Saudi Arabia imposed a temporary lockdown on its eastern oil-producing province of Qatif, home to most of its 15 coronavirus infections, and suspended schools and universities nationwide.

With the first cases of coronavirus confirmed in the country, the government’s preparation to contain its spread still appears to be inadequate.

Renowned medicine specialist and Prime Minister's personal physician Dr ABM Abdullah today advised people not to panic in the wake of the first confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh.

Three Bangladeshis including two members of a family who returned from Italy have been infected with coronavirus (COVID-19), Institute of Epidemiology, Diseases Control and Research (IEDCR) confirms.

In fresh coronavirus positive cases, five members of a family in the southern Indian state of Kerala have been found infected, taking the total number in India to 39.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges people of the country to not worry about coronavirus, as Bangladesh is “capable of facing the disease”.

Italy’s prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early today, imposing restrictions on the movement of about a quarter of the country’s population in a bid to contain a widening outbreak.

A 64-year-old man has died in Argentina as a result of the new coronavirus, the first such death in Latin America.

The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has risen by 49 to 197, the Civil Protection Agency says, the largest daily increase in fatalities since the contagion was uncovered two weeks ago.

Iran’s death toll from coronavirus reaches 145 after another 21 people are confirmed to have died during the last one day, among them a conservative lawmaker from Tehran.

Two flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to Kuwait are cancelled following a one-week ban the country imposed on flights to and from seven countries over coronavirus outbreak.

Kuwait suspends all flights to and from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Bangladesh, Philippines, India, and Sri-Lanka for a week starting on Saturday, Kuwait's civil aviation directorate says in a tweet.

The number of people infected with coronavirus across the world surpasses 100,000 as the outbreak reached more countries and the economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty and stock markets tumbling.

The number of positive cases of novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 in India has risen to 31 with the latest being reported from West Delhi, where the patient has a travel history to Thailand and Malaysia.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The legislation would provide federal public health agencies money for vaccines, tests and potential treatments, and help state and local governments prepare for and respond to the threat.

Health authorities will issue health clearances from Saturday to Kuwait-bound Bangladeshi expatriates who are currently unable to visit the Gulf country as it has restricted entry of passengers from Bangladesh in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus.

All primary schools in Delhi are ordered to be shut till March 31 in view of the coronavirus scare.

The High Court wants information on the steps taken by the government to contain an outbreak of coronavirus in the country.

Kuwait-bound Bangladeshi expatriates are struggling to get health clearance as the Gulf country has imposed restriction on entry of people from 10 countries which includes Bangladesh in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus.

Almost 300 million students worldwide face weeks at home with Italy the latest country to shut schools over the deadly new coronavirus, as the IMF urged an all-out, global offensive against the epidemic.