{"id":135431,"date":"2020-03-09T14:59:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T13:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/03\/09\/coronavirus-live-updates-uk-government-says-significant-outbreak-will-spread-at-speed\/"},"modified":"2020-03-09T14:59:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T13:59:12","slug":"coronavirus-live-updates-uk-government-says-significant-outbreak-will-spread-at-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=135431","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live updates: UK government says &#039;significant&#039; outbreak will spread at speed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With cases spiking sharply across Europe and emergency measures in place from California to Saudi Arabia, investors have sent shares tumblingStock markets plunge \u2013 business live updatesTourist sites in Asia hit by coronavirus fears \u2013 before and afterSix Nations 2020: France v Ireland called off because of coronavirusCoronavirus symptoms: what are they and should I see a doctor?Share your experiences 1.59pm GMT Our Brussels burea chief, Daniel Boffey, reports that the EU\u2019s heads of state and government will hold a video conference on Tuesday to discuss the implications of the coronavirus. The leaders will discuss sanitary, scientific and economic cooperation. The president of the European council Charles Michel tweeted: \u201cFollowing consultations I will hold a EUCO members conference call shortly on COVID -19 to coordinate EU efforts. We need to cooperate in order to protect the health of our citizens.\u201dFollowing consultations I will hold a #EUCO members conference call shortly on #COVID-19 to coordinate #EU efforts. We need to cooperate in order to protect the health of our citizens. 1.54pm GMT Over in New York, stock market trading was briefly suspended after coronavirus fears triggered a wave of selling.The S&amp;P 500 index plunged by 7% at the Wall Street open, which triggered automatic circuit-breakers to let investors catch their breath. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/mar\/09\/coronavirus-live-updates-outbreak-italy-lockdown-quarantine-uk-usa-america-australia-recession-fears-update-latest-news\" target=\"_blank\">Coronavirus live updates: UK government says &#039;significant&#039; outbreak will spread at speed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With cases spiking sharply across Europe and emergency measures in place from California to Saudi Arabia, investors have sent shares tumblingStock markets plunge \u2013 business live updatesTourist sites in Asia hit by coronavirus fears \u2013 before and afterSix Nations 2020: France v Ireland called off because of coronavirusCoronavirus symptoms: what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}