trump proposes to help americans by mailing checks of up to 1000 each brazil reports its first death the european union bars outside travelers march 19 italys death toll overtakes china russia records its first death the virus has spread to more than 170 countries march 20 california issues an unprecedented statewide stay at home order and new york state orders nonessential businesses to shut march 24 the international olympic committee and japanese prime minister shinzo abe announce the postponement of the 2020 summer games india goes under lockdown march 25 a 2 trillion coronavirus aid package dubbed the largest rescue package in american history is approved by congress march 27 south africa starts nationwide lockdown kenya the democratic republic of congo and other african countries try to ringfence cities april 2 global cases shoot past 1 million as deaths soar in the united states and western europe april 5 british prime minister boris johnson 55 is admitted to hospital with coronavirus after suffering a fever and a cough for more than 10 days he remains in hospital until april 12 april 6 carnival corps ruby princess cruise liner the biggest single source of infections in australia and the target of a criminal investigation docks south of sydney to get help for sick crew members april 7 early data shows covid19 is killing african americans at a higher rate than the general us population underscoring disparities in healthcare access april 8 wuhan reopens its 11 million citizens can leave their homes for the first time in months april 10 global deaths reaches 100000 and confirmed cases exceed 16 million april 13 a handful of european countries begin to ease restrictions spain restarts construction and manufacturing while austria and italy allow certain stores to reopen danish children can return to school april 14 trump halts funding to the who over its handling of the pandemic drawing condemnation from infectious disease experts april 23 trump says scientists should explore whether injecting disinfectant might help covid19 patients horrifying medical professionals who worry that some people will poison themselves with bleach april 25 global deaths exceed 200000 and confirmed cases near 3 million may 4 j crew group inc files for bankruptcy protection after temporary store closures cost it almost 900 million in sales in the following weeks neiman marcus group and jc penney co inc would also be pushed to the brink may 8 the us economy lost 205 million jobs in april the steepest plunge since the great depression the unemployment rate surges to 147 may 9 avianca holdings latin americas secondlargest airline files for bankruptcy it would be followed by latam airlines group the continents largest carrier on may 26 may 11 thousands of visitors stream into shanghai disneyland the first reopened by walt disney co may 13 the virus could become endemic like hiv and never go away the world health organization says may 14 the united nations warns of a looming mental illness crisis as millions of people are