Atop the grim tally of officially reported data are Italy, with 13,915 deaths, and Spain, with 10,935. But the United States is becoming the new epicentre, with 243,635 cases - by far the most of any nation - and 5,887 deaths. In China, where draconian containment measures stabilised the epidemic, coronavirus “martyrs” will be mourned on Saturday with a three-minute silence. Rather, comparisons are being drawn with such traumatic periods as World War Two or the 1930s global Depression. One expert said carbon dioxide emissions could fall this year by the largest amount since World War Two.

Source: bd News24 April 03, 2020 18:22 UTC