Syria–United Arab Emirates relations Abu Dhabi crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad discusses the COVID-19 pandemic on phone.
North Macedonia–NATO relations North Macedonia becomes the 30th member of NATO after over a year of negotiations.
China–United States relations Chinese leader Xi Jinping offers advice to United States President Donald Trump on how to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 pandemic Fox Business fires its primetime host Trish Regan after she claimed the coronavirus is a Democratic Party ploy to impeach President Donald Trump.
Prime Minister Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa announces that the country would be under a lock-down between 29 March and 5 April.
The USNS "Mercy", which has 1,000 beds, arrives in Los Angeles to offer assistance during the COVID-19 crisis.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces that eight hospitals will be built as the number of cases in New York surge.
Cyprus' government is set to release 50 prisoners in order to contain the spread of the virus in the island.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announces a two-week national lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
President Vladimir Putin orders that the week between 28 March and 5 April will be a nationwide paid holiday and declares the closing of all restaurants and shops during this week.
A temporary mortuary is being built at Birmingham Airport, with capacity to hold up to 12,000 bodies as the virus spreads in the region.
Hospitals in Scotland are expected to get testing kits from South Korea as an effort to increase testing for COVID-19.
The Department of Health and Social Care reports 185 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the death toll in the United Kingdom to 769.
The number of people who tested positive in Italy jumps to 86,498, while the death toll rose to 9,134. Italy is the country with the highest death toll in the world and second for number of cases.
South Africa reports its first two deaths from COVID-19, both occurring at hospitals in Western Cape province. The government also announces a 21-day lockdown as cases surpass 1,000.
The Philippines passes a legislation granting emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte as part of its measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic as confirmed cases rise to 707.
In Iran, 300 people die and 1,000 people become ill after drinking methanol to save themselves from COVID-19.
Uzbekistan reports the first death from COVID-19, a 72-year-old woman with underlying health conditions in the city of Namangan.
2020 New York City Subway fire One person is killed and 16 people are injured, four with life-threatening injuries, after a New York City Subway caught fire near the Central Park North–110th Street station in Harlem. The fire has been treated as suspicious.
Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States The House of Representatives passes a $2 trillion stimulus relief bill as an effort to save the economy during the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump signs the bill.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religion Pope Francis delivers a special Urbi et Orbi blessing in an empty Saint Peter's Square, praying for the end of the coronavirus pandemic and offering a plenary indulgence to repentant sinners before San Marcello al Corso's miraculous crucifix, which was moved from its original church in Rome two days ago.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema China's Film Bureau closes cinemas that had re-opened after the epidemic's first wave, without giving a reason.