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Uganda restricts travel from 16 countries of coronavirus.
Uganda restricts travel from 16 countries including UK and US because of coronavirus. (CNN)Uganda has restricted visitors from some countries with what it terms high cases of coronavirus, including China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, South Korea, and Spain. "Government has decided to ask ...

Brazilian president's press secretary tests positive for coronavirus
Brazilian president's press secretary tests positive for coronavirus, days after meeting Trump. (CNN)Fabio Wajngarten, the press secretary for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, two sources have told CNN. Bolsonaro's health is being monitored. It ...

All of Italy is in lockdown | Coronavirus
All of Italy is in lockdown as coronavirus cases rise. CNN)Italy has been put under a dramatic total lockdown, as the coronavirus spreads in the country. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that he is extending restrictions already in place in the north. "All the measure of the red zones ...

Saudi Arabia confirms 2 new cases of coronavirus
Saudi Arabia confirms 2 new cases of coronavirus (CNN) The Saudi Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that two female citizens have tested positive for novel coronavirus, according to the state-run Saudi News Agency, SPA. One woman had recently returned from Iran and the other from Iraq, ...

Confirmed coronavirus cases in the US rise to 377
Confirmed coronavirus cases in the US rise to 377 (CNN) There are 377 cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as state and local governments. According to the CDC, there are 49 cases from repatriated citizens ...

Italy coronavirus cases jump by 1,247 in a day
Italy coronavirus cases jump by 1,247 in a day (CNN) Italy saw a dramatic increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases today with a rise of 1,247 in a single day, the Civil Protection Department said in a statement. The country now has a total of 5,883 cases. The death toll also ...

The director-general of the World Health Organization
Hong Kong (CNN)The director-general of the World Health Organization has warned governments that the continued international spread of the novel coronavirus is "not a drill" and will require significant action if public health authorities are to contain the deadly outbreak. The call to action ...

South Korea has 'passed the peak' of the coronavirus
South Korea has 'passed the peak' of the coronavirus outbreak, health minister hopes. Seoul, South Korea (CNN)South Korea's top public health official hopes that the country has already gone through the worst of the novel coronavirus outbreak that has infected thousands inside the country. "We ...

Nigeria confirms first case of coronavirus.
Johannesburg (CNN)Public health experts have consistently warned that the novel coronavirus outbreak presents a unique public health threat to the African continent. The World Health Organization says that only eight countries are ready to deal with the outbreak. Up until recently, most have ...

Coronavirus identified in Georgia
Four new presumptive positive cases of coronavirus identified in Georgia From CNN’s Hollie Silverman Four new presumptive positive cases of coronavirus have been identified in Georgia, according to a press release from the state Department of Public Health. The new cases are in three ...

5 more coronavirus cases confirmed in Iceland
5 more coronavirus cases confirmed in Iceland. (From CNN’s Arnaud Siad in London) Five new infections of novel coronavirus were identified in Iceland on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 50, the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency said in ...

France coronavirus death toll rises to 16
France coronavirus death toll rises to 16. From CNN’s Pierre Bairin in Paris France’s General Director of Health Jerome Salomon has confirmed 16 dead and 949 confirmed coronavirus cases nationwide, according to a press conference he held on Saturday. Salomon said 45 people ...

Greece reports 21 new cases of coronavirus
Greece reports 21 new cases of coronavirus. From CNN's Chris Liakos in Athens Greece's health ministry announced 21 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, bringing the total to 66. Forty-seven of the 66 cases were all part of a tour group to Israel and Egypt. One patient is in ...

Portugal reports total of 21 confirmed coronavirus cases
Portugal reports total of 21 confirmed coronavirus cases. (From CNN's Vasco Cotovio in London) Portugal's national health directorate is reporting 21 total confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country. Four patients came from Italy, one from Spain and the others were local ...

2 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Ontario
2 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Ontario. Canadian officials confirmed an additional two cases of coronavirus in British Columbia on Saturday, bringing the country wide total to 59. One of the new cases is a man in his 20s who returned from Italy on March 3 and presented himself to a ...

13 new coronavirus cases confirmed in New York
13 new coronavirus cases confirmed in New York. Thirteen new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in New York, according to a statement from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office. The statewide total is now 89. Check availability of respirator in E-Shops in Europe confirmed in New York ...

Italy announces lockdown as global coronavirus
Italy announces lockdown as global coronavirus cases surpass 105,000. (CNN)Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree early Sunday that will put millions of people across northern Italy under lockdown due to the novel coronavirus. The sweeping move puts the entire Lombardy region, as ...