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SPAIN HAS CONFIRMED more than 1,500 new cases of coronavirus between Friday and Saturday raising its total to 5,753 cases, the second-highest number in Europe after Italy. The country is introducing a state of emergency. All citizens to stay at home unless they need food, medical supplies or emergencies.

Italy: The government in Rome has ordered an unprecedented lockdown, ordering businesses to close and restricting people’s movement. Mayors of many cities, including Rome and Milan, have even closed public playgrounds and parks... The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Lombardy, the Italian region that has been worst affected by the crisis, rose by 76 to 966 on Saturday.

Newborn baby tests positive for coronavirus in London.

US adds Ireland and UK to Europe-wide travel ban, flights to stop from midnight Monday.
US suspends J1 visa programme for some applicants in response to Covid-19 outbreak.
President Trump has been tested for coronavirus but result has not been revealed yet.
There are 20,226 cases in the US but the country has not yet “reached peak” of outbreak, according to top infectious disease expert Fauci.

Jordan is stopping all flights in and out of the country.
Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, will shut schools and organise remote teaching for a minimum of two weeks.

Brittany Ferries cancels some sailings and scales back services until April.
Jet2 planes turn back mid-air as airline cancels all flights to Spain amid Covid-19 outbreak.
Apple closes all retail stores outside China.
 
Press conference due shortly at Dept of Health. Unexpected - today's update was expected by email. Significant increase in cases expected according to VM news.
 
Latvia will stop nearly all foreigners entering the country from Tuesday in an attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the country’s prime minister said on Saturday. All international travel, by air, railway, sea and road, will be canceled from midnight on Monday.

Norway urged its own residents to return home on Saturday on the same day Russia announced separately that it was closing its land border to Norway and Poland in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus. Reuters news agency reported on Saturday that Norway was asking its own citizens to return home as soon as possible.
 
39 more cases in Ireland... details to follow.
2nd death recorded - male in the east of the country with underlying condition.
5 new cases in N Ireland.
163 cases total on island of Ireland.
 
France will shut down cafes, shops, restaurants and cinemas to stem the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, prime minister Éduoard Philippe has announced. Philippe said public transport will be kept open but asked citizens to limit their use, reported Reuters news agency. The closures will come into effect at midnight on Saturday. He told a news conference that exceptions on the shop ban would include food stores, pharmacies and gas stations.

France has reported a total of 4,499 confirmed coronavirus cases – up from 3,661 on Friday, according to official figures.
 
Donald Trump tests negative for coronavirus.

France will start reducing plane, train and coach services between cities from Sunday to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, two ministers said on Sunday.

Ministers are planning to give police in the UK the power to arrest people with coronavirus who are not self-isolating, the health secretary has confirmed. Over 70s and those with high risk conditions may be asked to self-isolate for 4 months.
 
Northern Ireland announce 11 new cases (total 45).
Their dept of health said people with mild symptoms are to self isolate and not bother getting tested.
 
The total number of confirmed cases in Italy has risen to 24,747 from 21,157 on Saturday, as the death toll increased by 25% to 1,809 from 1,441 on Sunday – a rise of 368.
The death toll from coronavirus in Lombardy, Italy's worst affected region, rose by 252 to 1,218.
 
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC Health Emergency Team (NPHET) has confirmed there are 40 new cases of coronavirus in Ireland, bringing the total number in the Republic to 169, up from 129 yesterday... 25 cases are associated with the east of the country, nine are associated with the west and six are associated with the south.
 
Germany: 1,632 new cases, 4 new deaths
Spain: 1,452 new cases, 96 new deaths
Iran: 1,209 new cases, 113 new deaths
 
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news as per my last post.. Heard some Doctor on Brendan O'Connor this a.m saying the death rate is nearly 5%. She was questioned on it saying surely it's lower about 2.5%. Well it's definitely currently pushing 4% from an earlier 3.4% as per WHO being deaths to reported total cases. See Worldometer Coronavirus for running totals. I think it will be 4% by this time tomorrow night.. And as no one really believes China and Iran stats I would go along with the Doctor's 5% on this one.
 
Daddy Ireland said:
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news as per my last post.. Heard some Doctor on Brendan O'Connor this a.m saying the death rate is nearly 5%. She was questioned on it saying surely it's lower about 2.5%. Well it's definitely currently pushing 4% from an earlier 3.4% as per WHO being deaths to reported total cases. See Worldometer Coronavirus for running totals. I think it will be 4% by this time tomorrow night.. And as no one really believes China and Iran stats I would go along with the Doctor's 5% on this one.
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Lancet study finds that mortality rate amongst hospitalised patients could be as high as 20% if healthcare services are overwhelmed
 
California, Ohio, Illinois to close bars, restaurants, nightclubs and wineries.

New York City shutting down all schools.

All visitors to US nursing homes restricted.

Major cruise lines including Carnival agree to suepend all outbound US departures for 30 days.
 
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Some serious rioting in Cherry Orchard area of Dublin tonight apparently.
Could we see more of this if resources are stretched??
 
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