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Coronavirus Lockdown Begins in India, as Global Cases Pass 420,000

India’s clampdown affects 1.3 billion people, closing all private businesses and government offices deemed nonessential

 

Lockdowns and Spray-Downs: Do Measures Against Coronavirus Work?

From spraying down subways to locking down entire cities, governments around the world are using similar measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Public-health experts look at past epidemics and scientific evidence to explain whether these tactics work.

 

Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Missouri cases

Updated Mar 25 at 7:52 AM local

Confirmed

255

Deaths

5

Recovered

0

See breakdown by county

United States cases

Updated Mar 25 at 7:52 AM local

Confirmed

55,330

+11,456

Deaths

804

+246

Recovered

379

+201

See breakdown by state

Global cases

Updated Mar 25 at 7:52 AM local

Confirmed

433,172

+54,778

Deaths

19,677

+3,186

Recovered

111,738

+10,154