New Delhi (NVI): The whole of Italy – a country of some 60 million people – was placed under quarantine as the government stepped up efforts to tackle the coronavirus outbreak that has killed 631 people and affected more than 10,000.
Coronavirus has killed 168 more people in Italy in the past 24 hours, the highest toll in a single day since the start of the outbreak in the country.
In addition, leaders from the European Union are promising to do “whatever it takes” to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, as Italy reported its biggest single-day death toll since the disease was first detected there last month.
South Korea has released its latest update, reporting 242 new coronavirus cases. The total number of cases in the country now stands at 7,755.
Japan confirmed 59 new cases of coronavirus infection yesterday, the biggest one-day rise since the start of the outbreak, according to media reports.
Meanwhile, Nadine Dorries, a junior health minister in the UK government, has been diagnosed with the coronavirus and is in isolation.
Indonesia has reported its first death from coronavirus of a 53-year-old woman, a health ministry official said.
Globally, more than 4,000 people have died from the coronavirus and over 113,000 cases have been confirmed, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
About 64,000 people have recovered around the world.
