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Portal:Current events/2020 March 4

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

;Disasters and accidents

  • United States tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020
  • The National Weather Service reports 11 tornadoes touched down resulting in 25 confirmed deaths. Eighteen people remain unaccounted for. [https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/weather/tennessee-tornado-wednesday/index.html (CNN)]
  • 140 buildings were destroyed with thousands damaged. 44,000 people are without electric power. [https://www.waff.com/2020/03/03/two-tornadoes-touch-down-tennessee-one-near-downtown-nashville/ (WAFF)]
  • Mount Merapi in Java, Indonesia erupts, forcing the airport in Surakarta to close. [https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-51727044/mount-merapi-volcano-eruption-spews-enormous-ash-cloud (BBC News)]

;Health and environment

  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Wallis and Futuna turns away a German cruise ship due to fears of coronavirus, and says that it is studying the possibility of denying another ship entry. [https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/410932/coronavirus-cruise-ship-banned-from-wallis-and-futuna (RNZ)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
  • Italy says all schools and universities will close from March 5 through March 15 to stop the spread of the virus, as the country confirms a total of 3,090 cases and 107 COVID-19-related deaths. [https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/italys-death-toll-from-the-coronavirus-is-now-worse-than-iran.html (CNBC)] [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/04/italy-orders-closure-of-schools-and-universities-due-to-coronavirus (The Guardian)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
  • Spain reports its second death in Basque Country, an 82-year-old man, as infected toll rises to more than 210. [https://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/salud/2020/03/04/5e5f5685fc6c83827b8b45cf.html (El Mundo)]
  • Hungary confirms first two COVID-19 cases. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-hungary/hungary-confirms-first-two-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20R2RA (Reuters)]
  • Slovenia confirms its first case of COVID-19. The patient had recently travelled home from Morocco, passing through Italy on the way, and is now in isolation at the Ljubljana University Medical Centre. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-slovenia/slovenia-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus-health-minister-idUKKBN20R341?il=0 (Reuters)]
  • The first in-person use of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tool is conducted, intended to reverse a genetic mutation causing Leber congenital amaurosis, a form of inherited blindness. [https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/mar/04/doctors-use-gene-editing-tool-crispr-inside-body-for-first-time (The Guardian)]

;International relations

;Law and crime

;Politics and elections

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