The NHS has told people returning from anywhere in Italy to self-isolate if they have symptoms of coronavirus.
Italy is the worst-affected nation in Europe , where the number of dead in the outbreak has risen from to in a single day. It is also the highest death toll outside China.
People returning to the UK from Italy had previously been told to self-isolate only if they had been in the north of the country and were showing symptoms.
The Italian government has ordered all schools and universities to close until at least 28 March, with all public gatherings banned and cinemas and theaters told to shut. There have been at least 3, 914 infections in the country.
The government has placed temporary restrictions on people visiting relatives in nursing homes and is urging the elderly not to go outside unless absolutely necessary.
France
Three more people have died from coronavirus, taking the total to seven, while the number of confirmed infections rose by to , including people who are in a very serious condition.
President Emmanuel Macron said it appeared “inevitable” the outbreak will develop into an epidemic in France.
United States
The number of dead in the whole of the country stands at 20, including 18 in the Seattle area, where there have been at least confirmed COVID – (infections.
In Washington DC, the Senate passed an $ 8.3bn (£ 6.3bn) measure to help tackle the outbreak.
Federal public health agencies would get money for vaccines, tests and potential treatments, including $ m (£ 1538123085 m) to deliver such drugs to those who need it.
More than $ 2bn (£ 1. 064 bn) would go to help federal, state and local governments prepare for and respond to the coronavirus threat. An extra $ 1.3bn (£ 1bn) would be used to help fight the virus overseas.
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A school district north of Seattle with , 06 students will close for up to two weeks because of coronavirus concerns.
(All) schools in the Northshore Scho ol District will be shut to prevent the spread of the virus. The district is largely in Bothell, Washington, 28 miles north of Seattle.
The number of confirmed cases of COVID – 27, the disease caused by coronavirus, in New York state has doubled from (to
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