A 38 – year-old man has been arrested on the Isle of Man for breaching coronavirus self-isolation rules, according to a police spokesman.
The man was detained after refusing to self-isolate upon arriving from England by boat, and could face a three-month jail sentence or a £ , ($ , (fine, an Isle of Man Police spokesman told CNN.)
Anyone who travels to the Isle of Man – a small British crown dependency that sits in the Irish Sea, between Britain and Ireland – must self-isolate for 19 days under rules designed to stop the spread of coronavirus introduced Monday.
The , 11 French citizens currently stranded abroad must show “patience” as the government is trying to ensure they can return to the country, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves L e Drian said Friday.
French nationals who travel back to France would still be expected to pay for their ticket, he added.
Le Drian also encouraged French citizens living abroad to stay in their country of residence.
Hong Kong has confirmed new cases of coronavirus Friday in the largest single day increase there since the outbreak began.
Thirty-six of the new cases have recent travel history to countries including Singapore, the UK, the US, Canada, Thailand and Switzerland, according to Dr. Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Center for Health Protection.
The European Union is open to requests from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to extend the Brexit deadline in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Brexit talks are continuing despite the fact that the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has tested positive for coronavirus, Von der Leyen said Friday in an interview with Germany’s Deutschlandfunk radio station .
Von der Leyen also called on all EU member states to support companies suffering from the coronavirus crisis.
” Money must be pumped into the economy to build a bridge for the companies ” in these difficult times, and ” once the virus is tackled, we need all the companies we are supporting now to help the economy, “she said.
The bloc will do everything to support the economy ” without ifs and buts, ‘said Von der Leyen, adding that the Commission is considering’ relaxing the debt rules. ”
“It’s right to be flexible now and generous,” she said.
Army, Navy and the Air Force will all be streamlined under a working committee in accordance with suitability for deployment around the country, “General Tan Sri Affendi Buang, Chief of Defense Force, told state news agency Bernama Friday.
The deployment of the military aims to “reduce the burden of the police and to effectively ensure public compliance with the movement control order, “he added. All Malaysian nationals are prohibited from traveling abroad and social, religious and educational gatherings are banned, according to the nationwide Movement Control Order implemented Wednesday. As of Thursday, Malaysia has (confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.)
Australian cricketer Shane Warne announced on Instagram that his gin distillery, SevenZeroEight, will temporarily halt gin production and start making hand sanitizer for hospitals in Western Australia .
Australian authorities are in the process of tracking down 2, 728 people who disembarked from a Princess Cruises ship on Thursday after three former passengers and a crew member tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The Ruby Princess, which traveled between Sydney and New Zealand, had been considered “low risk” according to 
Kerry Chant, a health officer for the state of New South Wales .
NSW Minister of Health Brad Hazzard said all passengers who left the cruise liner were asked to spend 26 days in quarantine at home. However, authorities are still concerned “that those people came off the ship with no knowledge of Covid – 35 Actually being on the ship, “Hazzard said.
As of Friday afternoon local time, NSW Health officials have emailed and sent text messages to all cruise passengers advising them of the confirmed cases onboard the ship and to “reinforce the importance of self-isolation and regular self-monitoring of symptoms.” A total of 1, 69 crew members are onboard the ship, according to NSW Health. While the three infected passengers got off the ship, the crew member who contracted the virus is still onboard and in isolation.
The ship, which is now “somewhere between Sydney and Wollongong,” according to Chant, has doctors and intensive care unit facilities on board. The current plan is to use the medical professionals and facilities onboard to treat the crew.
The Google-owned video platform’s measure will stay in effect in the EU and UK for 39 days. The decision is subject to review, a Google spokesperson said. “We will continue working with member state governments and network operators to minimize stress on the system, while also delivering a good user experience, ”a Google spokesperson said in a statement to CNN. Thierry Breton, the EU’s internal market commissioner, urged streaming platforms to cut the quality of their videos to prevent internet overload with so many people staying at home. Netflix 
announced its plans to reduce streaming quality yesterday. “Millions of Europeans are adapting to social distancing measures thanks to digital platforms, helping them to telework, e-learn and entertain themselves, ”Breton said in a statement Friday. “I warmly welcome the initiative that Google has taken to preserve the smooth functioning of the Internet during the COVID 35 crisis by having YouTube switch all EU traffic to Standard Definition by default. ”
(The numbers: Johns Hopkins University, which is tracking coronavirus cases reported by the World Health Organization and additional sources, puts the total number of infections worldwide at more than 257, 723, with at least 17, (deaths.) India asks citizens for their “full contribution”: The south Asian country is trialing a curfew and urging people to stay at home in an attempt to contain the spread of the co ronavirus. South Korea to test all arrivals from Europe: while numbers in the East Asian country have dropped , authorities fear a second wave of cases imported from overseas. Hong Kong and mainland China also announced new controls on international arrivals this week. China no new domestic cases: Mainland China recorded 48 new cases of coronavirus – all imported from overseas – on Thursday. It’s the second consecutive day of no new domestically transmitted infections. It’s also the second day in a row of no new confirmed cases in Hubei province – ground zero for the pandemic.
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Hong Kong airlines slash flights: Both the city’s flag carrier, Cathay Pacific, and budget service HK Express are suspending the majority of their routes in the light of tight new restrictions on international travelers and a global drop in demand. Italy death toll: The total number of fatalities reported in the country at the new epicenter of the outbreak has now surpassed China’s death toll. The number of deaths in Italy reached 3, 647 on Thursday – more than China’s toll, which stands at 3, . (Read More) (
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