Governor Charlie Baker orders all businesses and organizations not providing essential services to close until April 7, effective at noon on Tuesday. Baker states that he is not issuing a stay-at-home order, saying it "doesn't make sense from a public health point of view", but has directed the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to issue a stay-at-home advisory, limiting public gatherings to 10 people or less. 2020-03-23
The first one-on-one debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries takes place between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders in Washington, D.C., instead of Arizona as originally scheduled and without an audience as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 2020-03-15
Hungary reports its first death from COVID-19, a 75-year-old man. 2020-03-15
John Kerry informs Russia that under the rules of engagement the plane that flew over the "USS Donald Cook" on April 13th could have been shot down. 2016-04-15