9
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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