Coronavirus infection toll reaches 2MILLION worldwide with more than 120,000 dead
CORONAVIRUS cases topped 2 million worldwide Monday as the deadly bug killed over 120,000 people.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global devastation since it first emerged in and the US has rapidly become the in the world.
China now ranks seventh with some 83,000 cases versus the , which tops the list.
Disturbingly, scientists have confirmed the .
has repeatedly said he acted in a on American soil, touting his January 31 travel ban on China.
The escalating death-toll in urban and rural regions prompted state governors to implement emergency measures countrywide.
Trump said he has the total authority to dictate when these orders end, however.
Likewise, German officials are contemplating a return to normalcy.
Jens Spahn, the country’s health minister, told they were considering "going back to a new normal" on a step-by-step basis.
Italy is still scrambling to deal with the rising body count as the death toll topped 20,000, however.
On Friday, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte confirmed the government extended the Italian lockdown until May 3 despite mounting pressure from businesses and decreasing cases.
Back in the US, Trump emphasized the need to reopen the country Monday, saying he has to order states to lift their coronavirus lockdowns.
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