The number of infections worldwide have risen steadily. Picture: Johns Hopkins UniversityOn January 24 there were just 941 cases. That number had jumped to 45,200 on February 12.The world passed the one million mark on April 2 and two million on April 14 — despite harsh lockdown restrictions being enforced in many countries.The virus may have been first detected in China, but the US is now well and truly the world’s coronavirus epicentre.
“ continues to be concerns about the increasing trends in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and some Asian countries,” he said. A doctor takes a sample from man for a COVID-19 test during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown in India. Picture: AFPRussia surpassed China with its total number of confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday.
The curious thing about all of this was the initial US response. The leadership and response was rather unique compared to the rest of the world , this schedule is an indicator of how it progressed.