World Coronavirus Dispatch: China court imprisons 2 for skipping quarantine

Wealthy Chinese consumers are seeking comfort in retail therapy but they are not eating out yet, report says.

Two people who returned to their hometown after contracting the coronavirus in the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak in January have been sentenced to prison for failing to quarantine themselves or report the visit. After returning from Wuhan, the pair visited supermarkets and other public places in the western city of Yibin in Sichuan province for more than a week before showing symptoms, the Chinese court said on Saturday. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 2,66,23,562


Change Over Yesterday: 3,13,057

Total Deaths: 8,74,717

Total Recovered: 1,77,30,043

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