NEW YORK: Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday (March 1) as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000 and US states rolled out lockdown measures already imposed across swathes of Europe.
People taking pictures of the cherry blossoms at Ueno park in Tokyo on Saturday . Like many other countries, Japan is also going through many issues because of the Covid-19 outbreak which has affected close to 1 billion people in the world. - AFP
The virus death toll surged past 11,000 worldwide, with 4,000 alone in worst-hit Italy where the daily number of fatalities has shot up relentlessly over the past week. "Even if you don't get sick, the choices you make about where you go could be the difference between life and death for someone else."
The nation of 60 million now accounts for 36% of the world's coronavirus deaths and its death rate of 8.6% among confirmed infections is significantly higher than in most other countries. "This is not something we are doing because we are the 'fun police'... this is about saving lives," New South Wales state Police Minister David Elliott told reporters.
The restrictions so far imposed in seven states cover around 100 million people, with the country's three most populous cities -- New York, Los Angeles and Chicago -- under lockdown.
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