'There's no reason to panic at all.' President Donald Trump has spoken about the measures the US is taking to contain the spread of coronavirus. America has now recorded its first death from COVID19:
Trump: No reason to panic about virus
He said:"We've taken the most aggressive actions to confront the coronavirus. They are the most aggressive taken by any country. And we're the number one travel destination anywhere in the world. Yet we have far fewer cases of the disease than even countries with much less travel or a much smaller population.
Five Serie A football games, which were going to be played without fans, have been postponed in Italy, which is struggling to contain a rapid spread in cases.In the German city of Bonn a primary school teaching assistant has reportedly tested positive for the virus, forcing around 185 children to be quarantined at home.
Most were confined to the city of Wuhan - the origin of the outbreak in December - and the surrounding province.
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