"I don't think we'll ever find (a US-wide lockdown) necessary," he said, adding that the United States was "winning" the war against the virus. The stay-at-home orders put the three most populous cities in the United States, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, under lockdown. Hours earlier, California, which has over 1,000 cases and 19 deaths, told its 40 million residents to stay at home. Gabon confirmed sub-Saharan Africa's second known death, with reported cases across Africa standing at more than 900 and rising fast. In the United States, senators began negotiations over a $1 trillion emergency stimulus package to help Americans ravaged by the virus outbreak.

Source: Daily Nation March 21, 2020 02:03 UTC