The coronavirus pandemic did not produce Elena Simone’s first budgetary rough patch. The 49-year-old single mother found herself out of the job market when the 2008 global financial crisis hit Italy and never fully got back in, but she created a patchwork of small jobs that provided for herself and the youngest of her three children.

The panic of coronavirus infection is grappling the world day by day. After evolving from the seafood and/or poultry market in China, the Coronavirus outbreak has extended to almost 70 countries around the world. Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, the impact of coronavirus infection, death toll, and recovery situation are not the same everywhere. Read this article to get an overview of the COVID-19 situation in some highly affected countries.