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Coronavirus live updates: WHO declares Covid-19 a pandemic while Italy death toll jumps by 196 | Coronavirus live updates: WHO declares Covid-19 a pandemic while Italy death toll jumps by 196 |
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World Health Organization chief says number of cases reported and number of countries affected ‘doesn’t tell the full story’ | World Health Organization chief says number of cases reported and number of countries affected ‘doesn’t tell the full story’ |
NHS England has announced that another person has died after testing positive for coronavirus. They are the eighth to die in the UK, the authorities say. Two more British people have also died abroad. | |
Dr Catherine Free, the medical director at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust has said: | |
Referring to the eighth death to be announced, Diane Wake, the chief executive of the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, has said: | |
A seventh patient has died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, NHS England said. Two UK citizens had previously been announced to have died overseas – one in Japan and one in Bali. | |
On Wednesday evening, the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Spain rose to 2,152 almost half of which - 1,024 - were in the Madrid region. Fifty people have so far died from the virus, 31 of them in the capital and the surrounding area. Spain has the second highest number of confirmed cases of the virus in Europe after Italy. | |
The official Kuwait state news agency, Kuna, quotes government spokesman Tareq al-Mezrem as saying: | |
Kuwait, which has 72 confirmed coronavirus cases, also announced a public holiday from 12 March to 26 March, except for entities providing essential services, the National reports. | |
Here is the latest on how coronavirus is affecting sporting events in the UK: | |
British Airways has come under fire for a second day over its decision to cancel, with immediate effect, all flights out of Italy yesterday leaving thousands stranded. | |
It was also criticised for advising passengers to go across the border to Switzerland. | |
Rory Boland, travel editor at Which? magazine, said: | |
The consumer magazine called on the Civil Aviation Authority to monitor the situation closely to ensure BA and other airlines were complying with their legal obligations. Boland said: | |
India announced some of the most extreme action taken to date with respect to foreign tourists. | |
The Guatemalan health minister, Hugo Monroy, said on Wednesday the country will ban the entry of European citizens in an attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus. | The Guatemalan health minister, Hugo Monroy, said on Wednesday the country will ban the entry of European citizens in an attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus. |
The Central American country, which has yet to confirm any cases of the virus, will block the entry of Europeans starting tomorrow, Monroy told a news conference. | The Central American country, which has yet to confirm any cases of the virus, will block the entry of Europeans starting tomorrow, Monroy told a news conference. |
The country’s director of civil aviation will communicate the ban to airlines, Monroy added, underlining that it applied to citizens from across Europe. | The country’s director of civil aviation will communicate the ban to airlines, Monroy added, underlining that it applied to citizens from across Europe. |
“This is done simply to prevent the introduction of the coronavirus to our country,” Monroy said. | “This is done simply to prevent the introduction of the coronavirus to our country,” Monroy said. |
Alberto Volpe, a 33-year-old, was feverish when he flew from Milan to Gatwick on Sunday after being forced to return home from a skiing holiday in Chamonix due to an injury to his girlfriend. | Alberto Volpe, a 33-year-old, was feverish when he flew from Milan to Gatwick on Sunday after being forced to return home from a skiing holiday in Chamonix due to an injury to his girlfriend. |
He said: | He said: |
The governor of Washington state, USA, Jay Inslee, has today prohibited gatherings of more than 250 people and said he may soon close schools to slow the spread of coronavirus in a state suffering the deadliest outbreak in the United States. | |
The ban on gatherings applies to King, Snohomish and Pierce counties in the Seattle area and is aimed at sports, concerts and other cultural events, Inslee told a press conference. | |
Washington state has reported over a quarter of the more than 1,000 US coronavirus cases and the majority of the 31 deaths, putting pressure on Inslee to slow the virus’s spread to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. | |
He said: | He said: |
The Democratic governor, who has clashed with the president, Donald Trump, over his response to coronavirus, also faces pressure from parents and health experts to close all schools in the hard-hit greater-Seattle area. | |
Inslee said he had asked all school districts in the state to make contingency plans for possible closures within the next several days. | Inslee said he had asked all school districts in the state to make contingency plans for possible closures within the next several days. |
A member of staff at a care home in Northamptonshire for people with learning disabilities and those with physical disabilities and mobility issues has tested positive for Covid-19, the Northamptonshire Telegraph reports. | A member of staff at a care home in Northamptonshire for people with learning disabilities and those with physical disabilities and mobility issues has tested positive for Covid-19, the Northamptonshire Telegraph reports. |
There have been fears about the impact the virus could have should it take hold in a care home in the UK, particularly one where there are older people and/or those with underlying health conditions which make them more susceptible to Covid-19. | There have been fears about the impact the virus could have should it take hold in a care home in the UK, particularly one where there are older people and/or those with underlying health conditions which make them more susceptible to Covid-19. |
In the US, 19 deaths out of a nationwide total of 31 to date were linked to one suburban Seattle nursing home. | In the US, 19 deaths out of a nationwide total of 31 to date were linked to one suburban Seattle nursing home. |
Saudi Arabia announced today it will close cinemas until further notice to try to halt the spread of coronavirus, its state news agency has reported. | Saudi Arabia announced today it will close cinemas until further notice to try to halt the spread of coronavirus, its state news agency has reported. |