- The virus has been confirmed in all 50 US states as voters cast ballots in the Democratic presidential primaries
- Australia declared a ‘biosecurity’ emergency and told its citizens ‘do not travel abroad, do not go overseas’
- The US Federal Reserve announced a new financial mechanism to ensure credit availability to homes and businesses
- EU leaders plan to implement a 30-day travel ban on those traveling from outside the bloc
Read more: German government to fly home tens of thousands of tourists
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02:30 The German government is looking to motivate manufacturers to produce supplies needed to tackle coronavirus, Alice Weidel the leader of Alternative for Germany Party (AfD) parliamentary faction reportedly told the press agency DPA.
01:50 Human rights organization Pro Asyl called on Germany and other European countries to push forward with plans to take in refugee children currently living in overwhelmed Greek camps, despite the travel bans imposed by coronavirus. The outbreak makes taking the children in more urgent than before, Pro Asyl director Günther Burkhardt told the Neuen Osnabrücker Zeitung.
01:40 The coronavirus death toll in the US has reached more than 100, according to John Hopkins University.
01:30 Mainland China reported 11 deaths from the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, down from 13 on Monday. The country also reported 13 new confirmed cases of the COVID-19. The virus originated in China but since then Europe has become the epicenter of the disease.
01:20 The Philippine Stock Exchange will re-open on Wednesday after its government exempted trading platforms from strict quarantine measures. The PSE suspended trading operations on Tuesday, becoming the first in the world to close down due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak.
01:15 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tweeted that his second coronavirus test came back negative.
01:10 Residents in Paris, France’s capital city, stepped onto their balconies late on Tuesday evening to applaud healthcare workers who are helping those infected with the novel COVID-19 coronavirus. The country is on partial lockdown in a bid to stem the spread of the virus.
Spain and Italy — countries also under sweeping quarantine orders — showed their appreciation to healthcare workers in the same way just days before.
01:00 Brazilian security forces say that they have caught 586 prisoners who escaped from three jails in the Sao Paulo area on Monday. Around 800 prisoners failed to return to after they were told their day-release privileges were being revoked over fears that the prisoners might bring the virus back with them into prison.
00:40 US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is said to have warned Republican senators that failure to act on a proposed coronavirus rescue package could lead to US unemployment as high as 20% and lasting economic damage, reported Reuters news agency.
00:30 Canada is the latest country announcing a new financial support package to help counter an economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Canadian government is preparing around Can$25 billion ($18 billion, €16 billion) to help businesses and households.
00:20 Brazil’s government statistics agency IBGE is putting its 2020 census on hold for a year until 2021 in order to protect the health of census-takers and the households that they visit.
00:10 Here’s a summary of the latest global figures:
- 197,168 confirmed cases globally
- 7,905 global deaths
- 80,840 recovered
- All 50 US states have confirmed cases of the virus. There are 6,421 confirmed cases in the US.
00:05 Follow yesterday’s coronavirus developments here: Germany implements non-EU travel ban
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