Coronavirus updates: China`s second worst-hit city bans residents from leaving home - live news
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People who flout new order in Xiaogan city in central Hubei face detention for 10 days as global death toll reaches 1,775. Follow live news and latest updates 4.50am GMT Agence France-Presse has rounded up where the coronavirus cases are globally.ASIA-PACIFIC 4.47am GMT While we are on the economic impact of the coronavirus, New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said on Monday that the country´s GDP is expected to slow to around 2% to 2.5% this year, due to the economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic. Ardern said the forecasts were from the treasury which had previously predicted a GDP growth of 2.2% to 2.8%. She said the impact will be seen in the first two quarters of the year. 4.33am GMT Japan´s NKH has reported new figures from the government that show GDP shrank in the final quarter of 2019 by 6.3% (on an annualised basis for October-December). NHK says it was the first contraction in five quarters. It was also the biggest fall since the consumption tax was last raised in 2014. Given that it´s from last year, it´s unlikely to be related to the coronavirus. But the figures show that the economy is already under pressure while it´s trying to absorb the impact of the virus.#Tokyo Marathon officials on Friday requested Chinese residents who have registered for the March 1 race to voluntarily defer their item until next year due to concerns over #COVID19.Registered Chinese runners who defer item will have their fees for next year`s race waived. pic.twitter.com/H4LXnvRP33 4.22am GMT Just a bit more on the new measures in the city of Xiaogan, that confine residents to their homes ... on Friday, the state media outlet, Xinhua, reported that all residents in the city would not be allowed to exit and re-enter their communities or residential areas. Today´s announcement appears to be a further escalation of this. Xinhua reported that `community committees` would deliver daily necessities to residents and that buying services would be provided for urgently-n ...