China

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cyprus government has announced 21 cases in the Greek Cypriot south

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

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

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

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

A day earlier, the foreign ministry spokesperson said the US army may have brought the virus to Wuhan

Got must swiftly move to allocate a special fund and ensure its fair distribution

India with its 1.3 billion population and proximity to China has so far reported 81 cases

Experts say the country is unprepared if there is a major outbreak, doubt the official figures India has announced

Treasury chief says Trump likely to consider exemptions for small businesses

Around 21 firms in Pakistan qualified to process citrus for export to Beijing

Foreigners to be subject to quarantine, public gatherings discouraged as Nepal seeks to avert outbreak

Italy is the second-worst affected country, and has issued a nationwide lockdown in a bid to contain the pandemic

Several politicians and officials both sitting and former, have been infected, with some dying from the illness

Novel coronavirus cases globally stood at 133,970, with 4,958 deaths, across 120 countries

Coronavirus has infected more than 1,660 people across the US

Virus has infected more than 130,000 people and killed nearly 5,000

Coronavirus has already killed 61 people in France and infected 2,876

Australia has seen around 184 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three fatalities

More than 127,000 people have been infected globally and over 4,700 have died

Court says it cannot intervene in policy matters

Pan American Health Organization warned governments to get ready to cope with the pandemic

More than 127,000 people have been infected globally and over 4,700 have died

Diplomat works at the UN General Assembly's Sixth Committee, which deals with legal matters

At the start of the epidemic, eight people were reprimanded by Wuhan police for 'spreading rumours' about the virus

Chinese official says it might be the US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan

With new infections falling dramatically, authorities this week began to loosen some restrictions in Hubei

The new semester in China has been suspended due to the novel coronavirus outbreak

Life back to normal, production fully resumed in Xinjiang

Decision to reopen academic institutes will be reviewed on March 27, says provincial educational minister

WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic

Of the 1,923 parents surveyed, 32.2% said their children spend one to three hours online

New Zealand has had five confirmed cases, but no fatalities

Dr Zafar Mirza says the social media platform could help sensitize people in the country against the pandemic

About 4,500 people have died so far worldwide