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Manila to be placed on lockdown, Philippine diplomat at UN tested positive for coronavirus

13:24 | 13/03/2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced plans on Thursday (Mar 12) for a sweeping lockdown of the capital's 12 million people, while a female diplomat from the Philippines mission to the United Nations tested positive for coronavirus.

Chinese official claims US army may have brought coronavirus to China

13:23 | 13/03/2020

Zhao Lijian, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, has suggested that the US army may have brought the deadly coronavirus into China, while a US lawmaker warned up to 150 million people in the country could eventually be infected with the novel coronavirus.

Tom Hanks and wife hospitalised in Australia for coronavirus

10:58 | 12/03/2020

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, are in hospital in Australia after testing positive for coronavirus, the US actor said Wednesday (Mar 11).

How to ward off coronavirus in rooms and toilets

11:35 | 05/03/2020

New research from Singapore published on Wednesday (Mar 4) showed that patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) extensively contaminate their bedrooms and bathrooms, highlighting the need to routinely clean high-touch surfaces, basins and toilet bowls.

Hong Kong confirms pet dog infected with COVID-19

22:52 | 04/03/2020

The pet dog of a coronavirus patient in Hong Kong (China) was confirmed to be infected with the disease, in a likely case of human-to-animal transmission, the city's authorities said on Wednesday (Mar 4).

France shuts dozens of schools in bid to contain coronavirus

13:14 | 04/03/2020

French officials have closed about 120 schools in areas that have reported the largest numbers of coronavirus infections, and more could be shuttered in the coming days, Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said Tuesday.

COVID-19: New York confirms its second case, US cases top 100

00:29 | 04/03/2020

A man who lives in a New York suburb and works in Manhattan tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total confirmed cases in the US to 100.

COVID-19 outbreak: Virus ravages Iran as emergency services chief infected

23:57 | 03/03/2020

COVID-19 has claimed 77 lives in Iran, officials said on Tuesday (Mar 3), as the emergency services chief became the latest high-ranking official to be infected in the deadliest outbreak outside China.

How coronavirus is changing global habits, lifestyles

15:23 | 03/03/2020

Around the world people are changing their habits at work, home and in worship to reduce the risk of contracting the new coronavirus and prevent it from spreading any further. We look at changes in behaviour due to the coronavirus, which has killed more than 3,000 worldwide.