The world is witnessing a fairly fast-paced advancement in the number of developments related to the COVID-19 outbreak, with some countries witnessing unfortunately surging figures.
Here are the top 10 global developments as of Saturday, 28th March, 2020 morning-
- The United States has seen a record 18,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 345 deaths over the past 24 hours, according to a Johns Hopkins University tracker.
- Acting with exceptional resolve in an extraordinary time, the House rushed President Donald Trump a $2.2 trillion rescue package on Friday, tossing a life preserver to a U.S. economy and health care system left flailing by the coronavirus pandemic.
- UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday tested positive for the virus and is in isolation at 10 Downing Street.
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Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Friday said he had tested positive for Covid-19, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was self-isolating with “mild symptoms” of the virus.
- Covid-19 continues to spread at a very fast pace and is impacting economies across the world. The International Monetary Fund chief has said the global economy has entered recession and it will be much worse than the financial crisis of 2009.
- More than 300,000 cases of the new coronavirus were recorded in Europe, with more than half registered in Italy (86,498) and Spain (64,059), according to an AFP tally at 1640 GMT on Friday.
- A dire lack of protective gear for health workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most pressing threats in the fight to prevent deaths, the World Health Organization warned Friday. “The chronic global shortage of personal protective equipment is now one of the most urgent threats to our collective ability to save lives,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference in Geneva.
- Swedish furniture giant IKEA on Friday announced a grant of 26 million euro to protect the health of communities, its co-workers, suppliers and consumers impacted by the spread of coronavirus.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday assured full support to his US counterpart Donald Trump in fighting the coronavirus as America emerged as the next major epicentre of the pandemic but underlined that infectious diseases did not recognise any border or race.
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Novak Djokovic donates 1 million euros to help Serbia fight coronavirus.
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