( Reuters) – Here’s what you require to understand about the coronavirus:
A woman wearing a protective face mask, following a break out of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) is seen at a restaurant in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, March 8,2020 REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
The spread
There are now more than 107,000 coronavirus cases and more than 3,600 deaths across the world, according to a Reuters tally of government announcements.
Italy bought a virtual lockdown across a swathe of its wealthy north on Sunday, consisting of the financial capital Milan, in an extreme attempt to try to contain the break out there.
The death toll in Italy has increased by 133 to 366, the Civil Security Firm said on Sunday, by far the biggest day-to-day increase given that the contagion emerged last month.
Britain taped its largest everyday increase in cases. Germany’s health minister contacted organizers of big public occasions to cancel them and prompted members of the public to stay at house as cases there topped900
Iran, one of the other worst hit countries outdoors