Los Angeles/Washington |California issued an unprecedented statewide "stay at home" order on Thursday (Friday AEDT) for its 40 million residents and Washington warned Americans to return home or stay abroad indefinitely, as the number of coronavirus deaths in the United States hit 200.
Governor Gavin Newsom's directive, effective immediately, marked the largest and most sweeping US clampdown yet in the worsening public health crisis brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak.
