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Wednesday marked the 100th day since China, on 31 December 2019, first reported cases of pneumonia caused by a hitherto unknown coronavirus to the World Health Organization. Since then there have been over 1.3m confirmed cases, and over 75,000 deaths. Billions of people are confined to their homes and stock markets have plummeted
The Guardian’s visuals team has put together an interactive graphic showing how the pandemic has spread across the globe, from the very beginnings of the outbreak in Wuhan. It’s worth a look.
Related: How coronavirus spread across the globe – visualised
Bangladesh has imposed a “complete lockdown” in its Cox’s Bazaar district, which is home to over a million Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar.
The area “will be put under complete lockdown – no entry, no exit – until the situation improves,” a government directive issued late on Wednesday said, according to AFP. No cases have been confirmed in the camps but one infection has been recorded nearby.
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