• Coronavirus: 6000 deaths worldwide, 2,800 cases in the US, China fears of return infection

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March 16, 2020 New measures are coming to contain the contagion in the USA. The federal health authority has ruled for the next two months that all events involving the aggregation of more than 50 people will be canceled. Consequently, conferences, festivals, concerts, sporting events and celebrations such as weddings are forbidden. Schools, universities and work activities are excluded from the provisions. And Vice President Mike Pence announces the arrival, in the next few hours, of a federal tightening. And meanwhile the two Dem candidates in the presidential primaries, Biden and Sanders, attack Trump for having underestimated the situation and ask to deploy the army.

New York and Los Angeles stop, Las Vegas turns off the casino lights
In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the city's 27,000 restaurants, bars and cafes will have to limit themselves to take-aways and home delivery. Night clubs, cinemas, small theaters and concert halls must remain closed. Schools also close in the big apple. De Blasio explained that he decided these measures because "our city is facing an unprecedented threat and we must respond with a wartime mentality". The squeeze also reaches Los Angeles, which like New York decides to close bars, restaurants, clubs, theaters and cinemas to curb the infection of the coronavirus. The stop to Hollywood studies had already come two days ago. And in Las Vegas casinos close their doors for at least two weeks.

China, only 4 new cases in Wuhan
China reported 16 new coronavirus cases yesterday, including four in Wuhan and 12 imported cases. According to data from the National Health Commission (NHC), there were also 14 additional deaths, all related to the epicenter province of Hubei. There were 838 patients discharged from hospitals yesterday, bringing the total to 67,749: of the 80,860 certain infections, the cure rate rose by almost two percentage points, to 83.8%. The deaths amounted to 3,213.

South Korea, cases at a minimum of three weeks
New cases of coronaviruses in South Korea dropped to 74 again yesterday, from 76 on Saturday, reaching lows of over three weeks. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Kcdc), in the updates on the crisis, set the total number of infections at 8,236, of which 75 deaths and 1,137 discharged from hospitals (+303 on Sunday), with a percentage of recovery that rose to 13 , 8%. About 61% of the infections identified are attributable to the Church of Jesus Shincheonji, a Daegu-based religious sect. Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Health Kim Gang-lip has announced a test campaign to find outbreaks of the virus.