Coronavirus reaches one million cases in three months

The UAE has confirmed 210 new cases

A volunteer sprays disinfectant in Shwedagon Pagoda compound as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Yangon. AFP

A U.S. Army soldier walks inside a mobile surgical unit being set up by soldiers from Fort Carson, Col., and Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) as part of a field hospital inside CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle. AP

Face masks for wedding dresses, tailored by fashion designer Friederike Jorzig are seen in her wedding dress shop, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and Russia's ambassador in Venezuela Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov, touch their elbows while wearing masks due to coronavirus disease while (COVID-19) outbreak at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. REUTERS

U.S. President Donald Trump listens stands in front of a chart labeled “Goals of Community Mitigation” showing projected deaths in the United States after exposure to coronavirus as 1,500,000 - 2,200,000 without any intervention and a projected 100,000 - 240,000 deaths with intervention taken to curtail the spread of the virus during the daily coronavirus response briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. REUTERS

Two cruise ships are anchored offshore past a lifeguard tower in Miami Beach, Fla. AP

Workers carry a coffin of a victim of the COVID-19 coronavirus during a funeral in Jakarta. AFP

Kievskaya metro station in Moscow, amid the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. AFP

A staff member of the Ministry of Health measures the temperature of drivers and passengers during the testing of the COVID-19 Coronavirus on the highway in Nakuru, Kenya. AFP

Fitness coach Sebastien Manko gives a lesson from the street to ederly people attending from the balconies of their retirement home in Bordeaux. AFP

A military police officer from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), checks on a homeless man who overdosed, while on patrol in the streets of Hillbrow, Johannesburg. AFP

Yassin Hussein Moyo’s relatives and friends proceed to bury Yassin’s body at Kariokor Muslim Cemetery in Nairobi, Kenya. AFP

A New York City Police officer (NYPD) takes a selfie while in the middle of the street in an almost empty Times Square, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in New York City, U.S. REUTERS

Two ring necked parakeets, normally fed by tourists, peck at an apple left on a spike by locals in Hyde Park, as the lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak continues in London. AP

A worker cleans an empty avenue a day after the emergency decree in Mexico City, Mexico. EPA

The number of coronavirus cases has reached one million in just over three months.

Among those cases there have been more than 51,000 deaths. More than 210,000 patients have recovered.

China first informed the World Health Organisation about coronavirus on December 31, and it has since spread to most nations and regions.

As leaders desperately try to stop the virus, governments have put in place lockdowns of varying degrees, from no movement out of a region to social distancing, where people are told to keep 2 metres apart.

Air travel grounded

Saudi authorities tightened a curfew in the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah on Thursday to 24 hours a day to control the spread of the coronavirus.

Meanwhile, Emirates airline, has been given approval by the UAE to begin flying a limited number of passenger flights.

Etihad Airways will continue to offer such services, and from April 5 will operate a regular flight to some countries, starting with Seoul Incheon.

Global air travel as been severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic as countries took measures to stop the spread of the disease.

The UAE confirmed 210 new cases on Thursday evening and two more deaths for a total of 1,024 patients. Ninety-six have fully recovered.

In Italy, large tracts of the country’s north have been no-go areas as the death toll closes in on 14,000 and in Spain another 10,000 have died.

In the US, with 5,620 deaths, New York has suffered the most with 1,374.
Across the sporting world, it has postponed or cancelled almost every major event, including horse racing, football, tennis and the Olympics.