The US death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles, while Seattle-area health officials discouraged social gatherings amid the nation's largest outbreak.

Italy closes all schools and universities and prepares other emergency measures to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Europe’s worst-hit country as the death toll and number of cases jump.

The government finalises an emergency preparedness plan to tackle the possible spread of coronavirus in Bangladesh.

Italy is closing all schools and universities from Thursday until mid-March to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Ansa and other Italian news agencies cited government sources as saying.

Since most neighbouring countries have reported cases of coronavirus infections, Bangladesh is now at risk and Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh has urged all to stay alert.

India’s top pharmaceuticals export group said the government’s curbs on some drug exports amid the spreading coronavirus outbreak has caused panic in Europe and will “severely impact” businesses in the sector.

The World Bank has announced an initial $12 billion in immediate funds to assist countries grappling with the health and economic impacts of the coronavirus outbreak that has spread quickly from China to some 80 countries.

In a bid to control the spread of coronavirus, the Gulf country Kuwait has restricted entry of people from 10 countries including Bangladesh and India, according to both Gulf News and Khaleej Times.

One Bangladeshi living in Italy’s Milan has contracted the novel coronavirus that originated in China’s Wuhan city and has now created a worldwide panic.

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The death toll from coronavirus in Italy jumps to 52 and the total number of confirmed cases in Europe’s worst affected country climbs past the 2,000 mark.

India reports two more cases of coronavirus, including one in New Delhi, taking the number of positive cases to five so far.

Author and activist Arundhati Roy has said the Modi government is acting as though the constitution does not exist and they are doing everything to completely dismantle democracy.

A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death for fatally stabbing two officials at a checkpoint set up to control the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak.

Experts think that the new coronavirus might end up being a seasonal flu and will probably continue to circulate indefinitely.

Washington state health officials report the first patient death from coronavirus in the United States, according to a news release.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Italy jumped to 888, of whom 21 have died, officials say.

South Korea reports its biggest surge in new coronavirus cases as concerns grow of a possible epidemic in the United States and the World Health Organization raises its risk alert to its highest level.

Nigeria reports the first new coronavirus case in sub-Saharan Africa, as global stock markets tank on deepening fears of a pandemic and the World Health Organization warn against the "fatal mistake" of complacency.

Moscow authorities are rounding up stray animals and exterminating rats as a precaution against the new coronavirus, actions that animal rights campaigners decry as cruel and scientifically groundless.