Latest coronavirus updates: • Global cases surge past 300,000 • Sen. Paul becomes first senator known to test positive for COVID-19 • Australia and Canada pull athletes from 2020 Tokyo Olympics
as negotiations so far had yet to produce a deal on the more than $1 trillion aid package.The spread of the pandemicto say they won’t be sending athletes to the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo this year if they aren't delayed because of coronavirus, officials said Sunday.
Italy, the hardest hit country in Europe, has banned travel within the country on Sunday. The government also issued an order freezing all business activity deemed non-essential in an effort to keep more people at home. The businesses will have to remain closed until April 3.
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