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Few Pakistani worshippers attend a Friday prayers in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, March 27, 2020.  Authorities imposed nation-wide lockdown and appealed to people to avoid public gatherings as a preventive measure to contain the spread of coronavirus. The virus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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Italy is 2nd country to pass Chinese virus case total
March 27, 2020 10:56 a.m.

Italy is 2nd country to pass Chinese virus case total

LONDON (AP) — Deaths surged in Italy and Spain on Friday, troubling new outbreak sites bubbled in the United States, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson became the first leader of a major country to test positive for the coronavirus that has sickened more than a half-million people worldwide.