Global Summary 24th March

Australia is about to see an explosion in case numbers - it is, sadly, a textbook case of the dangers of a slow response to COVID-19.  Flip, flop, flap is not effective.  The chart below shows case numbers from the first day with >100 cases for a handful of countries.  Australia continues to track Belgium and with a lockdown only just beginning to be introduced, ongoing exponential growth is likely - expect case numbers roughly to triple in the next week.
Meanwhile lockdowns are having a positive impact in other countries - see our full summary here. 

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