In Argentina, President Alberto Fernandez announced a "preventative and compulsory" lockdown from Friday to March 31, while Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state will close its famed beaches as well as restaurants and bars for 15 days to try to contain the pandemic.Ĭalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom said the state's lockdown - affecting more than 39 million people - would begin Thursday evening in a "recognition of our interdependence". The drugs are synthetic forms of quinine, which has been used to treat malaria for centuries.Īs the count surged in Italy, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the national lockdown, which has been copied around Europe, would be extended beyond April 3.įrance also mooted extending its two-week lockdown ordered this week by President Emmanuel Macron, as the interior minister blasted "idiots" who flout home confinement rules and put others at risk. And certainly the world is paying a big price for what they did," he said.ĭonald Trump said US authorities were fast-tracking antimalarials chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for use as a coronavirus treatment, making them available "almost immediately." "It could have been contained to that one area of China where it started. The number of infections and deaths in the rest of the world has surpassed those in China, which appears to have staunched the virus with strict measures including a complete quarantine of Wuhan since January.ĭonald Trump, who has come under fire for his response to the crisis, said Thursday that the world was paying for China's lack of transparency about the outbreak. "If we let the virus spread like wildfire - especially in the most vulnerable regions of the world - it would kill millions of people," Guterres said. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday of the virus's potentially devastating effects.
Globally, the death count from the virus has risen to almost 10,000 with more than 232,000 cases in 158 countries and territories, according to the AFP tally.
China has officially reported 3,248 deaths from the virus, which can cause respiratory failure, particularly in the elderly.
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