MOSCOW (AP) – In an abrupt turnaround, President Donald Trump extended lockdown measures across the United States as deaths in New York alone from the new coronavirus passed 1,000.
Moscow went on lockdown Monday as Russia began getting ready for sweeping nationwide restrictions. The health systems in Italy and Spain, which have been crumbling under the weight of caring for so many desperately ill patients at once, hoped that relief was coming as infection rates drop each day.
In a situation unimaginable only a month ago, Italian officials were cheered when they reported only 756 deaths in one day.
Trump has extended guidelines recommending people stay home for another 30 days until the end of April.
