Global virus cases pass 300,000
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into isolation after a doctor she’d been in contact with tested positive.
It took 90 days to record the first confirmed 100,000 cases. The second 100,000 took 12 days to record. The third 100,000 – recorded today – took just four days.
Italy reported 651 more deaths today – while Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into isolation after a doctor she’d been in contact with tested positive.
The New York City Mayor has said the lockdown there could last six to nine months.
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