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Coronavirus live updates: Italy locks down a quarter of its population – CNBC, CNBC

Coronavirus live updates: Italy locks down a quarter of its population – CNBC, CNBC

Two tourists from Argentina wearing respiratory masks walk while holding a tourist map in Piazza Duomo in Milan, on March 5. .

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This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. Global cases: At least 168, , according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization

  • Global deaths: At least 3, 695, according to the latest figures from the WHO
  • All times below are in Beijing time.

    6): PM: IranAir stops flights to Europe

    The official IRNA news agency said that IranAir has stopped all flights to European destinations.

    “With attention to the restrictions that have been placed on (IranAir) flights by Europe for unclear reasons all IranAir flights to European destinations have been suspende d until further notice, “a statement said, according to Reuters.

    Iran has a reported 6, 566 infections as of Sunday, with a death toll of .

    (6:) pm: Saudi Arabia reports four new cases

    Saudi Arabia’s total infections of the new coronavirus stands at , according to its health ministry, after reporting four new cases on Sunday.

    The kingdom has restricted land crossings with neighboring countries to commercial trucks only, according to Reuters.

    (4:) PM: Mayor of South Korea’s Daegu says outbreak may be slowing

    The mayor of the South Korean city at the center of its coronavirus outbreak says infection spread may be slowing, after the rate of growth for cases slid to its slowest in days. The number of new cases on Sunday dropped below 300 for the first time since Feb. , Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin said, according to Reuters. Still, health officials caution that the numbers could increase again as more test results come in.

    South Korea’s death toll reached 56 on Sunday, its total infection count at 7, 313, the highest of any country outside China.

    4: pm: Bulgaria confirms first four cases of coronavirus

    Two men and two women in Bulgaria are the country first to have contracted the coronavirus, the head of Bulgaria’s National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases said Sunday.

    4: (pm: South Korea announces new cases

    South Korea confirmed an additional (cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total for the last (hours to) , according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control. The country has the second-highest number of cases worldwide after China, with 7, 2: 30 pm: Virus-stricken cruise ship off California will dock in Oakland

    An agreement has been reached to dock the coronavirus-hit Grand Princess cruise ship at California’s port of Oakland on Monday, the ship’s captain said. The ship was carrying people who had been infected with the coronavirus, Vice Presicent Mike Pence announced Friday. Two of the infected are passengers and are the crew.

    “After docking, we will then begin a disembarkation process specified by authorities that is likely to take several days,” Grand Princess Capt. John Smith said. “The disembarkation process is still being finalized by US and State of California health authorities.”

    In this Feb. , photo, the Grand Princess cruise ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge as it arrives from Hawaii in San Francisco.

    Scott Strazzante | San Francisco Chronicle via AP

    Guests requiring acute medical treatment or hospitalization will be transported to health facilities in the state. California residents not in need of urgent care will go to a federally operated isolation facility within California for testing and isolation, and non-California residents will be transported by the federal government to facilities in other states, Smith said. This does not apply to international passengers, for whom the ship’s managers and authorities are “working to get details,” he added.

    1: pm: Death toll from collapsed hotel in China climbs to 6 19: am: Italy locks down a quarter of its population

    Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte

    announced early Sunday that the entire region of Lombardy and a number of provinces in other regions were put under lockdown as the coronavirus continued to spread throughout the country.

    The new measures will apply to about a quarter of the Italian population and will be in force at least until April 3.

    In the middle of the night, Conte signed a decree that imposes new restrictions to the movement of people in the region of Lombardy and in a number of northern provinc es. The entry and exit to and from these areas will be allowed only in exceptional cases.

    Italy on Saturday saw its biggest daily jump – by 1, (in the last) hours, taking the total to 5, . Another 41 people also died as a result of the virus, taking the total to . – AP

  • : am: Argentina reports first death

    A patient Infected by the coronavirus in Argentina died on Saturday, in the first such death in Latin America, according to Reuters, citing Argentina’s health ministry.

    Other countries in South America such as Paraguay, Colombia, Chile and Peru have confirmed their first cases of coronavirus in the past week, the report said. – Tan

  • am: 52 rescued after hotel in China collapses

    As of Sunday morning, (people have been rescued after a hotel in China’s Fujian province collapsed on Saturday evening , according to Chinese state media.

    The hotel in the southeast Chinese port city of Quanzhou was used to quarantine people who had recent contact with coronavirus patients. Around 89 people were trapped in the rubble after it collapsed.

    There were two deaths so far, according to local media reports in Fujian.

    Rescue workers are seen on the site where a hotel being used for the novel coronavirus quarantine collapsed in the southeast Chinese port city of Quanzhou, Fujian province, China March 7, 2020.

    cnsphoto via REUTERS

    As of Friday, the province had (cases of coronavirus and , people were placed under observation after being classified as suspected close contacts, according to a Reuters report, citing the Fujian provincial government. – Lilian Wu, Tan

    : 36 am: South Korea reports jump of cases

    South Korea reported new cases as of Sunday morning, bringing its total to 7, cases.

    It had six more fatalities to a total death toll of 56, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    The country, facing a shortage of masks, will put in place a mask purchase limit for each person from Monday, according to a Reuters report.

    On Sunday, South Korea’s Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said, according to Reuters: “Even if you feel i nconvenient, I ask you to show a mature sense of civil awareness, based on concessions, consideration and cooperation so that people who really need face masks can buy them. ” – Tan

  • am: US Marine tests positive

    A US Marine in Virginia has tested positive for the new coronavirus, according to the Pentagon.

    Pentagon spokesman Jonathon Hoffman said in a tweet that the Marine recently returned from official travel overseas.

    Fort Belvoir is a major base in Fairfax County, Virginia.

    A soldier based in South Korea was also infected late last month – the first American service member to test positive for the virus. – Tan

    (This entry has been updated with details of where the Marine is assigned to.)

    9: am: China reports new cases , (more deaths )

    China National Health Commission reported (new confirmed cases, and

  • (more deaths, as of March 7.

    Of the new cases, 45 were in Wuhan in Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak. All the 28 additional deaths were in Hubei.

    That brought China’s total to , 819 cases, and 3, 179 deaths. – Tan

    All times below are in Eastern time.

    6: pm: US cases top as states declare emergencies

    Authorities in the United States have reported (cases of the coronavirus and deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News. Several states have declared emergencies in response to the virus, including California, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Utah and Washington. Pennsylvania has issued a disaster declaration and the city of Austin, Texas has issued a local disaster declaration. – Kimball

  • 6: (pm: New York confirms more than a dozen new cases

    New York has identified additional cases of the conronavirus, according to the governor’s office, bringing the statewide total to . The new cases are all located in Westchester County.

    Gov. Andrew Cuomo

    declared a state of emergency earlier in the day

    in an effort to contain the fast spreading virus. An emergency declaration will allow the state to buy supplies and hire workers more quickly and easily to help the health departments monitoring patients under self-quarantine, Cuomo said during a press conference. – Kimball, Newburger

    6: (pm: First presumptive case in DC

    Washington, DC’s public health lab has identified the first presumptive case of coronavirus in the nation’s capital, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in a post on Twitter. – Kimball

    Read CNBC’s coverage from the US overnight:

  • US coronavirus cases top 566 as growing number of states declare emergencies

    – CNBC’s Spencer Kimball, Emma Newburger, and Associated Press, contributed to this report.

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