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Coronavirus live updates: stock markets plunge on global recession fears | Coronavirus live updates: stock markets plunge on global recession fears |
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With cases spiking sharply across Europe and emergency measures in place from California to Saudi Arabia, investors have sent shares tumbling. Follow all the developments live | With cases spiking sharply across Europe and emergency measures in place from California to Saudi Arabia, investors have sent shares tumbling. Follow all the developments live |
Mark Scott from the New South Wales Department of Education is speaking now about the new cases confirmed at schools this morning. “Apart from those students asked to self-isolate, [Willoughby Girls High School] will be open again on Wednesday morning. Epping boys high school was closed last Friday, and Epping boys high has opened this morning and is operating successfully.” | |
In Australia, New South Wales Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant is speaking now. She says, “While we are actually expecting to see continued rises in case numbers, that reflects very strong health protection system. We want people that are returning from overseas who develop symptoms within 14 days to present for testing. And that allows us to act promptly at identifying contacts and breaking the chain of transmission.” | |
New South Wales state health minister Brad Hazzard says of the new cases, “There was a14-year-old boy and a 15-year-oldgirl, both at year 10 at St Patrick’s Marist College, Dundas. There was also a 12-year-old, a young lady from Willoughby Girls High School. | |
“In regard to the two young people from Dundas, St Patrick’s MaristCollege, their fathers, aged in their 50s, have also been confirmed as having the coronavirus. We have the year seven student, her mum has also been confirmed as having COVID-19. She’s a lady of Iranian origin, but hasn’t travelled recently. So there’s a lot of work to do there to determine the source of that particular infection.” | |
We’re in Sydney now for another update state health minister Brad Hazzard, who says, “We’ve established now a new orthodoxy. If a child or anyone else at a school is found to have the Covid-19 virus then effectively a breather will be taken. They will take a day out.” | |
“This is the new normal,” he said. | |
A new song to wash your hands to: | |
In the US, the state of Maryland reported two new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, raising to five the total confirmed cases in the state.In Maryland, a Harford County resident in her 80s who contracted the virus while traveling overseas and was hospitalized and a Montgomery County resident in his 60s who contracted the virus while traveling overseas and was briefly hospitalized. | |
As the US death toll from the new coronavirus reached at least 21, California Govenor Gavin Newsom and the mayor of Oakland sought Sunday to reassure the public that none of the passengers from a ship carrying people with the virus will be released into the public before undergoing a 14-day quarantine. | |
The Grand Princess carrying more than 3,500 people from 54 countries is expected to dock Monday in Oakland, in the east San Francisco Bay, and was idling off the coast Sunday as officials prepared a port site. Those needing acute medical care will come off first. | |
A special North Korean flight carrying presumably dozens of diplomats and other foreigners arrived in Russia’s Far East on Monday as the country tightens its lockdown intended to fend off the coronavirus. | |
North Korea has not publicly confirmed a single case of the Covid-19, but its state media reports suggest about 7,000 North Koreans have been quarantined as part of strict prevention measures. | |
Seemingly dozens of passengers, most of them masked and some accompanied by children, lined up at Pyongyang International Airport. North Korean health workers wearing white protective suits scanned them for fevers. It wasn’t immediately clear how many were flown out to Vladivostok. The North lifted a monthlong quarantine on foreign diplomats based in Pyongyang on March 2, allowing them to leave the country if needed.Colin Crooks, the British ambassador to Pyongyang, tweeted: | |
The North has called its anti-virus campaign a matter of “national existence” while banning foreign tourists, shutting down nearly all cross-border traffic with China, intensifying screening at entry points and mobilizing health workers to monitor residents and isolate those with symptoms.Many experts say North Korea is highly vulnerable to infectious diseases due to its chronic shortage of medical supplies and outdated health care infrastructure. | |
China’s excessive coronavirus public monitoring could be here to stay | China’s excessive coronavirus public monitoring could be here to stay |
Over the last two months, Chinese citizens have had to adjust to a new level of government intrusion. | Over the last two months, Chinese citizens have had to adjust to a new level of government intrusion. |
Getting into one’s apartment compound or workplace requires scanning a QR code, writing down one’s name and ID number, temperature and recent travel history. Telecom operators track people’s movements while social media platforms like WeChat and Weibo have hotlines for people to report others who may be sick. Some cities are offering people rewards for informing on sick neighbours. | Getting into one’s apartment compound or workplace requires scanning a QR code, writing down one’s name and ID number, temperature and recent travel history. Telecom operators track people’s movements while social media platforms like WeChat and Weibo have hotlines for people to report others who may be sick. Some cities are offering people rewards for informing on sick neighbours. |
Chinese companies are meanwhile rolling out facial recognition technology that can detect elevated temperatures in a crowd or flag citizens not wearing a face mask. A range of apps use the personal health information of citizens to alert others of their proximity to infected patients or whether they have been in close contact. | Chinese companies are meanwhile rolling out facial recognition technology that can detect elevated temperatures in a crowd or flag citizens not wearing a face mask. A range of apps use the personal health information of citizens to alert others of their proximity to infected patients or whether they have been in close contact. |
State authorities, in addition to locking down entire cities, have implemented a myriad of security measures in the name of containing the coronavirus outbreak. From top officials to local community workers, those enforcing the rules repeat the same refrain: this is an “extraordinary time” feichang shiqi, requiring extraordinary measures. | State authorities, in addition to locking down entire cities, have implemented a myriad of security measures in the name of containing the coronavirus outbreak. From top officials to local community workers, those enforcing the rules repeat the same refrain: this is an “extraordinary time” feichang shiqi, requiring extraordinary measures. |
There’s ‘No chance’ of the Australian Grand Prix happening behind closed doors, organisers say. | There’s ‘No chance’ of the Australian Grand Prix happening behind closed doors, organisers say. |
Italian Formula One teams have started arriving in Australia and there is no chance of the opening grand prix of the season being cancelled, postponed or being held behind closed doors, despite fears over the coronavirus. | Italian Formula One teams have started arriving in Australia and there is no chance of the opening grand prix of the season being cancelled, postponed or being held behind closed doors, despite fears over the coronavirus. |
Andrew Westacott, CEO of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, said on Monday the race will proceed as planned at Albert Park, after it was announced the next race on the calendar, the Bahrain GP on 22 March, will be run without spectators present. April’s Chinese Grand Prix has already been postponed. | Andrew Westacott, CEO of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, said on Monday the race will proceed as planned at Albert Park, after it was announced the next race on the calendar, the Bahrain GP on 22 March, will be run without spectators present. April’s Chinese Grand Prix has already been postponed. |
The operator of cruise ship Costa Fortuna said it was heading to Singapore to end its journey on Tuesday as planned, after it was turned away from ports in Malaysia and Thailand over coronavirus fears. | The operator of cruise ship Costa Fortuna said it was heading to Singapore to end its journey on Tuesday as planned, after it was turned away from ports in Malaysia and Thailand over coronavirus fears. |
Italian cruise line Costa Crociere said there were no suspected virus cases among its guests, which includes Italians – Italy has the largest number of cases of the virus outside China with 7,375 infections. Costa Crociere said it would cancel a cruise due to depart on March 10 from Singapore. Singapore port authorities have not yet said whether they would allow the ship to dock. | Italian cruise line Costa Crociere said there were no suspected virus cases among its guests, which includes Italians – Italy has the largest number of cases of the virus outside China with 7,375 infections. Costa Crociere said it would cancel a cruise due to depart on March 10 from Singapore. Singapore port authorities have not yet said whether they would allow the ship to dock. |
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the country will extend its ban on travellers from China and Iran for another seven days. | New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the country will extend its ban on travellers from China and Iran for another seven days. |
Walt Disney Co’s Shanghai Disneyland said on Monday it will resume a limited number of operations at its resort as part of the first step of a phased reopening, although the main theme park will remain shut amid worries about a coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reports. | Walt Disney Co’s Shanghai Disneyland said on Monday it will resume a limited number of operations at its resort as part of the first step of a phased reopening, although the main theme park will remain shut amid worries about a coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reports. |
A limited number of shopping, dining, and recreational activities would be available at Disneytown, Wishing Star Park and Shanghai Disneyland Hotel though they will operate under limited capacity and reduced hours of operation, Shanghai Disneyland said in a statement on its website. The Shanghai Disneyland had been shut from Jan. 25 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. | A limited number of shopping, dining, and recreational activities would be available at Disneytown, Wishing Star Park and Shanghai Disneyland Hotel though they will operate under limited capacity and reduced hours of operation, Shanghai Disneyland said in a statement on its website. The Shanghai Disneyland had been shut from Jan. 25 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. |