March 18, 2020 (2020-03-18) (Wednesday)
Arts and culture
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- The United States and Canada suspend nonessential travel between the two countries due to the coronavirus pandemic. (CBC News) (CNN)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The United States reports its 150th death from COVID-19, with a total of at least 9,400 confirmed cases nationwide. (Yeni Şafak)
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
- In the United States, several K–12 school systems will keep their learning facilities physically closed for the remainder of the academic school year due to the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in 92,000 American schools across 39 states, and 42.1 million students and their families, transitioning to online learning, while some systems will not calculate grades at all. (Education Week) (CNN)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
- Michigan reports its first death from COVID-19, as the state reaches 110 recorded cases. (WOOD-TV)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York, COVID-19 pandemic in Washington
- COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
- Turkey reports its second death from COVID-19, a 61-year-old male patient, while the number of confirmed cases rises to 191. (Hürriyet Daily News)
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Politics and elections
Science and technology
Sports