Coronavirus latest updates: US stocks suffer biggest one-day fall, Australian market dives

Ireland and Netherlands report first cases as US officials monitor thousands getting off domestic flights for symptoms. Follow live newsCoronavirus fears trigger biggest one-day fall on US stock marketMike Pence ‘not up to task’ of leading US coronavirus response, say expertsWhat are super-spreaders and how are they transmitting coronavirus?UK schools and offices could close for up to two monthsCoronavirus map: how Covid-19 is spreading across the worldShare your experiences 1.53am GMT Murphy says being flexible in responding to the virus is key:We don’t quite know how this virus that I doubt if it comes to Australia, if it will behave. And it will be a slow or a rapid spread. We just need to be prepared for all eventualities and brief stomach be flexible. Only is helpful to make any absolute predictions. Momentum of the swine flu pandemic and got them wrong. 1.47am GMT Australia’s chief medical officer, Brendan Murphy, is speaking now. He says more than 80% of people who get coronavirus have a mild disease, and reassures Australians that the situation is well prepared for. “At this stage we are still contained inAustralia. We do not have any evidence whatsoever of community transmission”. Continue reading…
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