There are now more than 770,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19 across the globe. With more than 156,900 confirmed cases, the U.S. has by far the highest national tally in the world. Tracking the virus:
The opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo has been rescheduled for July 23, 2021, Japanese organizers announced Monday.A logo of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is seen at the metropolitan government building in Tokyo, Japan, on March 30, 2020. Japanese organizers announced that the postponed games would be rescheduled for July 23, 2021.
Syrian children watch a member of the Syrian Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, disinfecting a former school building currently inhabited by displaced families in the rebel-held town of Binnish in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on March 26, 2020, as part of the efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
The 15-day guidelines were set to expire Monday. But President Donald Trump announced during a press conference Sunday that he had decided to extend the guidelines for another 30 days, after suggesting over the past week that he wanted to relax them reopen the country for business by Easter. "And if it does, we'll widely distribute it," he added."And if it doesn't, we'll just get it off the shelf, get it off the table, because it wont be useable.""We're in the phase one trial. We went into it as quickly as we possibly could, the fastest ever," he said."But still the process at rocket speed takes about a year to a year and a half.
The MS Zaandam cruise ship, where four people have died on board and at least two people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, navigates through the pacific side of the Panama Canal, in Panama City, Panama, on March 29, 2020. In a statement to ABC News on Sunday night, the U.S. Coast Guard said:"We are aware of the Zaandam and Rotterdam situations and are monitoring them. The Coast Guard is a member of, and coordinating with, the Port Everglades Unified Command on this situation. Further action may be taken if or when either ship crosses the Panama Canal into our area of responsibility."EasyJet, one of Europe's largest airlines, said it has grounded all aircraft due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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