Key Points:
- Confirmed cases 126 136
- Deaths 4 630
- WHO announces Coronavirus Pandemic
- Donald Trump Announces Europe Travel Ban
- Actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus, Hanks confirmed via Instagram Wednesday.
- China’s National Health Commission said there were 15 new confirmed cases on Mar. 11, with 8 of them in Hubei province.
- Australia unveiled a 17.6 billion Australian dollar ($11.4 billion) stimulus package to tackle the economic impact of the global pandemic.
- NBA suspends US basketball season after positive test
- Asian Development Bank, Philippine Senate closed over coronavirus
- South Korea reports 114 new cases
WHO declares coronavirus a global pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak, which has spread to at least 114 countries around the world, a pandemic.
We have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. “We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear.”
President Donald Trump said the United States will suspend all travel from Europe to the U.S. for 30 days, and that the new rules are going into effect on Friday midnight.
President Donald Trump said all travel from Europe to the U.S. will be suspended for 30 days, and that the new rules are going into effect on Friday midnight.
These restrictions will be adjusted subject to conditions on the ground,” Trump said, adding that those measures would not apply to the United Kingdom.
He also said that the U.S. is monitoring the situation in China and South Korea and that it may reevaluate restrictions and warnings currently in place about those countries if their situation improves.
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