Coronavirus live updates: stock markets tumble amid global investor alarm
(The Guardian South Korea)

Concerns mount that the spread of Covid-19 cannot be stopped as deaths outside Asia continue to rise. Follow latest newsCoronavirus outbreak is pandemic `in all but name´, says expert Stocks fall as virus fears hit global marketsIran denies cover-up after reports of 50 deathsWhat is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms? 1.02am GMT Let´s have a look at how today´s numbers compare with previous days ... I have added the past few days statistics below, but today´s announced deaths are less than half of Monday´s (71 compared to 150). This seems to confirm WHO chief´s comments that the epidemic has`peaked` inside China. 12.54am GMT The White House is preparing an urgent request for more funds from Congress to address the deadly coronavirus outbreak, Associated Press says. The request is still being developed but is likely to come this week, a senior administration official said.The Department of Health and Human Services has already tapped into an emergency infectious disease rapid response fund and is seeking to transfer more than $130m from other HHS accounts to combat the virus but is pressing for more. 12.54am GMT We´re getting the Chinese Health Commission figures for new deaths and cases, and here are the headline points: 12.48am GMT Chinese state media has given some new figures for prison infections of Covid-19 in Hubei province. We heard last week that there were more than 200 infections in the women´s prison, a figure that the People´s Daily says now stands at 279. There are also 43 cases of the infection in Shayang Hanjin prison, but no fatalities have bene reported. Hubei province has confirmed 323 cases of #COVID19 from prisons as of Feb 23, including 279 cases from Wuhan Women`s Prison and 43 cases from Shayang Hanjin Prison. No deaths have been reported. pic.twitter.com/3Z660eRt8y 12.40am GMT The losses in Tokyo aren´t quite as steep as futures were pricing in and that might have something to do with signs that the market expects central ...