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- 5 April 2020: SARS-CoV-2 surpasses one million infections worldwide
- 26 March 2020: Florida frog skull survey shows spikes, say scientists
- 20 March 2020: Arizona, Florida, Illinois hold 2020 US presidential primaries; Ohio postpones
- 17 March 2020: 200 in New Delhi, India drink cow urine to fight off COVID-19
- 16 March 2020: US President Trump declares COVID-19 national emergency
- 15 March 2020: Native American groups sue US state of Montana over ballot law
- 15 March 2020: Bernie Sanders wins 2020 Northern Mariana Islands US Democratic presidential caucus
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- Bangladesh reports five new deaths due to COVID-19, a daily highest
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- SARS-CoV-2 surpasses one million infections worldwide
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- SARS-CoV-2 surpasses one million infections worldwide
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