Two planes with protective equipment arrived to restock Spain’s overloaded public health system on Wednesday as confirmed cases surpassed 100,000 and the nation saw its biggest death toll so far, Reuters reports.
The big picture: COVID-19 cases surged past 900,000 and the global death toll surpassed 45,000 early Wednesday, per Johns Hopkins data. Italy has reported more than 12,000 deaths.
- Governments around the world have introduced public health and economic measures to try and curb the impact of the virus.
What's happening: The novel coronavirus pandemic is the "greatest test" the world has faced since the formation of the United Nations just after the World War II ended in 1945, U.N. chief António Guterres said Tuesday....
- In the U.K., 500 people were reported dead within 24 hours as of Wednesday, per Johns Hopkins data.
- Iran's death toll surpassed 3,000 on Wednesday, per Johns Hopkins.
- India's three-week lockdown is the largest ever attempted, and sparked South Asia's greatest migration since partition in 1947.
- Taiwan plans to donate 10 million surgical face masks to the U.S., European Union and other allies, President Tsai Ing-wen said Wednesday. The country pledged to send 100,000 masks to the U.S. per week.
- Sanctions on Venezuela, Iran, Syria and Cuba should be lifted "to prevent hunger crises" amid the COVID-19