The coronavirus death toll reached at least 3,000 worldwide as the deadly outbreak that began in China has now infected more than 88,000 people globally.
raised its number of reported cases to 130, an increase of 30 from the day before, and said it has seen two deaths.
“We had already registered a slowdown of Americans coming to Italy in recent days,” Bernabo Bocca, president of Italy’s hotel association, said in a statement Saturday. “Now, the final blow has arrived.” Panic-buying of daily necessities emerged in Japan, where professional baseball teams have played spring-training games in deserted stadiums. Tourist attractions across Asia, Europe and the Mideast were deserted. Islam’s holiest sites have been closed to foreign pilgrims. And governments have closed schools and banned big gatherings.
In France, the archbishop of Paris told parish priests to put the Communion bread in worshippers’ hands, not in their mouths. French officials also advised people to forgo the customaryThe Louvre, home of the “Mona Lisa” and other priceless artworks, closed after workers expressed fear of being contaminated by the stream of visitors from around the world.
The shutdown followed a government decision Saturday to ban indoor public gatherings of more than 5,000 people.
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