Key Points:
- Confirmed cases 119 132
- Deaths 4284
- UK Health Minister Tests Positive for coronavirus
- US Cases cross 1 000
- China’s National Health Commission said there were 24 new confirmed cases of infection and another 22 people have died from the coronavirus.
- Turkey reports first case
- EU promises ‘whatever it takes’ to curb coronavirus
Health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive
Ms Dorries, the first MP to test positive, said she had taken all the advised precautions after finding out and has been self-isolating at home.
This comes as a sixth person died from the virus in the UK, which has a total of 382 cases.
The latest person to die was a man in his early 80s who had underlying health conditions.
Meanwhile, Manchester City’s Premier League match against Arsenal on Wednesday has been postponed as “a precautionary measure” because of the outbreak.
A number of Arsenal players are in self-isolation after coming into contact with Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis, who tested positive for the virus.
The government will unveil its first Budget later, amid growing fears about the impact the outbreak will have on the UK economy.
EU promises ‘whatever it takes’ to curb coronavirus
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.
The 27 leaders of the EU met in a video conference after facing criticism they had been too slow to deal with the outbreak, which first emerged in China at the end of last year.
We will use all the tools at our disposal to make sure that the European economy weathers this storm,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told a news conference after the summit.
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