CORONAVIRUS LATEST: — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for COVID-19. — NYC mayor projects half of city will be infected. — 911 calls reach record high in NYC. — South Africa cases top 1,000 as country begins three-week lockdown.
10:12 a.m.: Man arrested for making threats toward Dems, Speaker Pelosi
The record-high call volume is largely being driven by calls from people who are scared or concerned they have coronavirus, officials said. U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Friday said he too has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating.8:30 a.m.: NYC mayor projects half of city will be infected
People cross Park Avenue after it was announced that some streets will be shut as lockdown continues in response to the coronavirus outbreak, March 27, 2020, in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio chose four streets across four boroughs to test whether shutting down streets to vehicular traffic would increase social distancing among pedestrians during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown.
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