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Pakistan wants bloc’s secretariat to lead COVID-19 fight instead of India

UN chief Antonio Guterres urges governments to work together to stop virus from infecting global economy

Singapore also announces cases linked to the event where around 14,500 of the participants were Malaysian

Tehran province has the highest number of new infections with 251 fresh cases

As the number of novel coronavirus cases globally stands at 154,620 with 5,796 deaths

One person has died of the virus, 37 people have recovered in Thailand

Spain put its 47 million inhabitants under partial lockdown as part of a 15-day state of emergency

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had given citizens and Iqamah holders until 3pm March 15 to return

People load up on food, toilet paper and disinfectant amid the global coronavirus outbreak

China makes efforts to restart work across its factories and businesses, which had been halted amid virus outbreak

With more than 150,000 people infected and more than 5,000 dead worldwide

They say they have not been interviewed, examined or checked for fever since they got off the airplane in Miramar

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells non-essential employees to telework until April 12

Vice President Mike Pence says legal residents can travel back to the US, through specific airports

Hubei announces that people in medium-and low-risk areas would be able to travel within the province

With a quarter of the country's intensive care beds taken up by those with the illness

After coming in contact with members of a Brazilian presidential delegation who have since tested positive

Afghans had recently been to China; come to Pakistan via Torkham border

Social media videos show people on their balconies singing national anthem or popular songs

I encourage you to turn towards prayer in an act of faith, tweets US president

Contrary to medical advice, the US president was seen shaking hands all round on Friday

VP Mike Pence says ban will be effective midnight Monday night

One of participant says he has been drinking cow urine for 21 years, also take bath in cow dung

72-hour period given to citizens and valid residency holders to return to their countries is set to expire on Sunday

Advisories came after an IMF employee was diagnosed with COVID-19

The 114 South Africans will be quarantined in a remote resort for a maximum of 21 days

Total of 81 cases confirmed are linked to the same event held at a mosque

Country has 798 cases of COVID-19 disease linked to the new coronavirus, including 10 deaths

Country has 190 confirmed cases

Virus has killed more than 5000 people around the world

Schools are closed for a month and mass gatherings banned

As US House of Representatives and Trump administration are close to a deal on a coronavirus economic aid package

The total number of confirmed cases is 12,729

COVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 1,000 people in the country

Three days after US & British military personnel were killed in a similar attack

Cyprus government has announced 21 cases in the Greek Cypriot south

The governor has decided to close museums, parks and zoos for two weeks

Airline will also suspend service to Argentina and reduce service to London, which is outside Trump's EU travel ban

Pact replaces the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement and binds nearly half a billion consumers in single market

Amid the country's weakest economic growth in over six years

204 patients were released from hospitals where they had been isolated, death toll reaches 73

As a total of 95 cases entered China from overseas so far

As of now, there are six confirmed cases and no fatalities

Saudi Arabia says it will suspend international flights for two weeks to control the spread of Covid-19

At least 100 confirmed cases have been reported in Kuwait

News was announced minutes before the country reported its first death from the virus

Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria have all also recently registered coronavirus cases

Overall cases in the region have more than doubled in the last two days to over 340

Every confirmed case appears to infect between 2 and 3 other people on average

Six people have so far tested positive for the new coronavirus in the country