The latest steps on Friday came two days after Trump announced travel restrictions blocking US entry for most people from continental Europe. The US coronavirus death toll reached 46 on Friday after six more deaths were reported in Washington state. EUROPE NOW EPICENTRE, SAYS WHOThe World Health Organisation called Europe the epicentre of a coronavirus pandemic after the number of cases in China, where it originated, slowed to a trickle. British cases of coronavirus rose 35% to 798 by Friday. FIRST CASES IN AFRICAIn hard-hit Iran, security forces will empty the streets in cities across the country in a drive to fight the virus' spread, state television reported.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 13, 2020 21:45 UTC