UK health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive as deaths rise sharply again in Italy. Follow latest newsCoronavirus latest: at a glanceItalian PM extends lockdown to entire countryCoronavirus confusion as NHS helpline gives out wrong adviceNew York to impose containment area to combat spreadShare your experiences 1.58am GMT China has updated its official figures on the spread of the coronavirus and reported 24 new confirmed cases, 22 new deaths (all in Hubei province) and 31 suspected cases.That brings the total number of confirmed cases to 80,778 and the number of suspected cases to 285. Thirteen of the new confirmed cases were in Wuhan, in Hubei province, six were in Beijing, two in Shanghai, one in Shandong and one in Gansu. Nineteen of the 22 new deaths occurred in Wuhan, China’s National Health Commission reported. 1.53am GMT Even Australia’s chief medical officer professor Brendan Murphy, right, occasionally struggles with the directive not to touch his face. Continue reading…
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