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Spain death pass 1,000, Italy deaths pass 4,000; More US states, including New York, tell people to stay home; Dow Jones falls 900 points. Follow the latestSpain death pass 1,000, Italy deaths pass 4,000; More US states, including New York, tell people to stay home; Dow Jones falls 900 points. Follow the latest
This live blog of the coronavirus outbreak is now closed. Please go to our new liveblog: Haitians rushed to buy food, gas, soap and face masks on Friday after two cases of the coronavirus were confirmed to have been imported into the country, Associated Press reports. President Jovenel Moise said Thursday that two patients had been quarantined after testing positive for the COVID-19 virus. One was a 31-year-old Haitian who had just returned from Paris and the other was a Belgian volunteering in a Port-au-Prince orphanage.Moise said the country was closing all airports, schools, factories and seaports. The measure is designed to halt new cases of the virus, but health workers said it could prevent the arrival of important medical supplies and volunteer doctors and nurses if the virus starts to spread inside the densely population nation of roughly 11 million people.According to the United Nations, some 35% of Haitians lack basic drinking water services and two-thirds have limited or no sanitation services, making it extremely difficult for people to regularly wash their hands as recommended to deter the spread of the coronavirus.The country just completed its first year free of cholera, a water-borne disease that was imported by U.N. peacekeepers and killed nearly 10,000 people over the last decade.
Coronavirus latest updates New Zeland prime minister Jacinda Ardern has asked citizens to restrict their movements around the country, and cancel all non-essential domestic travel, the Guardian’s Eleanor Ainge Roy reports from Dunedin.
Ardern also asked those aged 70 and over, or with a compromised immune system to stay home for the foreseeable future. Those who could work from home should now do so, Ardern said, but reassured Kiwis that essential services such as supermarkets and pharmacies would remain open.There are four alert levels in New Zealand, and the country was currently at stage two. Ardern took a warm and smiley demeanor for her address, in a bid to reassure New Zealanders in “unprecedented times”. 14 new cases of the virus were confirmed today, bringing the total number of cases to 53. Two of the cases show no link to overseas travel, meaning community transmission may now be underway.
The number of coronavirus cases keeps rising in Argentina, with 30 new reported cases Friday, brining the tally up to 158, including three deaths so far. The largest number of cases are in the capital city of Buenos Aires and the province of Buenos Aires.
A total of around 200 persons were arrested Friday for violating the nationwide obligatory quarantine announced by President Alberto Fernández Thursday evening. Among them were 13 people arrested at an “hotel alojamiento” (Argentina’s equivalent of a “love motel”), a jogger, a drunk policeman and a doctor who broke her quarantine after testing positive for the virus in the northern province of Chaco.
The hotline for reporting quarantine violators in the city of Buenos Aires alone had already received 116 calls by midday Friday, including 99 cases in which the reported persons resisted the police.
Turkey on Friday recorded five more deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the overall total to nine, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged people not to go out for “non-essential reasons”.
“We have lost five patients who are elderly and with a weak resistance,” Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.
Koca also said the number of cases has reached 670 after 311 out of 3,656 patients tested positive over the last 24 hours.
Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
The number of cases reported worldwide has now passed a quarter of a million, according to Johns Hopkins University figures, which show there are now 272,167 infections globally and 11,299 deaths.The number of cases reported worldwide has now passed a quarter of a million, according to Johns Hopkins University figures, which show there are now 272,167 infections globally and 11,299 deaths.
Governments are continuing to ramp up restrictions to stop the spread of the virus. On Friday, the UK announced it will close all cafes, bars and restaurants and said that the government would pay 80% of wages of people not working. Meanwhile, Donald Trump invoked new powers to speed up virus supplies. The announcements came as both Italy and Spain reported their biggest single-day death tolls from the coronavirus. Elsewhere:Governments are continuing to ramp up restrictions to stop the spread of the virus. On Friday, the UK announced it will close all cafes, bars and restaurants and said that the government would pay 80% of wages of people not working. Meanwhile, Donald Trump invoked new powers to speed up virus supplies. The announcements came as both Italy and Spain reported their biggest single-day death tolls from the coronavirus. Elsewhere:
Two people died in the United Arab Emirates; the first deaths suffered by the country. The country’s official news agency, WAM, said each had suffered from previous health conditions.Two people died in the United Arab Emirates; the first deaths suffered by the country. The country’s official news agency, WAM, said each had suffered from previous health conditions.
Israel also announced its first death. The country’s health ministry has said an 88-year-old man who had been suffering from previous illnesses had died.Israel also announced its first death. The country’s health ministry has said an 88-year-old man who had been suffering from previous illnesses had died.
A member of the US vice president’s staff tested positive. The employee, who was not identified, had not come into close contact with either the US president, Donald Trump, or his boss, Mike Pence, who is in charge of the US’s coronavirus response.A member of the US vice president’s staff tested positive. The employee, who was not identified, had not come into close contact with either the US president, Donald Trump, or his boss, Mike Pence, who is in charge of the US’s coronavirus response.
The Chinese doctor who was reprimanded for “spreading rumours” after he sought to warn colleagues about the emergence of Covid-19 has been officially exonerated by an investigation into his death.The Chinese doctor who was reprimanded for “spreading rumours” after he sought to warn colleagues about the emergence of Covid-19 has been officially exonerated by an investigation into his death.
The Tunisian president, Kais Saied, on Friday ordered a general lockdown, restricting public movement to counter the spread of the coronavirus.The Tunisian president, Kais Saied, on Friday ordered a general lockdown, restricting public movement to counter the spread of the coronavirus.
Thousands of British holidaymakers risk becoming stranded abroad, as flight cancellations, travel restrictions and lockdowns due to the global coronavirus pandemic complicate their journeys home. As many as 100,000 tourists may still be in Spain, despite a near-total lockdown and government orders that all hotels be shut down within the week.Thousands of British holidaymakers risk becoming stranded abroad, as flight cancellations, travel restrictions and lockdowns due to the global coronavirus pandemic complicate their journeys home. As many as 100,000 tourists may still be in Spain, despite a near-total lockdown and government orders that all hotels be shut down within the week.
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