COVID-19: Sri Lanka police arrests 3,700 for violating curfew
Sri Lanka has reported 102 confirmed coronavirus cases so far.
Sri Lanka has reported 102 confirmed coronavirus cases so far.
As of Monday, the number of people in Canada diagnosed with the coronavirus rose to 1,474 from 1,430 on Sunday, and the death toll stayed at 20, according to the medical officials.
The decisions were taken after Bangladesh health authorities on Monday reported another COVID-19 death, taking the country's death toll to three, while te number of infections rose to 33.
Addressing the nation on Monday, Johnson advised Britons to avoid pubs and clubs in a bid to control the spread of the virus.
Kerala's Health Minister KK Shylaja said that 3 of the 5 people tested positive have a travel history from Italy and the other two are their family members who came in touch with them.
Outside China, the biggest cluster of infections is on the Diamond Princess cruise ship off Yokohama, where Coronavirus cases have climbed quickly to 355 despite passengers being confined to their cabins during a 14-day quarantine.
More than 66,000 people have now been infected in China from the virus that emerged in central Hubei province in December before spreading across the country a month later and causing global panic.
On Friday, a third Indian national on board the quarantined cruise ship was tested positive for novel Coronavirus or COVID-19, that has so far claimed over 1500 lives in China.
Outside China, there has been three deaths - Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan, with 447 cases in 24 countries, according to Mike Ryan, head of WHO's health emergencies programme.
Meanwhile, President Xi Jinping has praised "positive results" from the government's drastic measures to contain the virus as a top Chinese expert predicted the epidemic would reach its peak this month.
