9 am: Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, today. He will inspect medical facilities and epidemic con...
9 am: Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, today. He will inspect medical facilities and epidemic control efforts, reports Reuters. This is his first visit to Wuhan since the virus outbreak began.
8.50 am: India closes its border with Myanmar, reports ANI.
Manipur CM N. Biren Singh: In view of the possible threat of transmission of #Coronavirus / COVID-19, the international border with Myanmar has been closed including gate no 1 and 2 in Moreh until further orders. pic.twitter.com/KTNm69mTyp
— ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2020
8.30 am: The Grand Princess cruise ship, which was docked off San Francisco, was taken ashore. Passengers will disembark through the day. Twenty-one people on the ship have tested positive for the virus so far.
Two buses full of passengers from the Grand Princess cruise ship just pulled in to Travis Airforce Base. There’s approximately 150 people total. They will be quarantined here for the next 14 days. @ABC10 pic.twitter.com/Ke9X8aDD49
— Kevin John (@heykevinjohn) March 10, 2020
8.20 am: Two Republicans who were in close contact with US President Donald Trump in recent days have self-quarantined over concerns that they were also in contact in the same period with a known carrier of the coronavirus at a conference, reports AFP. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Doug Collins of Georgia announced on Monday...
