Half Of Mankind Now Under Lockdown

People walk around an almost empty Grand Central Terminal as the coronavirus disease outbreak continues in New York, March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Euronews/AP/AFP: Coronavirus: Half of humanity now on lockdown as 90 countries call for confinement

More than 3.9 billion people, or half of the world's population, have now been asked or ordered to stay at home by their governments to prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus.

Data from an AFP database collated compulsory or recommended confinements, curfews and quarantines in more than 90 countries or territories.

Due to the introduction of a curfew in Thailand (effective from Friday), the threshold of 50% of humanity will be reached.

Meanwhile, the number of dead in Spain from coronavirus has now risen above 10,000, according to the latest health authority figures published on Thursday.

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WNU Editor: No surprises here .... As world battles virus, governments under fire (AFP). I expect all governments in the world will be criticized for their response. That is a given. And it will be helped by some in the media who report the news with a political bias, and who are taking advantage of the current crisis to push their own agenda. But in the end I think most people understand that this is a unique global crisis impacting billions. And as a long as governments honestly report their efforts to end it while planning how (and when) to re-open their economies in the future, the majority of people now under lock-down will give them a pass.

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