SPAIN HAS CONFIRMED more than 1,500 new cases of coronavirus between Friday and Saturday raising its total to 5,753 cases, the second-highest number in Europe after Italy. The country is introducing a state of emergency. All citizens to stay at home unless they need food, medical supplies or emergencies.
Italy: The government in Rome has ordered an unprecedented lockdown, ordering businesses to close and restricting people’s movement. Mayors of many cities, including Rome and Milan, have even closed public playgrounds and parks... The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Lombardy, the Italian region that has been worst affected by the crisis, rose by 76 to 966 on Saturday.
Newborn baby tests positive for coronavirus in London.
US adds Ireland and UK to Europe-wide travel ban, flights to stop from midnight Monday.
US suspends J1 visa programme for some applicants in response to Covid-19 outbreak.
President Trump has been tested for coronavirus but result has not been revealed yet.
There are 20,226 cases in the US but the country has not yet “reached peak” of outbreak, according to top infectious disease expert Fauci.
Jordan is stopping all flights in and out of the country.
Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, will shut schools and organise remote teaching for a minimum of two weeks.
Brittany Ferries cancels some sailings and scales back services until April.
Jet2 planes turn back mid-air as airline cancels all flights to Spain amid Covid-19 outbreak.
Apple closes all retail stores outside China.
Italy: The government in Rome has ordered an unprecedented lockdown, ordering businesses to close and restricting people’s movement. Mayors of many cities, including Rome and Milan, have even closed public playgrounds and parks... The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Lombardy, the Italian region that has been worst affected by the crisis, rose by 76 to 966 on Saturday.
Newborn baby tests positive for coronavirus in London.
US adds Ireland and UK to Europe-wide travel ban, flights to stop from midnight Monday.
US suspends J1 visa programme for some applicants in response to Covid-19 outbreak.
President Trump has been tested for coronavirus but result has not been revealed yet.
There are 20,226 cases in the US but the country has not yet “reached peak” of outbreak, according to top infectious disease expert Fauci.
Jordan is stopping all flights in and out of the country.
Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, will shut schools and organise remote teaching for a minimum of two weeks.
Brittany Ferries cancels some sailings and scales back services until April.
Jet2 planes turn back mid-air as airline cancels all flights to Spain amid Covid-19 outbreak.
Apple closes all retail stores outside China.