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From The World and PRX, this is The Number in the News. Today’s number: 3. Restaurants have been adding caloric values to their menus alongside dishes for years in an effort to better inform their customers. Now, a diner in Edmonton, Canada, is going one step further by adding carbon footprint information to its menu. In this week’s special feature of The Number in the News, hear from the owner of the Highlevel Diner about why it’s important to know what impact your dinner has on the environment.

A global pandemic is bringing new questions, concerns and confusion every day. We're trying to stay on top of the latest information on how COVID-19 is spread and what epidemiologists are discovering as the coronavirus moves around the globe. And, the US and Canada have agreed to partially close its northern border to non-essential travel. Also, with millions of people working from home during the coronavirus outbreak, many have been tethered to their screens. 90s fitness guru Derrick Evans, also known as Mr. Motivator, speaks with The World about how to stay active during the day even if you're stuck at home.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on people's lives in so many ways, from health to education, the economy to politics to the arts. First, what's this all going to mean for the airline industry? Flights are being shut down all over and airline staff are being laid off. We're also looking to see how this all ends. And, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to close the country's borders to all except for the US. Also, researchers have been working for months to determine if a collection of fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls are fakes or the real deal.

The international community has been scrambling to confront the global threat of the coronavirus pandemic. So far, multilateral diplomacy hasn't been used to effectively beat back spread of the outbreak. And, across much of Asia, it's incredibly hard to find a hospital-grade face mask — so the black market has stepped in. Also, Coronavirus-related toilet paper shortages have raised an awkward truth: Americans are outliers globally when it comes to toilet paper usage.

The latest on the global impacts of the coronavirus outbreak, including a look at sick leave policies around the world, the reaction in Lebanon and the impact on businesses in India. And, thousands of migrants and refugees are trying to leave Turkey to get into Greece. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports on a group of migrants that landed in Lesbos, including one Syrian stuck on a beach. Also, a wide-ranging discussion with Bassem Youssef, the “Jon Stewart of Egypt,” including discussing the coronavirus in Egypt and the recent death of former president Hosni Mubarak.

From The World and PRX, this is The Number in the News. Today’s number: 22,000. A loggerhead sea turtle named Yoshi has been on an incredible journey. In December 2017, Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa, released Yoshi into the open water after 20 years in captivity. Since then she has swum more than 22,000 miles from Cape Town to the western shores of Australia. The aquarium writes that Yoshi has traveled the longest-ever recorded journey of a tracked animal. In this week’s special feature of The Number in the News, hear from the people who released Yoshi into the Atlantic Ocean.

US President Donald Trump announced sweeping restrictions preventing most foreign nationals coming from much of Europe from entering the US for 30 days in an effort to try and combat the spread of the coronavirus. The move sent travelers scrabbling at airports around the world. And, the federal government has taken a lot of flack for inadequate testing for the coronavirus. How does testing in the US compare to other nations? Also, our new series, The Big Fix, launches. It's an ongoing look at what the world can be doing to combat climate change.

The World Health Organization has designated COVID-19 a pandemic. Today, we find out how epidemiologists predict the path of the coronavirus. And, as many US colleges cancel classes and boot students off-campus, they're creating logistical and financial nightmares that could leave some students in a bind. Also, scientists have discovered that lettuce grown in space is safe to eat and nutritional.

From the boot's top to its toe and heel, Italy is in lockdown to try to contain the coronavirus. And, on the Greek isle of Lesbos, residents are becoming increasingly frustrated with migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in camps there. Also, who knew that hand-washing could spur so much creativity online? Amid concerns about the new coronavirus, memes about how to wash your hands have been going viral.

Russia and Saudi Arabia have started an oil price war by pushing down prices amid a growing coronavirus outbreak, spooking financial markets worldwide. And, there has been chaos at the border fence between Greece and Turkey, with migrants and refugees trying to cross into Greece as police and security forces respond with tear gas and water cannons. Also, a conservator cleaning a painting of David and Goliath discovered that the artwork, long attributed to a male Baroque painter, is actually the work of Artemisia Gentileschi.