People make their way along a street of Tokyo's Shinjuku district, Friday, March 27, 2020. Tokyo governor on Wednesday requested the city's 1.3 million residents to stay home this weekend, saying Japanese capital city is on the verge of explosive COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
March 27, 2020
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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.