Coronavirus: Californians ordered to stay at home
Governor Gavin Newsom said people should only leave their homes when necessary during the pandemic.
Forty million people in California - the most populous state in the US - have been ordered to stay at home, to help fight the spread of the coronavirus. Residents may still leave their homes to buy groceries, medicine or do exercise. Also: Four men have been executed in India over one of the country's most notorious rape and murder cases, and this month marks the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis鈥� famous jazz album, Bitches Brew.
(Photo: People exercise on the beach during the global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santa Monica, California, U.S., 19 March 2020. Credit: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)
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