March 18, 2020 Coronavirus leads some overseas prisons to release inmates; Rikers, other US prisons consider the same As the coronavirus continues to spread around the world claiming lives and rattling the global economy, major prisons U.S. prisons like Rikers are considering releasing their inmates to prevent a potentially catastrophic situation.
March 18, 2020 Fresno joins Bay Area with coronavirus ‘shelter-in-place’ order The California city of Fresno on Wednesday joined the Bay Area by issuing a “Shelter in Place” order to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
March 18, 2020 Simon malls closing across United States in response to coronavirus pandemic The company confirmed its properties would close by 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
March 18, 2020 Californians are calling 911 on their coughing neighbors Multiple police departments in Southern California say they have been receiving more 911 calls from residents concerned that their coughing neighbor may have the coronavirus.
March 18, 2020 Italy's coronavirus death toll nears China's after largest one-day spike despite lockdown At least 475 additional people died from the coronavirus in Italy Wednesday, marking a 19 percent spike within the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll to at least 2,978, Sky News reported, citing the Italian Civil Protection Agency.
March 18, 2020 UK moves to close all schools indefinitely after 32 more die of coronavirus U.K. officials on Wednesday announced that all schools will be closed indefinitely starting Friday in response to the coronavirus that took an additional 32 lives.
March 18, 2020 Tennessee fire department receives hand sanitizer from stash of nearly 18,000 bottles stockpiled by brothers Several boxes and hand sanitizers have been delivered to a fire department in Tennessee after brothers who tried to capitalize on the coronavirus outbreak by stockpiling nearly 18,000 bottles with the intent to resell the goods had their stash cleaned out.
March 18, 2020 Illinois nursing home coronavirus cluster of 22 announced, first death in state reported Nearly two dozen people have tested positive for coronavirus at a nursing home in the suburbs of Chicago.
March 18, 2020 Spain's coronavirus cases spike, edges closer to Iran amid nationwide lockdown A locked-down Spain continued to edge closer to Iran as health officials announced Wednesday more than 2,500 coronavirus cases were recorded overnight, bringing up the tally well past 13,000.
March 18, 2020 Homeless in California see handwashing stations arrive at camps amid coronavirus threat One of the most vulnerable groups of the population to coronavirus in California is getting some additional help to prevent the spread of the virus.