This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/11/coronavirus-update-live-news-uk-health-minister-italy-lockdown-australia-us-china-stock-markets-outbreak-latest-updates
The article has changed 41 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Previous version
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
Next version
Version 34 | Version 35 |
---|---|
Coronavirus live updates: WHO declares pandemic as Italy extends lockdown measures | |
(32 minutes later) | |
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’ |
Italians are facing up to yet more stringent measures designed to combat the outbreak after learning on Monday they would be placed in lockdown conditions. The country’s prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, has now said shops – barring supermarkets, food stores and chemists – will be shut down, while companies must close all their departments that are not essential to production. | |
Services such as hairdressers and beauty parlours will also be closed, along with bars and restaurants that cannot guarantee they can keep a distance of at least one metre between customers. Referring to the daily bulletins announcing the number of new cases and deaths, Conte said: | |
Conte’s office said the new measures would be in force from Thursday until 25 March. | |
In Sydney, Australia’s most populous city and the centre of the Australian outbreak of Covid-19, the premier of New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian has just announced there are now 77 cases across that state, out of 128 in Australia. | |
Most of the cases are patients who have travelled overseas or who have had close contact with a confirmed case in Australia. | |
But NSW’s chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said there were cases presenting in the state without an obvious epidemiological link, suggesting the Covid-19 was spreading in the community undetected. | |
Panama’s government has ordered the temporary closure of all schools, public and private, due to coronavirus concerns, its health minister has said. | |
Olympic organisers have insisted the Tokyo Games will go ahead as planned in July, despite the sharp spike in Covid‑19 cases across the globe. | Olympic organisers have insisted the Tokyo Games will go ahead as planned in July, despite the sharp spike in Covid‑19 cases across the globe. |
Yoshiro Mori, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief, said his team were not considering changing plans for the Games – and that a board member who had suggested a delay because of the coronavirus had apologised. | Yoshiro Mori, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief, said his team were not considering changing plans for the Games – and that a board member who had suggested a delay because of the coronavirus had apologised. |
Sources at the International Olympic Committee are also stressing that nothing has changed, with those in the organisation pointing out there is still more than four months before the Games begin. | Sources at the International Olympic Committee are also stressing that nothing has changed, with those in the organisation pointing out there is still more than four months before the Games begin. |
Here’s a little more detail on Trump’s hint that he could advise against travel to the whole of Europe. The US president said: | Here’s a little more detail on Trump’s hint that he could advise against travel to the whole of Europe. The US president said: |
The White House’s coronavirus task force is recommending strategies to combat the outbreak in the hard-hit counties of King, Pierce and Snohomish in Washington state and Santa Clara in California. | The White House’s coronavirus task force is recommending strategies to combat the outbreak in the hard-hit counties of King, Pierce and Snohomish in Washington state and Santa Clara in California. |
In a statement released by the vice president Mike Pence’s office, the task force said its recommendations included workplaces encouraging telework and expanding sick leave policies, and community and faith-based organisations cancelling gatherings “of any size”, Reuters reports. | In a statement released by the vice president Mike Pence’s office, the task force said its recommendations included workplaces encouraging telework and expanding sick leave policies, and community and faith-based organisations cancelling gatherings “of any size”, Reuters reports. |
Earlier, the UK’s health secretary, Matt Hancock, said the number of cases could keep rising for months. He has since said he expects the outbreak not to last a year. The Labour MP, Chi Onwurah, asked when public health authorities will know their funding allocations for the next financial year starting in April. | Earlier, the UK’s health secretary, Matt Hancock, said the number of cases could keep rising for months. He has since said he expects the outbreak not to last a year. The Labour MP, Chi Onwurah, asked when public health authorities will know their funding allocations for the next financial year starting in April. |
Hancock replied: | Hancock replied: |
Care homes in the UK could face “very worrying staffing gaps” if the coronavirus outbreak worsens, a think tank is warning. | Care homes in the UK could face “very worrying staffing gaps” if the coronavirus outbreak worsens, a think tank is warning. |
Helen Buckingham, director of strategy at the Nuffield Trust, raised concerns that if carers are unable to work due to ill-health or their own caring responsibilities, it could have a “knock-on impact”. | Helen Buckingham, director of strategy at the Nuffield Trust, raised concerns that if carers are unable to work due to ill-health or their own caring responsibilities, it could have a “knock-on impact”. |
Additionally, she said vulnerable people in the social care sector may need to be hospitalised - putting pressure on the health service. It comes following the Budget announcement on Wednesday which made no mention of extra money for social care. Buckingham has said: | Additionally, she said vulnerable people in the social care sector may need to be hospitalised - putting pressure on the health service. It comes following the Budget announcement on Wednesday which made no mention of extra money for social care. Buckingham has said: |
The coronavirus-stricken Grand Princess cruise ship entered its third day docked in the port of Oakland, California, with passengers continuing to slowly disembark to quarantine locations outside the city. | The coronavirus-stricken Grand Princess cruise ship entered its third day docked in the port of Oakland, California, with passengers continuing to slowly disembark to quarantine locations outside the city. |
When officials made the call to reroute the cruise ship to Oakland instead of to its original destination of San Francisco, they said they based their decision on logistics – the port was larger and had a section that could easily be isolated. | When officials made the call to reroute the cruise ship to Oakland instead of to its original destination of San Francisco, they said they based their decision on logistics – the port was larger and had a section that could easily be isolated. |
But, to many in Oakland, a historically more racially diverse and impoverished city long overshadowed by its counterpart across the bay, the decision – however rational – opened old wounds, steeped in racial and environmental discrimination. The Oakland council member, Rebecca Kaplan, has said: | But, to many in Oakland, a historically more racially diverse and impoverished city long overshadowed by its counterpart across the bay, the decision – however rational – opened old wounds, steeped in racial and environmental discrimination. The Oakland council member, Rebecca Kaplan, has said: |
In the House of Commons, the Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy has criticised the decision to keep parliament open. | In the House of Commons, the Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy has criticised the decision to keep parliament open. |
Hancock replied: | Hancock replied: |
A Florida couple onboard a cruise ship stricken with the coronavirus has filed a $1m lawsuit against the boat’s operator, Princess Cruises, for failing to protect passengers amid the global Covid-19 outbreak. The lawsuit filed this week by Ronald and Eva Weissberger in a federal court in Los Angeles reads: | A Florida couple onboard a cruise ship stricken with the coronavirus has filed a $1m lawsuit against the boat’s operator, Princess Cruises, for failing to protect passengers amid the global Covid-19 outbreak. The lawsuit filed this week by Ronald and Eva Weissberger in a federal court in Los Angeles reads: |
Denmark is to close all schools, universities and day care facilities in the coming days to curb the spread of coronavirus, the country’s prime minister has said. All employees in the public sector with non-critical jobs are to be sent home starting on Friday, Mette Frederiksen added. | Denmark is to close all schools, universities and day care facilities in the coming days to curb the spread of coronavirus, the country’s prime minister has said. All employees in the public sector with non-critical jobs are to be sent home starting on Friday, Mette Frederiksen added. |