What's Happening: Inmates seek release, wars weaken defense
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March 18, 2020
These are some of the latest developments Wednesday in the world's coronavirus pandemic:
NUMBER OF WORLDWIDE CASES TOPS 200,000
The number of people infected worldwide surpassed the 200,000 mark. Deaths topped 8,000, but the number of people considered recovered reached over 82,000, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. The countries with the most confirmed cases were China, Italy, Iran, Spain and Germany. The countries with the most confirmed deaths were China, Italy, Iran, Spain and France.
GOVERNMENTS GRAPPLE WITH BORDER CLOSURES
Governments grappled with how to implement b...
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