Japan

Virus has killed more than 6,000 people worldwide

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

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

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

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

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

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

WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic

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

Saudi Arabia has 45 coronavirus cases

Country remains the hardest-hit country overall with more than 80,000 cases and 3,000 deaths

Virus has caused 4,251 fatalities worldwide

China remains the hardest-hit country overall with more than 80,000 cases and 3,000 deaths

Patient was admitted in Civil Hospital on 29 February

Guidance provided checklists for schools and advice for authorities on implementing emergency plans

On Monday night, the health ministry said the total number of confirmed cases in Egypt had risen to 59

Mobile testing lab has been deployed to test the suspected patients for COVID-19

Japan and Pakistan have always stood by each other, says Japanese Ambassador Kuninori Matsuda

More than 4,000 people have died and over 110,000 have been infected worldwide, with the majority in China

Virus has killed more than 4,000 people and infected over 110,000 worldwide since it emerged late last year

Rise in infections took its total to 7,513

Country has seen a rapid rise in cases to more than 9,000, with 463 deaths so far

Fatemeh Rahbar, was a conservative MP and had recently been elected to the parliament from the capital Tehran

Outside China, a total of 21,337 cases have been recorded around the world since epidemic began, including 421 deaths

Underdogs win 3-0 in qualifier to book flights to Madrid for November event

Total confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections are near 7,000

Among those positive for coronavirus were 19 crew members and two passengers , says US vice president

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and dozens of lawmakers also attended the conference

Exports fell 17.2 per cent, the biggest drop since February 2019 during the trade war with the United States

Epidemic has killed about 3,500 people