- The whole of Italy – 60 million people – is now on lockdown. The ban on travel and public gatherings in the north is now countrywide.
- Corona-panic caused the New York Stock Exchange to stop trading early yesterday – an attempt to stop the biggest fall in share prices since 2008.
- The good news: signs the spread of the disease might have slowed in China, with only 19 new cases reported there yesterday.
- Kenya has proposed a law to criminalise fake news about the virus. The police cybercrime unit is monitoring online content for investigation and prosecution.
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