Headline Roundup • March 6th, 2020
Global Coronavirus Infections Now Over 100,000
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Los Angeles Times
The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has surpassed 100,000 — with California recording at least 60 — as officials worked to contain the virus despite the rapid spread.
World Health Organization officials pressed countries Friday to aggressively pursue containment and expand testing for COVID-19 as the outbreak swells.
Reuters
LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The number of people infected with coronavirus across the world surpassed 100,000 on Friday as the outbreak reached more countries and the economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty and stock markets tumbling.
New York Post (News)
The novel coronavirus has infected nearly 100,000 people worldwide — spreading to around 90 countries and even slipping past the walls of the Vatican.
The tiny city-state within Rome confirmed its first case Friday, but wouldn’t say who was infected.
The Vatican has insisted that Pope Francis — who canceled audiences last week over a “slight indisposition” — has only a cold. He has tested negative for the coronavirus.
Vatican officials said they are working with Italian authorities to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Italy as a whole remained the...
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