US president says cases could fall to zero in a `few days´ but Scott Morrison launches emergency plan to deal with threat of global outbreakCoronavirus outbreak - follow liveDonald Trump has sought to play down the threat from coronavirus despite mounting concerns about unchecked worldwide contagion, with Australia´s prime minister launching an emergency plan and saying that the risk of a pandemic was `very much upon us`.In a press conference in Washington, the US president said the danger to Americans `remains very low` and predicted that the number of cases diagnosed in the country, currently on 15, could fall to zero in a `few days`. Related: Coronavirus latest updates: Australia initiates emergency plan as Trump says risk to US is `very low` South Korea has reported a further 334 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total to 1,595 and making it the worst-affected country outside mainland China. Most of the cases were again centred on Daegu where a church at the centre of the country´s outbreak is located.China reported 433 new confirmed cases, and 29 deaths, according to Thursday´s figures from the national health commission.Saudi Arabia has temporarily banned foreign pilgrims from entering the country to make a pilgrimage to Mecca.Britain is preparing for a surge in cases by launching a mass public information campaign in case of an Italy-sized outbreak.Denmark recorded its first case, a man returning after a skiing holiday in Italy. Estonia, Pakistan, Georgia, Norway, Macedonia, Greece and Romania were among countries to report their first case of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.Italian prosecutors launched an investigation into the alleged failure of a hospital in Lombardy to test a man believed to be the first to transmit the infection in the area, as infections surged over 400.Concerns continued to mount about major events such as the Tokyo Olympics with Australian swimming legend Ian Thorpe saying athletes would have to put their health first when cons ...
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