Coronavirous latest

China has now  78, 497 confirmed cases and 2, 744 deaths.

Italy has  400 cases a 25 per cent increase in  aday.

Saudi Arabia is stopping pilgrims entering the country for Umarah.

President Trump says his deputy Mike Pence will be in charge of the US response.

Taiwan has 32 cases of the virus.

In Japan a 40-year-old Japanese woman who was treated for coronavirus and then recovered has now tested positive again.

IN South Korea 80 per cent of those from the Shincheonji churh were tested positive.

Energy firm Chevron  in London’s Canary Wharf has asked 300 British employees to work remotely for the foreseeable future after a member of staff reported flu symptoms on their return from a country infected by the deadly virus. Public Health England warned thousands of patients reporting flu-like symptoms will be screened for infection in an effort to ward off a similar surge in cases to tat seen in Italy. Two schools have closed in the UK with a dozen mor sending staff and pupils into self-isolation.