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20/03/2020 06:06 GMT
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
20/03/2020 07:06 GMT
20/03/2020 08:06 GMT
Doubts over Tokyo Olympics
The Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says Olympic postponement may be 'inevitable'
Japan admits Olympic Games may be cancelled
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe now says the postponement of the Olympics "may become inevitable"
Japan PM: Olympics may be cancelled
Japan acknowledges for the first time that the Olympics might not happen
UK under lockdown
The British PM Boris Johnson announces strict new measures to stop coronavirus.
Coronavirus: UK brings in strict new measures
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson says measures are needed to protect the health service
24/03/2020 07:06 GMT
India goes into lockdown
How do you keep 1.3 billion people inside? Especially when many are poor and vulnerable.
Coronavirus: a third of the world's population now under lockdown
There's panic buying as India's 1.3 billion people are told to stay at home
India becomes latest country to go into lockdown
But how do you keep 1.3 billion people - many of them on the breadline - at home?
US coronavirus cases surpass 60,000
Half of those infected are in New York state
Global coronavirus death toll passes 20,000
We look at how the threat of coronavirus is affecting refugees
Total of coronavirus cases globally now at 470,000
The number of global deaths is more than 21,270
Coronavirus: US overtakes China with most cases
President Trump has predicted the nation will get back to work "pretty quickly"
US overtakes China with most coronavirus cases
President Trump has predicted the US will get back to work "pretty quickly"
US has most known coronavirus cases in the world
President Donald Trump has predicted the nation will get back to work "pretty quickly"
US: hundreds of thousands of deaths predicted from Covid-19
Trump extends distancing measures after previously saying outbreak would end by Easter
Spain: tougher measures introduced
838 people were confirmed dead on Sunday - the country's worst day yet.
New York City: a report from an exhausted frontline nurse
President Trump extends social distancing measures in the US as concern grows
World Bank warns of virus economic pain
The bank says major disruption to economies across Asia and Pacific 'seems unavoidable'
Covid-19 warning: inequality will rise in Asia
The World Bank estimates 24m fewer East Asians will escape poverty this year
WHO: coronavirus pandemic is far from over in Asia
Takeshi Kasai said countries must take advantage of the current lull there to prepare
Trump warns of 'very painful' weeks ahead
US President urges people to follow guidelines calling it 'a matter of life and death'
Coronavirus: the case for wearing a mask
But are there enough masks available for everyone who wants to wear one?
Coronavirus: how can medical staff be protected?
We go to Italy where 66 doctors have already died during the outbreak
Coronavirus in US: concern grows over shortage of medical equipment
US death toll from Covid-19 exceeds 5,000 as hospitals struggle to cope with new patients
Report: reserves of medical equipment and beds running out in the US
President Trump says that the US is in for a very "horrific" two weeks
Is there enough equipment in the US to fight coronavirus?
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has gone above 5,000 in the United States
People in New York and California told to wear masks
Number of daily deaths in the US hits a new record