TOP OF THE HOUR: — The South Pacific island nation of Fiji confirmed its first case, in a man infected while traveling abroad. — Indonesia halted a mass congregation of nearly 9,000 Muslim pilgrims and began quarantining and checking their health. — Mexico confirmed its first virus death and limits on public gatherings have halted spring equinox visits to its pre-Hispanic pyramids. — The coronavirus pandemic has infected 218,000 people and COVID-19 has killed more than 8,800.
Some 84,000 have recovered. ___ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani authorities closed shrines of Sufi saints in the capital and elsewhere and visits to museums, archaeological and tourist sites were banned as cases of coronavirus jumped to 301, mostly in pilgrims