The pandemic continues to spread and is now closing in on 1,500,000 infected globally. Many countries have introduced severe social distancing measures and closed their borders to curb the disease outbreaks and ease pressure on their healthcare services.
The United States has registered almost 400,000 cases of COVID-19 in the country, according to Johns Hopkins University, while Italy and Spain remain the countries with the highest death toll – 16,525 and 13,055 fatalities respectively, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).