Headlines for March 23, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#513Z6)
- Global COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 15,000 as Italy Drafts Military to Enforce Lockdown
- Angela Merkel to Self-Quarantine After Her Doctor Tests Positive for COVID-19
- First COVID-19 Cases Reported in Occupied Gaza, War-Stricken Syria and Afghanistan
- Coronavirus Cases Mount Across Africa
- Two Nigerians Overdose Self-Medicating with Chloroquine After Trump Praised Anti-Malaria Drug as Possible COVID-19 Treatment
- Coronavirus Leads to Lockdowns, Travel Bans in Latin America, as a Colombian Prison Riot Turns Deadly
- Fate of Tokyo Olympics Still Unknown as Canada, Australia Refuse to Send Athletes
- India Locks Down Major Cities in Effort to Contain Coronavirus Spread
- 1 in 3 People in U.S. Under Lockdown as Cases Soar and Critical Supplies Dwindle
- New York Hospital Network Bans All Visitors During Birth, Including Partners
- Harvey Weinstein Reportedly Tests Positive for COVID-19 in Prison; 38+ Test Positive at Rikers
- Coronavirus Cases Grow Across U.S.
- Trump Activates Nat'l Guard as Lawmakers Fail to Pass Coronavirus Stimulus Package
- Doctor Rand Paul is First U.S. Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus
- New Evidence of Trump's Botched Response to Coronavirus
- Mike Pompeo in Afghanistan in Attempt to Revive Flailing U.S.-Taliban Deal