Headlines for March 19, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#50YDW)
- Italy Records Record 475 Coronavirus Deaths as Infections Continue Climbing
- British PM Boris Johnson Closes Schools After Reversing Lax Virus Containment Plan
- Millions of Brazilians Protest from Windows and Balconies Demanding President's Ouster
- World Health Organization Warns Critical Lack of Testing Is Costing Lives
- Egypt Arrests Protesters Calling for Release of Prisoners at Risk of COVID-19
- Yemen, Already Wracked by U.S.-Supported, Saudi-Led War, Braces for Coronavirus
- Trump Admin Tightens Sanctions That Have Devastated Iran's Public Health System
- Trump Signs Coronavirus Relief Bill Providing Paid Leave to Small Fraction of U.S. Workers
- 150,000 Auto Workers Idled as Ford, GM and Fiat Chrysler Halt Production
- White House Invokes Defense Production Act to Order Manufacture of Life-Saving Equipment
- Two U.S. Congressmembers Test Positive for COVID-19
- White House Warns Millennials at Substantial Risk of Illness and Death from COVID-19
- Hospital Workers Produce DIY Masks as Medical Supplies Dwindle
- Celebrities Get Coronavirus Tests as Critically Ill Patients Struggle to Learn Status
- Trump Doubles Down on Racist "Chinese Virus" Label
- Air Pollution Plummeted as Coronavirus Crisis Idled Much of China's Economy
- U.S.-Canada Border Partially Closed as ICE Says It Will Suspend Most Immigration Raids
- Georgia Department of Driver Services Shared Data with ICE
- Asked About Campaign Plans, Bernie Sanders Says "I'm Dealing with a F--- Global Crisis"