Latest on the spread of coronavirus around the world
Published: 04:03 PM,Mar 09,2020 | EDITED : 07:04 AM,Apr 28,2024
The number of people infected with coronavirus topped 110,000 across the world as the outbreak reached more countries and caused more economic damage.
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DEATHS/INFECTIONS
* More than 110,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus across the world and over 3,800 have died, according to a Reuters tally of government announcements.
* Mainland China, where the outbreak began, had 40 new cases as of Sunday, down from 44 cases a day earlier. Total confirmed cases rose to 80,735, while the death toll touched 3,119.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
* Iran said on Sunday 194 people had died and 6,566 were now infected. On Monday it released around 70,000 prisoners because of the outbreak.
* Qatar said on Monday it was suspending schools and universities to control the outbreak.
* Nigeria has a second confirmed case, its health minister said on Twitter on Monday.
* A 60-year-old German tourist has died in Egypt, becoming its first fatality from the new coronavirus.
* Saudi Arabia reported four new cases on Monday, bringing the total to 15. On Sunday, it imposed a temporary lockdown on its eastern Qatif province, home to a large Shi'ite Muslim population.
* Thirteen Americans quarantined in a West Bank hotel tested negative and will leave soon, a Palestinian official said on Sunday.
EUROPE
* Italy has reached 7,375 cases with 366 deaths. The prime minister promised 'massive shock therapy' to overcome the impact of the outbreak, after his government shut off much of the country's industrial and business heartland to combat the crisis.
* Germany on Monday reported 210 new cases, taking its total to 1,112.
* Britain said on Monday anyone returning from areas in northern Italy which have been placed under a lockdown must self-isolate for 14 days.
* Total cases in the United Kingdom rose by 30% to 273 and a third person has died.
* Nineteen people in France have died, authorities said on Sunday. The number of confirmed cases increased by around 500 over the weekend.
* Albania and Bulgaria reported their first cases.
- Germany, France and Switzerland closed their missions in North Korea and withdrew their staff on Monday amid growing coronavirus concern.