The disease that has infected over 138,000 people worldwide and left more than 5,000 dead so far.
US President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency over the fast-spreading coronavirus to free up US$50 billion in federal aid to combat a disease that has infected over 138,000 people worldwide and left more than 5,000 dead.More than 138,000 people have been infected globally and over 5,000 have died, according to aThe Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported just five new cases on Friday, the second day in a row the tally has been less than 10.
The death toll from coronavirus in Italy has jumped in the last 24 hours by 250 to 1,266, a rise of 25%. The total number of infections rose to 17,660. An 80-year-old man became the fourth patient in Hong Kong to die from coronavirus. The country has so far confirmed around 130 coronavirus cases.Kenya confirmed East Africa’s first case of coronavirus, a woman who had returned to the capital Nairobi from the United States.Saudi Arabia detected 24 new cases, 14 of whom were Egyptians. This brings the total in the kingdom to 86.
Norway’s central bank said on Friday it had offered the first in a series of extraordinary loans to the banking industry, along with a surprise half-point cut in its key policy interest rate. China’s central bank cut the cash that banks must hold as reserves on Friday for the second time this year, releasing 550 billion yuan to help its coronavirus-hit economy.
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