March 10: Germany announced cancelling all large events. Same day, first of 250,000 racegoers arrived at Cheltenham UK. Both countries had reported first cases days apart - at end of Jan. By end of 1st week March, 87000 tested in Germany. 21000 in UK.

March 13: Germany announces school closures. UK is five days later.

March 16: Germany begins lockdown. UK is seven days later.

March 23: German testing capacity over 100,000 daily. UK hasn& #39;t reached 10,000.

Germany& #39;s completed 1.7 million tests. UK fewer than 400,000.

Germany started with 621 acute care beds per 100,000. In the UK it was 228 beds.

Germany& #39;s death rate: 2.5% per 100 confirmed virus cases. 12.8% in UK.

Over 3,200 German deaths reported. Almost 13,000 In UK.