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't reached 10,000.

Germany'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'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.