virginia joined states including California, Illinois and New York in asking or ordering residents to stay home and keep businesses closed — directives that cover more than one-third of the U.S. population in a patchwork of rules imposed by governors or cities.
Former Hollywood studio boss Harvey Weinstein tested positive at the prison in New York where he is serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault, the head of the guards union said.
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