- Death toll climbs above 1,500 and number of cases reaches 66,000.

- First death in Europe, France reports first coronavirus fatality.

- People’s Bank of China says that all used banknotes from hospitals, wet markets and buses will be destroyed immediately to combat the Covid19 crisis.

- Honghu, a city in Hubei province has been put on lockdown.

- People in Wuhan have been banned from leaving their homes.

- Coronavirus has infected 1,716 medical staff in China, and 6 died of it.

- Hong Kong Disney land offers space for quarantine.

- Food prices in China are soaring more than 20% while pork prices rose a staggering 116% (swine flu).

- India has reported three confirmed cases of nCoV so far where nearly 2,000 people are under observation in hospitals and homes.

- Egypt reports 1st case of coronavirus, first on mainland Africa.

- Honda to postpone restart of Wuhan factories by a week.

- Total infected passengers and crew aboard the Diamond Princess in Japan climbs to 285.

- Japanese woman diagnosed with coronavirus after returning from Hawaii, few more cases inland.

- Thailand has recorded one new case bringing the total to 34.