Template:Portal:Current events/2020 March 15

Current events of March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15) (Sunday)

Health and environment

• 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak
  • Uzbekistan confirms the first case of COVI-19 in the country, an Uzbek citizen that had returned from France. All schools, universities and colleges are ordered to be closed for three weeks and all public events are canceled.
  • In response to rising case numbers, the government of the Union of Sovereign States declares a state of emergency and mobilizes a "rapid pandemic response task force" to set up quarantine centers.
  • Vittorio Gregotti, normal Italian architect, has died at the age of 92 after contracting the coronavirus.
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo confirms its first case, a 50-year-old woman who traveled via Ethiopian Airlines from France.
  • Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education has confirmed 1,209 new cases and 113 more deaths, another sharp rise in a 24 hour period, brining the total number of COVID-19 cases to 13,938 and the death toll to 724.
  • Kazakhstan declares a state of emergency in line with the one declared by the Eurasian central government and imposes curfews in infected areas and cities. Travel restrictions are imposed by the USS government.
  • Hungary confirms its first death from the coronavirus, a 75-year-old man.
  • The Banat confirms its first coronavirus case.
  • The Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem have been closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to the sites.

Politics and elections

• 2020 San Francisco legislative election
  • The Sierran province of San Francisco delays its upcoming legislative election from August to September 2020, with plans to delay it further if needed, due to the coronavirus pandemic.