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Summary
- The UK is waking up to new, stricter measures announced by PM Boris Johnson
- Shops selling non-essential goods are shut and police have powers to disperse gatherings
- Donald Trump insists the US will "soon be open for business", despite more states shutting down
- China announces 78 new cases - 74 of them from abroad
- Wuhan - the city where the virus emerged - is to partially lift its lockdown next month
- The most populous country without a case until now - Myanmar - announces two cases
Older people would rather die than let Covid-19 harm US economy – Texas official
Lieutenant governor Dan Patrick tells Fox News: ‘Do we have to shut down the entire country for this? I think we can get back to work’
As Donald Trump pushed to re-open the US economy in weeks, rather than months, the lieutenant governor of Texas went on Fox News to argue that he would rather die than see public health measures damage the US economy, and that he believed “lots of grandparents” across the country would agree with him.
“My message: let’s get back to work, let’s get back to living, let’s be smart about it, and those of us who are 70-plus, we’ll take care of ourselves,” Lt Gov Dan Patrick, a 69-year-old Republican, told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday night.
“Don’t sacrifice the country,” Patrick said. “Don’t do that.”
Coronavirus: Books for self-isolation delivered by bicycle from Sydney shop
Afro-jazz great Manu Dibango dies after contracting coronavirus
Veteran Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango died on Tuesday after contracting the coronavirus, his music publisher told AFP.
The 86-year-old Cameroonian, best known for the 1972 hit "Soul Makossa", is one of the first worldwide stars to die as a result of COVID-19.
"He died early this morning in a hospital in the Paris region," his music publisher Thierry Durepaire said.
Dibango arrived in Marseilles in 1949 as a teenager and was made Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 2010.
He maintained his energy and love for live performance that defined his 60-year career with a 2019 tour with Symphonic Safari, mixing jazz and classical music.
People in the West are ignoring advice to stay home. That's because it's too confusing, one expert says
Updated 0149 GMT (0949 HKT) March 24, 2020
In these times of extraordinary global turmoil, the weekend came as a welcome break for many. But anyone looking at the cyclists and runners crowding New York's parks, hikers thronging Britain's beauty spots and groups hanging out at California's busy beaches would have no clue that a dangerous pandemic has the world in its grip.
And as cases continue to soar, Italy offers clues to what may happen next.
When the outbreak in Italy began, authorities began by locking down affected "red zone" areas in the north. As cases continued to spread, the entire country was put on lockdown on March 9, with those who break the rules threatened with $232 fines and six months' prison time.
Hackers target WHO as coronavirus cyberattacks increase
As hacking bid fails, WHO warns impersonators are posing as the agency to steal money and sensitive information.
Hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month, sources have told Reuters, amid what a senior agency official said was a more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks.
WHO Chief Information Security Officer Flavio Aggio said the identity of the hackers was unclear and the effort was unsuccessful. But he warned that hacking attempts against the agency and its partners have soared as they battle to contain the coronavirus, which has killed more than 16,000 people worldwide as of Tuesday.
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