Italian educational institutions close as Covid-19 deaths pass 100 – as it happened

Outbreak continues to spread with Italians in India testing positive. This blog is closedFollow ourlatest coronavirus blog for live news and updates12.25amGMTThe markets bounce is continuing in Tokyo wherethe Nikkei is up 1.1%on Thursday morning. That ’s not quite the bounce that we saw on Wall Street where the Dow surged 4.53%, the S&P 500 gained 4.22% and the Nasdaq rose 3.85%. But it will give investorts some cheer.That ’s it for the day on this blog but you can follow what happens with the virus story and the markets with a new blog that my colleague Helen Sullivan has just launched to take us through the next 24 hours or so. You can read that here:Related:Coronavirus latest updates: Germany labels outbreak a pandemic as Italy closes schools and universities12.13amGMTStill with the airline industry and Reuters reports that Donald Trump met executives from some of America ’s leading airlines to discuss the coronavirus outbreak.The airline bosses told the president they have stepped up procedures to keep planes “clean and disinfected” amid concerns about the the spread of the virus.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 5, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Martin Farrer (now); Ben Quinn, Kevin Rawlinson, Aamna Mohdin and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Iran Infectious diseases Middle East and North Africa Microbiology Science World news Medical research World Health Organization Source Type: news