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Passengers would return to Britain from the capital's international airport in the evening on four charter flights including a separate one for passengers who had received a positive diagnosis for coronavirus or displayed any flu-like symptoms.

The new coronavirus is inspiring panic buying of a variety of household products such as toilet paper in cities across the US and world.

The former vice president’s victories were another blow to Vermont Senator Bernie Sander whose early support strength has shifted and sided with Biden.

A United Nations spokesperson said that the man has not had any contact with any other UN personnel since before the onset of symptoms for the virus.

All international arrivals into the city will be sent to designated quarantine facilities from Monday as part of Beijing's stepped-up measures against COVID-19 cases from abroad.

The Navy said the sailor was quarantined at home and that personnel who had been in close contact with the sailor have been notified and are in self-isolation at their homes.

While China remains the country with the most deaths with 3,199, the pandemic is now spreading more rapidly in Europe, with 1,907 deaths in the continent's worst-hit country Italy.

Hundreds of climbers flock each year to Nepal, home to several of the world's highest mountains, including Mt Everest.

Trudeau's office said that the Prime Minister is in good health with no symptoms. 'As a precautionary measure and following the advice of doctors, he will be in isolation for a planned period of 14 days,' the statement said.

From an epidemiological perspective, the WHO’s declaration is overdue. As of March 11, the official numbers count an excess of 120,000 cases in at least 114 countries.

With about 1,000 cases detected, the Nordic countries have not been spared the epidemic that has locked down entire cities and countries, raising fears of an economic recession and sent financial markets into a tizzy.

The Pakistan government has decided to extend the partial closure of the border with Afghanistan by another seven days.

The decision by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei comes amid a propaganda campaign already trying to link the fight against the virus to Iran's long, bloody 1980s war with Iraq.

Shanghai Disneyland was closed on January 25 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Hong Kong Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland were shut in subsequent days.

'Three positive cases of coronavirus have been registered in western Herat province of Afghanistan,' Wahidullah Mayar, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health said.

As the world marks International Women's Day, women in China have rallied against measures they deem discriminatory as the government races to contain the crisis.