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The Republican was quarantined and is the second politician that tested positive for coronavirus since Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said he was infected last week.

The measure was approved by the Israel government under emergency regulations, overriding a parliamentary committee that on Monday had withheld final approval.

The first fatality was reported from Lahore. The patient came from Muscat on March 15. He was tested positive and shifted to Mayo Hospital where he died on Tuesday.

Pakistan also postponed its flagship Pakistan Super League cricket tournament on Tuesday at the semi-final stage.

In the Montmartre district of Paris, Le Cafe Tabac no longer offers coffee to seated patrons or those at the bar. The result: its clientele have simply moved to the pavement.

In a blog post on the International Monetary Fund's website, Georgieva said the IMF was ready to mobilize its full $1 trillion lending capacity to help member countries deal with the crisis.

The move came after Spain imposed a string of unprecedented restrictions, ordering its 46 million population to stay home, shuttering everything except food shops, chemists and petrol stations.

The country's agriculture ministry said the H5N6 subtype of influenza A virus was detected in Nueva Ecija province, where about 1,500 quails had died on one farm alone.

Standing alone in front of the small brick cottage, journalists giving him several meters (yards) clearance, the prime minister spoke publicly for the first time since his wife Sophie tested positive for coronavirus.

Orban, 56, and his ministers will all be tested for Covid-19 Friday, possibly leading to a decision to put the whole government in quarantine, government spokesperson Ionel Danca said.

Andrew Cuomo said authorities would set up a one-mile radius "containment zone" around the epicenter of an outbreak in New Rochelle in suburban Westchester county.

The US military has been largely spared so far by the Coronavirus, with only a dozen or so cases confirmed among its forces deployed around the world.

Bangladesh had earlier postponed an inaugural ceremony of the birth centenary celebrations of its founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman which was to be held on March 17 after three Coronavirus cases were detected in the country.

Google was already among technology companies including Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon that have given employees the option of working from home instead of going to the office.

The White House statement came as Trump was in contact with multiple lawmakers who have since gone into self-imposed quarantine. These lawmakers had come into contact with someone at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) who tested positive...

The Costa Fortuna was first turned away from the popular Thai holiday island of Phuket Friday, despite there being no suspected virus cases aboard.