Losses on Asian stock markets mount as Saudi Arabia bans item of religious pilgrims over virus fears. Follow our live news Trump 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 6.58am GMT IŽll be handing over this blog shortly to my colleagues in London. HereŽs a quick description of the latest developments: 6.53am GMT #BREAKING: China is confident that it will put the #COVID19 outbreak under control by the end of April, leading #COVID19 expert Zhong Nanshan said Thursday at a press conference. pic.twitter.com/P4K5dYK3Qi 6.42am GMT Another case linked to Iran: Iraq has confirmed its sixth case of coronavirus, in a young Iraqi man in Baghdad who had traveled from Iran, the health ministry said today. 6.39am GMT Stocks in Asia are headed for their worst week for two years after more heavy losses on Thursday (all except mainland China shares): So Asia Pac stocks are now headed for the worst weekly loss in two years and we`re not even through with Thursday pic.twitter.com/WA53gEHqh4 6.35am GMT North Korea, which has reported no cases of Covid-19, has postponed the start of the new school term.North Korea postpones new school term to prevent the spread of the #coronavirus as the ill-equipped country ramps up efforts to prevent a devastating outbreakhttps://t.co/VHvbQJDmDG Kim Won Jin pic.twitter.com/lBWMtsRMol`School breaks for students have been extended as a preventive measure against the infection,` the Korean Central Broadcasting Station reported, according to Yonhap news agency.The measure would apply to daycares, kindergartens and universities, it said, without specifying when schools would reopen. 6.27am GMT Denmark and Estonia have reported their first cases, according to local media. The Danish man is reported to have recently returned fro ...
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