Nearly One BILLION People Are In Lockdown Across The Globe Right Now

Health workers in personal protective equipment work inside a new drive-thru coronavirus testing center in the Staten Island borough of New York City, March 19. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Daily Mail: Nearly one BILLION people are in lockdown across the globe as WHO warn young: 'You are not invincible'

* The global coronavirus death toll has shot past 11,000 and nations are calling for citizens to remain indoors
* Individual US states, including New York, Illinois and California are now ordering people to self-quarantine
* WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned young people they 'are not invincible' to the coronavirus

Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000 and US states rolled out lockdown measures already imposed across swathes of Europe.

The pandemic has completely upended lives across the planet, restricting movement, shutting schools and forcing millions to work from home.

While President Donald Trump insisted the United States was 'winning' the war against the virus, individual states dramatically ramped up restrictions, with New York and Illinois joining California in ordering residents to stay home.

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WNU Editor: This pandemic is now spreading into the world's heavily populated regions that include India/Pakistan/Bangladesh/Indonesia, and the continents of Africa and South America. This one billion number will probably be tripled in the next few weeks. And as for the lock-down being relaxed in Europe, from what I am reading that is still far in the future.

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