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Amount s pent, t hrough Febru ary, by M ichael B loomberg’s
failed c ampaign f or t he D emocratic p residential n omination,
according t o fi lings m ade p ublic o n M arch 2 0; t he c ampaign
also a massed m ore t han $ 30 m illion i n d ebt

For the Record

‘By the

end of

April, our

healt h care

system will

collapse.’

LUIZ H ENRIQUE M ANDETTA ,
Brazil’s H ealth M inister,
as t he n umber o f c onfirm ed
COV ID-19 c ases r ose
45% t o a t otal o f
904 o n M arch 2 0

‘Yes, I’m Asian. And

yes, I have coronavirus.

But I did not get

it from China. I got it

in America.’

DANIEL DAE K IM,
actor, i n a M arch 1 9 v ideo, s peaking o ut a gainst a nti-Asian
racism r elated t o t he C OV ID-19 p andemic

‘We who don’t

bel ong to a

risk group

have an

enormous

responsibility,

our actions

can be the

difference

between life

and death for

many others.’

GRETA T HUNBERG,
climate a ctivist, a nnouncing o n
Instagram o n M arch 2 4
that i t’s “ extremely l ike ly”
she h ad C OV ID-

‘WE ARE NOT OWED

OUR DREAMS.’

ALLY SON F ELIX, sprinter a nd s ix-time O lympic g old m edalist, i n a
TIME o p-ed o n c oming t o t erm s w ith d isappointment a fter t he 2 020 O lympics
we re p ostponed o n M arch 2 4 i n t he n ame o f p ublic h ealth

‘I was just

trying to

lighten the

m o o d.’

ANTHONY CRAPANZANO,
New Jersey restaurant
owner, on including a free
roll of toilet paper—which
has been in short supply—
with takeout orders; the
state imposed a broad
shutdown on March 

1 50,0 00

New jobs Walmart, the U.S.’s
largest employer, said on March
19 it will need to fill because of
COVID-19; as states across the
country shut down nonessential
businesses, retailers like
Walmart have seen major
increases in demand

$875,369,840.

GOOD NEWS

of the week

Fi gures p ublished o n
March 1 9 i ndicate
an i ncrease i n t he
population o f w ild
black r hinos, a w in f or
conserv ation e ffort s
for t he c ritically
endangered s pecies

ILLUSTRATIONS BY BROWN BIRD DESIGN FOR TIME

SOURCES: NPR; ASBURY PARK PRESS; THE HILL; THE GUARDIAN

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