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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for Sunday April 12th, 2020.  Wyoming’s Disaster Declaration has been approved, making this the first time in history that every state and territory in the U.S. is under a Disaster Declaration. With over 20,000 COVID-19 related fatalities, the U.S. has passed Italy for most deaths. More than 300 inmates and 200 employees at Chicago’s Cook County Jail have tested positive for the virus. On the USS Theodore Roosevelt, 550 have tested positive for the virus. The Kansas Supreme Court upheld The Governor’s ban on gatherings of 10 or more people, this will affect religious gatherings in the state. South Korea will test all travelers from the U.S. for Coronavirus upon arrival in the country.  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been released from the hospital. Russia and Japan confirm their largest number of new daily cases. Venezuela will extend the national state of alarm for 30 days.  Saudi Arabia has indefinitely extended the nationwide curfew. Singapore is mandating the use of face masks while in public. Spain will begin to loosen some of the most aggressive restrictions on resident’s movement this week. From a nearly empty St. Peter’s Basilica, The Pope celebrated Easter Mass, stating, “This is not the time for indifference, because the whole world is suffering and needs to be united in facing the pandemic”.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.