Global cases surge past 1.5 million, as deaths inch toward a grim milestone.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has surged past 1.5 million, according to data collected by The New York Times and Johns Hopkins University, and the death toll looked set to pass a grim milestone. As of Friday morning, at least 95,000 people had died, inching steadily closer to 100,000 global fatalities, with the virus detected in at least 177 countries.
And while a few countries mull easing restrictions, across much of the world, lockdowns are being extended heading into the Easter weekend
Tokyo’s governor parted ways with Japan’s central government by requesting the closure of a range of businesses — including nightclubs, karaoke bars, gyms and movie theaters — during a state of emergency declared earlier this week.
Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, went into a partial lockdown amid fears that the country’s underfunded and understaffed health care system could easily be overwhelmed.
After Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain was moved out of intensive care on Thursday, and the country’s coronavirus death toll approached 8,000, the government met to decide on a plan to extend the country’s lockdown, potentially by weeks.
With the long Easter weekend approaching, Chancellor Angela Merkel cautioned Germans not to give in to the temptation to roam outside and congregate. “We can’t be reckless, we can’t allow ourselves to be lulled into a false sense of security,” she warned at a news conference on Thursday.
And the police across Europe began stepping up efforts to control the movement of people over the long weekend. Officers in Spain stopped cars heading out of Madrid and other main cities to prevent people from driving to their secondary homes for the Easter
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But

Crazy and Nigerians still think this is a joke. Let Buhari give each Nigerian 100k to stay at home for 3 months.

Oh boy

Let everyone put on face mask and move on with our lives and business.

All die na die.