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Growing concerns around the coronavirus

Japan's Prime Minister announces all public schools should close till April

Australia is enacting an emergency plan to deal with the coronavirus

Vice-President Pence will lead the US response to the global emergency

Saudi authorities close Mecca to foreign pilgrims as virus cases spread

More strains to normality over response to the global coronavirus emergency

For the first time Covid-19 is spreading faster outside China than within.

The US president says his administration is "very, very ready" to tackle the coronavirus

Latin America has had its first case, in Brasil

New cases have been detected, including now in Brazil

The virus has spread to Brazil