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ITALY SHUTS DOWN

Italy closes all commercial activities, offices, cafes, shops

Only transportation, pharmacies, groceries will remain open

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:

"Things will get worse." How much worse it will get depends on 2 things, he said:

1. containing the influx of infected people coming from other countries
2. containing local outbreaks within the U.S.

When pressed by lawmakers for an estimate of eventual fatalities in the U.S., Fauci said it will be “totally dependent upon how we respond to it.”

“I can’t give you a number,” he said. “I can’t give you a realistic number until we put into the factor of how we respond. If we’re complacent and don’t do really aggressive containment and mitigation, the number could go way up and be involved in many, many millions.”

Trump will address the nation at 9:00 PM ET. Says "I am fully prepared to use the full power of the Federal Government to deal with our current challenge of the CoronaVirus!" [source]

Blocking travel to Europe is "under discussion" said Acting Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli

UK: Boris Johnson calls emergency meeting to rule on closing schools and telling everyone to work from home
73 new cases in the UK: biggest daily rise NHS to ramp up testing capacity from 1,500 to 8,000 tests per day
2 new deaths in the UK

Germany: Merkel warns that up to 70% of Germany's population could contract the coronavirus, which would amount to 58 million people (population of 83.7 million people) [Germany Population]
343 new cases and 1 new death in Germany

Hungary declares State of Emergency:
- closes all Universities
- bans indoor events for more than 100 people
- bans outdoor events for more than 500 people
- stops flights, trains and buses from Slovenia and Austria
- tightens control of the border with Croatia
- requires quarantine for Hungarian citizens returning from Italy, China, South Korea and Iran

9 new cases in Poland, including 3 persons in Cieszyn, 1 of which had potential contacts with schoolchildren (for which a decision was made to close all schools in town), a young man from the province Masovian (Warsaw), and a young woman from Łańcut All schools, as well as museums and cinemas, will close starting on Monday to curtail the spread of the coronavirus, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said

6 new cases in Thailand

Canadian leader Justin Trudeau's wife has tested positive for coronavirus.
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau was “feeling well” but would remain in isolation, a statement from Mr Trudeau’s office said.
The Prime Minister will not be tested for Covid-19 despite his wife’s diagnosis because he has shown no symptoms, it added. But they will both remain in isolation for a planned period of 14 days.