{"id":321900,"date":"2020-04-06T04:13:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T04:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=321900"},"modified":"2020-04-06T04:13:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T04:13:47","slug":"coronavirus-pandemic-death-toll-nears-70000-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/coronavirus-pandemic-death-toll-nears-70000-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus pandemic: \u00a0Death toll nears 70,000 globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319236 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/virus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/virus.jpg 481w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/virus-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/>More than 68000 people have lost their lives due to coronavirus pandemic that affected several countries around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Italy has maximum number of deaths followed by Spain, US and France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The US has entered one of the most critical weeks so far with mounting number of cases and deaths. Over 9500 people have died in the United States with at least 330,000 confirmed infections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">During the press briefing at White House, US president Donald Trump had said, &#8220;Today, every patriotic American heart beats in solidarity with the incredible people of New York and New Jersey.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAmerica has the best doctors, military leaders, and logistics professionals anywhere in the world\u2014and we&#8217;re orchestrating a federal response unlike anything our country has seen,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;I would like to ask for your prayers for the families who have lost loved ones,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said, \u201cThis virus is an effective killer. The vulnerable must be protected. That\u2019s why we are all Staying Home. Not only for us \u2014 but to protect the lives of others.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 68000 people have lost their lives due to coronavirus pandemic that affected several countries around the world. Italy has maximum number of deaths followed by Spain, US and France. The US has entered one of the most critical weeks so far with mounting number of cases and deaths. Over 9500 people have died [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":319236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[12470],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321901,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321900\/revisions\/321901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/319236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}