Coronavirus latest updates: Trump says risk to US `very low` as authorities warn of escalation
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Losses on Asian stock markets mount as Saudi Arabia bans item of religious pilgrims over virus fears. Follow live newsTrump puts VP Pence in charge of US responseStaff at Australian hospital racially abused over coronavirus panicMore new cases outside China than inside, says WHOCoronavirus map: how Covid-19 is spreading across the worldInquiry opens into hospitals at centre of Italy outbreak 4.24am GMT Via the AP, South Korea has followed China in expressing dismay at travel restrictions imposed by other countries.About 40 nations and regions so far have prohibited or restricted South Korean visitors, according to Lee Lee Tae-ho, Seoul´s second vice minister of foreign affairs, who described such moves as excessive and said his government has been effectively utilising its world-best quarantine capabilities. 4.02am GMT Hello and welcome to our continuing coverage of the coronavirus.Here´s a quick description of the latest developments. If you´re looking for more detail you can catch up with the earlier blog over here. Continue reading...