Japan

There have been 1,950 confirmed cases and 71 deaths in Britain

US President Donald Trump provocatively brands COVID-19 as ‘Chinese virus’

Shows by magician David Copperfield and the Cirque du Soleil troupe are off

Region has suffered 43 fatalities

We as nation need to win this war against COVID-19, Imran Khan says in televised address

UNHCR took the decision due to precautionary measures taken by the federal government to limit the spread of COVID-19

Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui says facility of the attestation of documents would be continued through courier companies

Country has 189 COVID-19 cases

Decision came barely eight hours before polls were to open across the industrial Midwestern state

Country has nearly 400 confirmed cases of coronavirus so far, with five fatalities

Country has recorded 63 cases of COVID-19 but no deaths, according to official figures

Country has had 127 coronavirus deaths and 5,423 confirmed cases

Confirmed cases in the country have jumped to 140, with 12 deaths

Most of those infected have been people returning from Iran, where more than 700 people had died in the outbreak

Mortality rates are considerably higher for those over 60 or with pre-existing medical conditions in China

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